I don’t know about you, but for me yesterday was pretty much a wasted day of vegging out to crappy cable movies and Bioshock 2. I was just too beat to do much of anything else, and I went to be early after drinking a paltry three beers. I didn’t even watch any college football bowl games – looks like I missed a good one in the Rose Bowl. But what do I care about Michigan St or Stanford? My greatest feat last night was taking the garbage out.
Speaking feet, putting on socks and shoes to make that 750 foot round trip trek between my garage and the curb (not that there’s actually a curb) to take out the garbage got my feet all kinds of fired up, and they’re pretty sore this morning – especially the left one, which has developed a bit of a little side car on the outside. So I guess the verdict on the apple cider vinegar treatment is still up in the air (though things are better than they were).
If I could just run around barefoot for a few months, I think things would be much better. Sadly, that’s gonna be tough to do. It appears we’re getting some weather here. In addition to the cold (it’s 10° right now, which is about as warm as it appears it’s gonna get today – looks like we’ll be luck to get above zero tomorrow), we’ve got some snow coming down. They say we’re gonna get about a foot between now and tomorrow morning. Add to that below zero temps and high winds (wind chill in the -30 area), and it makes it difficult to plow the driveway barefoot.
Of course, this kind of stuff is to be expected in January (though I may need to have a word or two with the woolly bear caterpillars, as this is not what they promised), but let’s just say I’m not really in the mood for it.
Snow here, too. Also cold. Also January.
I’m not sure this rings true:
A study published this week in the journal Frontiers in Zoology suggests that dogs choose to relieve themselves along a north-south axis in line with Earth’s magnetic field. The Motherboard blog reported on the study’s findings, saying that the research was carried out by a team of Czech and German scientists.
“Dogs are sensitive to small variations of the Earth’s magnetic field,†said the research team. “Dogs preferred to excrete with the body being aligned along the North-south axis†rather than the East-west axis.
The study examined the daily habits of 70 dogs during 1,893 defecations and 5,582 urinations over the course of two years. Consistently, during times of calm electromagnetic “weather,†the dogs chose to eliminate while facing north or south.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/01/02/dogs-poop-in-line-with-earths-magnetic-field-says-study/
Hmm. Not sure either. But then, that’s one of the things I generally don’t spend a lot of time making notes about.
Bummed we won’t know if the
actually works. And Art, I saw on the news employers won’t put up with pot smoking, even during non-working hours. Boy, I’d like to see someone challenge that one.
Still up in the mountains for one more day, then back to ye ole grind.
Colorado private employers (backed by the state constitution) take great pride in “Right to Work” laws and threatening your job by monitoring your personal life- in theory anyway.
My own experience is that like anywhere, if you’re operating potentially dangerous machinery or have someone’s life in your hands, you owe it to everyone to stay sober. Otherwise it’s pretty much “don’t ask, don’t tell”.
I work with long-time employees who haven’t made any secret of their medical marijuana prescriptions and who haven’t been bothered.
I was astonished to read that we’ve had 13 years of legal medical :bong: here. :nod:
It’s a comforting thought just like being able to see the mountains everyday- but I just don’t have the time to go up there much.
Oh and, speaking of :pup: … wonder if they’ll shift as the field shifts? Assume they will.