The bad news is that there is what looks like a nasty Nor’easter headed up the east coast. Two or three feet of snow, 50 mph winds – oh, and it’s frickin’ cold out there. The good news is that none of that shit is gonna hit here where I live (except the goddamn cold). They say we’ll get maybe four inches of snow here today and a little more tomorrow. New York City isn’t gonna be so lucky (sorry, Sue). In fact a fleet of our spare snowplows are headed Downstate right now.
So if you’re flying to NY or Boston or I suppose Philly or the vicinity, my advice is don’t. They’ve already cancelled lots of flights, just, I suppose, so the planes aren’t on the ground when the snow hits. If you’re already there, hit the grocery store and get whatever you need to settle in for a day or two. And take comfort in the fact that here in Syracuse, we’re more than three feet below average for snow this season.
There is some good news this morning, though, as Donald Trump says he is “very seriously” considering a run for Prez in 2016. Apparently he regrets not running last time (or ever, for anything, as far as I can tell), because he knows he’d have won. Personally, I can’t think of anybody more qualified to say he’s running and then not run than Donald Trump. So toss your fake hat into the ring, comb your fake orange hair across that fat head of yours and get serious – we need you Uncle Donald.
Thanks for the snow plows, PJ. It seems we’re going to need them. It’s snowing lightly at the moment but it’s the perfect excuse for cancelling a doctor appointment I didn’t want to keep in the first place.
As for Trump, he is a perfect addition to the clown show. The Righties love him because he’s dumb, loud and a little less weird looking than Giuliani.
I like Donald, so piss-off!
you just like the comb-over.
For all I know, the dude isn’t real. The famous comb-over might be CGI over some stooge that acts like he’s Donald Trump.
I mean, seriously, do you think his daughter in-law really broke both her wrists falling off a horse before her wedding? Nope, totally manufactured CGI planted in the press for sympathy,
Well damn, they lied to me. Where I live we got about 8″ of snow – pretty much all during my commute home, which took more than twice as long as normal.
On the bright side, the pollen count is very low.
I don’t know how much snow we got. Towns on the northfork and southfork, on either side of us got more than 2 feet, I think that’s about what we got but the drifts are so high that the only door I could open was to the front porch. My long rubber boots weren’t high enough to keep the snow out and Lola and I plunged through it ’til she found a spot next to Mike’s truck where she could pee. Then she pulled me back inside. I believe the roads are passable though I can’t see them but there driveway has not been plowed and is impassable even with a big, 4 wheel drive truck. I am waiting for the plow guy to come to clear ir. It’s till snowing and blowing. It’s supposed to continue all day.
I had to plow before I went to bed last night. Thankfully, we didn’t get much more after that, though it was still coming down pretty hard when I got done.
Thank goodness for the tractor cab this year. It was about 5 degrees with about a 30 mph wind when I was out there and I sayed relatively warm.
Trsactor cab sounds like a good thing! Glad it kept you warm.
Driveway has not been plowed yet, perhaps because it keeps snowing, though it’s growing more intermittent. The official total for Shelter Island is 28″ as of this morning.
The photos of the snow are amazing. Meanwhile, the last two days we’ve hit record highs of about 80 degrees. We have a cool down coming – 40 tonight. 80/40 – that’s some swing, eh? Don’t tell Inhofe his slip is showing.
Colbert’s a piece of shit, and I hope his show doesn’t last a season on CBS.
I’m not kidding about Colbert.
Jay Leno should fill in for Colbert after he gets shitcanned.
So this cracker-jack legislature has now put forth 5 anti-gay measures (one which would do away with marriage licenses altogeher) and now they want to repeal the Watermelon as our state vegetable.
Watermelon? A vegetable? Sounds like mighty important work. Lately, in NY, the pols are sticking to regular business: getting bribed. It’s quite lucrative. Our latest example, Sheldon Silver, Assembly Speaker, made millions. Unfortunately for him, US Attorney Preet Bararah(sp?) took him away in handcuffs. Now those poor legislators are going to have to find another crook to take his place.
Well, I looked it up. The four top watermelon producing states are Florida, Texas, California, Georgia and Arizona. I’m unsure where Oklahoma comes in, though I must admit I don’t really associate Oklahoma with anything involving “water.” Too much Woody Guthrie and the Grapes of Wrath, I guess.
Is the controversy that OK thinks there are more deserving vegetables than watermelon? Or that they don’t think watermelon is a vegetable? It would be ironic if that was the reason and then they changed the state vegetable to the tomato, wouldn’t it?
Pretty skilled set of hands. https://www.youtube.com/user/MutitaEdibleArt/search?query=watermelon
A Democrat (who ran for gov’nor this last election and lost) had previously succeeded in having the watermelon named the state vegie because his hometown has a watermelon festival every year; naming the watermelon as our state’s vegie boosted attentance, he said. The strawberry is our fruit so that spot is taken. By the way, we aren’t much of a producer of strawberries either. So now a rethug wants to repeal our state’s vegie because it’s a “fruit.” So yes, I would love it if they’d name our little state vegie the tomato! What’s wrong with waving wheat, I ask ya? At this point, who cares if it’s a grain?
Being crooked is evidently the State Pastime so it’s doubtful your New Yawk troubles would cause too much of a dust-up in Okie land.
I had to have a root canal today and I feel like I was thrown under a semi. Not sure why, they usually aren’t too bad, as I recall. Age? Nawwwwww.
Ya low-life scum.
http://youtu.be/sDuG4lsS-gE
I was going to make a remark about them wanting to get rid of the state fruits altogether, but that would be wrong.
Meanwhile, in Texas….
Thank goodness for that liberal oasis of San Francisco.
Got out just in time. I’ll still be a Giants fan but the Santa Clara 39ers? Not really.
Nice to see ya Vernon. I hope everyting’s going OK.