Happy Darwin Day!

Celebrate evolution by thumbing your nose at a lower form of life, like a Neo-con. Or the Kansas school board.

Did you know that Darwin and Lincoln were born on the same day? Both were born on February 12, 1809.

Michelle Kwan has withdrawn from the Olympics. Poor kid; I would have liked to see her win the gold. Alas, it was not to be.

I just realized yesterday that Torino is Turin, of "The Shroud of" fame. Yeah, sometimes I can be thick in the haid. I guess NBC decided it sounded better. Which, OK, that's what the natives call it. But apparently the tradition is to call a city by its English name, and most of the news services are calling it Turin.

There's only about an inch of snow so far, but they're calling for 2-3" per hour later on. Worse along the coast. I'm glad there's nowhere I have to be today. I was up before 5:00 this morning, and so stuffed up that I couldn't get back to sleep. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep later. Took more drugs; that should help. My poor nose is already sore, even with the lotion tissue.

Yep, starting to get that dopey feeling. Good ol' Benadryl. I'll be floating away soon, unable to type or, most likely, read.

Stay warm & safe everyone!

Happy Darwin Day!

Celebrate evolution by thumbing your nose at a lower form of life, like a Neo-con. Or the Kansas school board.

Did you know that Darwin and Lincoln were born on the same day? Both were born on February 12, 1809.

Michelle Kwan has withdrawn from the Olympics. Poor kid; I would have liked to see her win the gold. Alas, it was not to be.

I just realized yesterday that Torino is Turin, of "The Shroud of" fame. Yeah, sometimes I can be thick in the haid. I guess NBC decided it sounded better. Which, OK, that's what the natives call it. But apparently the tradition is to call a city by its English name, and most of the news services are calling it Turin.

There's only about an inch of snow so far, but they're calling for 2-3" per hour later on. Worse along the coast. I'm glad there's nowhere I have to be today. I was up before 5:00 this morning, and so stuffed up that I couldn't get back to sleep. Hopefully I'll be able to sleep later. Took more drugs; that should help. My poor nose is already sore, even with the lotion tissue.

Yep, starting to get that dopey feeling. Good ol' Benadryl. I'll be floating away soon, unable to type or, most likely, read.

Stay warm & safe everyone!

good timing

I went to dig out my car, figuring it would be easier this afternoon than in the morning, and finished precisely when the plow guy came back for a second run. So I moved it and he plowed out my space, and back in it went. Yay! He's a nice guy; he's even helped me shovel out behind the car a couple of times. I think he appreciates that I actually move my car for him, unlike most of my neighbors.

It looks like we got about 7 or 8 inches, but it's hard to tell because it's been blowing around quite a bit. We got considerably less than many towns in CT and even just a few miles east of here. Hampden, which is the next town over from where I work, got 20" last I heard. Mom said they had about a foot, southwest of Boston. The heavy band of snow hadn't hit them yet at that point, either. It missed us completely, I think! Thank the gods for small favors. It looks to be mostly over at this point, so hopefully they will have cleared the roads by tomorrow morning.

I'm going back & forth between feeling better and sliding back down again. Right now I feel OK; a little shaky from the exertion, but not too icky. Getting ready for a nice, hot shower. :)

good timing

I went to dig out my car, figuring it would be easier this afternoon than in the morning, and finished precisely when the plow guy came back for a second run. So I moved it and he plowed out my space, and back in it went. Yay! He's a nice guy; he's even helped me shovel out behind the car a couple of times. I think he appreciates that I actually move my car for him, unlike most of my neighbors.

It looks like we got about 7 or 8 inches, but it's hard to tell because it's been blowing around quite a bit. We got considerably less than many towns in CT and even just a few miles east of here. Hampden, which is the next town over from where I work, got 20" last I heard. Mom said they had about a foot, southwest of Boston. The heavy band of snow hadn't hit them yet at that point, either. It missed us completely, I think! Thank the gods for small favors. It looks to be mostly over at this point, so hopefully they will have cleared the roads by tomorrow morning.

I'm going back & forth between feeling better and sliding back down again. Right now I feel OK; a little shaky from the exertion, but not too icky. Getting ready for a nice, hot shower. :)