Inauspicious morning

1. It is snowing. 2. It is April 20th, and it is snowing.

Briefly, snow

Someone I follow on Twitter has started simply tweeting “#fimbulwinter” as the only real, sane response to the weather. I got to work yesterday in terrible driving conditions and stayed the night. Slept on a couch in the break room, because I saw no reason to risk my life on the way home merely to [...]

Saturday night is for working

1. We’re supposed to get 16 +/-5 inches of snow over the next 36 hours. I guess we’ll find out tomorrow morning whether I will be heading in to work. 2. I am trying this thing called f.lux on my computer. It is supposed to look at your latitude and time of year and time [...]

Friday morning

1. Now I’m following the political situations in Libya and Bahrain. I’m not certain what I get out of this, you know? There’s *certainly* nothing I can do for the people being shot by their governments. But I am very aware that the political struggles of people who are not white Americans often fall under [...]

Mundane lists

1. The weather is still the big story here. SNOW EVERYWHERE. And it’s really cold. The Metrodome stadium roof collapsed in the snow, which is big news here. I think this is a fine opportunity for the Vikings to find a new home elsewhere in the country, but, sadly, what will likely end up happening [...]

Snowpocalypse day

As of right now it is still snowing, and we have over fifteen inches. Also winds of 25-40 mph, so there are “blizzard conditions.” I’m not certain how this is distinguished from a blizzard. I am not at work. We have this thing called snow leave, at work. One can get snow leave by attempting [...]