Weather Woes Wobble at Will
It’s human nature to complain and want change, and I’ve come to realize why people can adjust to change so quickly: It’s so they can complain some more. Over winter, I hear a lot of […]
Tag: winter
Tis the Season … for 911
I don’t know if anyone who’s not in the emergency services will fully appreciate this, but what the heck. I wrote some new lyrics to the Christmas song “Deck the Halls”, and it’s dedicated to […]
It’s Just a Little Snow …
Everybody complains about the weather forecasts, but nobody wants to get a meteorology degree and see if they can do it better. It’s an axiom. I assume. I’m not sure, let me check … yep, […]
What’s So Good About Being Sick?
Yes, yes, I know–how can we come up with anything good about being invaded by nasty little sickness bugs? Well, it’s like this. Everyone around here has been getting sick lately, with some respiratory gunk […]
Insanity and Ice Fishing, But I Repeat Myself
I hear it’s going to be a “good” year for ice fishing. I thought every year was a bad year for ice fishing. I mean, it involves standing on a frozen lake in the middle […]
From Halloween On, It’s All About Fending Off the Cold
Yes, this is late … but our trick or treating got a weather delay. There’s probably no better timed holiday than Halloween. After all, it comes just before the two most frightening times on the […]
Ambient Snow Noise
At my chiropractor’s the other day (her office, not her home), she was playing one of those ambient noise CDs that’s supposed to relax you. At the time she was pushing my spine into my […]
Nice Winters, and Other Strange Concepts
We had such a nice, warm winter going on there. (Well … when you say “nice winter”, that’s always relative. But in northern Indiana, if the temperature stays above freezing for any amount of time […]
Resolved: No New Year’s Resolutions
I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions, mostly because failing is a terrible way to start a new year. If you’re going to make a major life change, it’s usually best to do it gradually. A […]