BOOKLYN WEATHER: YUCK. Rain and snow showers in the morning.  36 degrees. Later on a high of 40 degrees. Slushy walking; don’t forget your galoshes. Continuing cloudiness. It’s supposed to be a nice weekend. Yay.

THE FRONT PAGE: The Guardian

DAILY DISC:  Nick Drake, Pink Moon, Universal International

BLOG TIP:  An Udge and a Wink

SILVER SCREEN:  The House of Flying Daggers at BAM Rose Cinema

TONIGHT: Rod Rodgers Dance Company, Free Fridays at PS 321, 7 p.m.

HEADS UP: First Saturdays, Brooklyn Museum, 2/5, 6:30 until…

DON’ T FORGET: Author Frank McCourt will be reading from "Angela’s Ashes" "Tis," and his new book about being an English teacher at Stuyvesant High School. 2/9, MS 51 (Fifth Avenue between 5th and 6th Streets), 7 p.m.  A fundraiser for MS 51, admission is $20. for the reading and a meet-the-author event at the Old Stone House afterwards.  Regular admission without reception is $10. and $2. for students. Reservations: 718-768-3195

HEAR/SAY: If it turns out that there is a God, I don’t think he’s evil. But the worst that you can say about him is that he’s basically an underachiever. – Woody Allen