sigh...

2nd shovel so far, and i now have a pedestrian-width path to what had been cleared of the culdesac from the previous storm so one can walk out.  not quite drivable yet.

slowly doing a dr who "snow" marathon of Tomb of the Cybermen (2), Attack of the Cybermen (6), Ribos Operation (4), and Planet of the Ood (10) - yeah, pretty even numbers, that.

as posted on FB: From the "crap you can't make up" department: i took my 80s-workout mp3player on my last shovel round, and first random song it comes up with: Freeze Frame (J. Giels Band). This was followed by *3* "time" songs in a row: Forgotten Years, Time (Clock of the Heart), and Don't You Forget About Me. (and even the next song... was time related: Method of Modern Love)

back to (virtual) work...

we're #1!

It's history: Winter 2009-2010 snowiest on record - Capital Weather Gang:

Reagan National Airport (DCA) reported 1" of snow between 1 and 2 p.m., upping its storm total to 9.8". It has received 54.9" this year, exceeding the 54.4" of 1898-1899.

two from the onion...

Family Concerned After Aging TV Show Has Another Terrible Episode | The Onion - America's Finest News Source:

The Stashwick family of Roanoke was "alarmed and saddened" to see a beloved-but-aging TV program suffer yet another terrible episode Tuesday night. "It's devastating to watch it deteriorate like this," said wife and mother Janice Stashwick, shaking her head at the gradual breakdown of the show, which she claimed used to be "so smart" and "with it." "Not only does it barely make any† sense these days, but most of the time it just tells the same old story over and over again. This has been a really bad year."

Anti-Chewing-Tobacco Activists Speak Out Against Secondhand Spit | The Onion - America's Finest News Source:

RALEIGH, NC—The ever-embattled tobacco industry suffered another blow Monday, as citizens' groups challenged the major smokeless-tobacco companies to confront the quality-of-life issues associated with secondhand spit.

"This isn't the '50s, when you would see TV commercials with lab-coat-wearing doctors spitting chewing tobacco right on the examination-room floor," said activist Helen Pertwee of The Great American Tobacco Backwash, a citizens' group dedicated to fighting the rising tide of secondhand tobacco spit in public places. "In this day and age, we are much more informed about the consequences of secondhand spit, and non-chewers are refusing to expose ourselves to it."