It’s getting really difficult to deal with this freakin’ Macbook these days. The touchpad – oh, excuse me, trackpad – has gotten very erratic and annoying. Bad enough when the “click” button stopped working (only a hassle when logging in, since after that my account preferences take over, though the touch click or whatever you call it really ought to be the default), but the other day the stupid thing became all but unusable. In fact, just letting it sit with a browser open, it started going around and opening windows on its own. I couldn’t figure out who the hell was talking, until I looked over and saw that it had somehow managed to go to MSNBC and open up an old Keith Olbermann show. Since then, it’s gotten better, but needs a rather frequent system reset to get it better. This is a hassle. And a shame, since I like the behavior of the trackpad (I find it difficult to use a “regular” touchpad these days, since I’m constantly trying to scroll with two fingers). Still, I may just need to wipe all my stuff off of this thing and bring it back to work.

Yes (OKat), it does snow quite a bit more here than it does in Ithaca. Our snow is a conspiracy between Canada and it’s northwest winds, and Lake Ontario. Cold air sweeps across the lake picking up moisture as it goes, and then promptly dumps it over land. So, depending on which way the wind blows, we get dumped on. Ithaca is too far south to get much lake effect. Of course, our friends “up north” as we say around here get the real snow. Our 173″ pales in comparison to Redfield, for instance, which has already seen 299″ of snow this season.

Of course, there are a lot fewer people – and vehicles – up that way (not that Syracuse is exactly a megalopolis of anything), so it makes dealing with the snow (and driving to work) a bit easier.

But right now I’m more concerned with the potential for flooding than I am with the snow on the ground. It would be nice if we got a bunch of not too warm but sunny days (the past two have been absolutely gorgeous), where the snow could melt slowly (and maybe even sublime a bit). It’s already warmer this morning that it was yesterday, though, and it’s supposed to rain. Then turn to sleet and freezing rain, then maybe a couple inches of snow, then back to rain. Kinda sucks, I think I need to build a cistern to drain all this frickin’ groundwater into. I better check Harbor Freight to see how much a Chinese jackhammer goes for.

Speaking of shopping, it’s “Chick Days” at Tractor Supply. No, no free drinks for the ladies, but chicks, ducks, and bantams will be available. I’d get some, but I’m not much for eggs, and frankly couldn’t bring myself to slaughter them for meat. I suppose I could try and sell free range eggs (there’s a place up the turnpike a piece what sells them for $3 a dozen, which seems kind of expensive), but I doubt it would keep me in feed, and there’s an awful lot of critters out there in the woods that I’m sure would have no compunction whatsoever about killing a few chickens for dinner.

Alright, well, time to reboot this POS laptop before I pick it up and smash it. Have a good one.