Heyhey and Welcome to The Lobby, my monthly opportunity to share some thoughts and with my friends in Japan. The cold weather is beginning to break here in NY, we've been anxiously awaiting the thaw here in Buffalo, NY as the thermometer toys with us bouncing from spring like days back to the freezing temperatures the NE US has been experiencing since November of last year. The melting snow was so intense that my studio's ceiling leaked forcing us to form a bucket brigade for 12 hours until we could get someone in to get on the roof and stop the water from coming in. But, aside from the leaks,