The 42″ snowfall here in Glengary, West Virginia was so remarkable that not only did I appear live on the BBC to let folks on the other side of pond know how bad things had gotten, but a photo of me lounging on a bench out back in the midst of the blizzard was featured within the first minute of Monday night’s CBS Evening News.

When I learned the image would be used, I warned friends not to blink if they wanted to catch me. But as it turned out, I was on screen long enough that blinking was permissible.

Check it out.

If you hung in for the entire broadcast, you’d have spotted my credit during the final moments—above the credit to the Smithsonian’s National Zoo for its panda footage.

I know, I know … it was purely an alphabetical decision. But let me live the dream for a little longer that I’m more important than a panda, OK?