Archive for the 'Aggravations, Peeves' Category



So far, so bad

Published on Tuesday, February 9, 2010

It started late Friday afternoon, before I left work. And it just kept coming and coming. The never-ending story.
Not too long after dark, my car looked like this.

Sticking on the car. Sticking on the road. Not such a big deal yet. But this is only about 2 hours into it.
And it kept coming down. All night. All [...]


Why did I move here from Florida?

Published on Thursday, February 4, 2010

Here’s the forecast.  I have to work every day until Tuesday.

Fort Lauderdale was so much more fun!


It’s February already???

Published on Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Geez. Already? 
Usually I’m glad to see the winter passing quickly.  I don’t like cold, I don’t like SNOW which is the foulest four-letter-word of them all. I don’t like scraping ice off the windshield in the morning, I don’t like slipping on ice and falling on my ass, usually where others can see me go [...]


Thermostat issues

Published on Tuesday, January 19, 2010

15th Annual Nanook Wars
(AKA  15th Annual Thermostat Wars)
It begins again. Every year. Shortly after cold weather sets in.

Paul is cold.

I am not.

Paul is skinny.

I am not as skinny as I used to be not.

Perhaps this affects how we perceive weather and cold and intelligent thought.
I say intelligent things like, “Turn down that damn thermostat. They send [...]