That's a Zamboni ice cleaners-smoother at indoor arenas usually to smooth the ice at hockey games. Two sons played hockey for many years!

I read in the paper that today is Charles Dickens' 200th birthday. He asked, upon his death, to not have any statues erected of himself, that he would prefer statues of his characters. I remember my English teacher in high school told us Dickens' writing style is very "wordy" because he was paid by the word.

When Google has a special logo, lay your cursor over the picture and you will see that it tells you what the occasion is. Click on the logo and you will get a list of sites for more information. Sue

I checked the Yahoo logo and it is very cute. Surprised that Google didn't have one today.