triadruid

Me: 13, 13, 14, 16, 18, 17, 11...

featherynscale: If those aren't somebody's D&D stats, today is going to suck.

Me: No such luck; temperature arc for today.

So far today, I've come up with:

• "Cold and Shitty", to the tune of Chamillionaire's "Ridin' (Dirty)";
  
• "Too Much Salt On My Roads", to the tune of Styx' "Too Much Time On My Hands".

Whadda you got? featherynscale had another one this morning, but I've forgotten it now...

Today, I am most happy for warm socks. No cold toes in the morning, no chilly ankles outside, no overheating in the office from too many shirt layers.

And, y'know, brown argyle. They're kinda "me".

By virtue of the fact that they somehow forgot to plow/salt the roads, Holmes Road is a sheet of glass, and we couldn't get any closer to work than Minor Drive (~115th Street, for those playing along at home). A lot of people weren't getting even that far, which made the "dear gods, keep moving forward!" axiom of Iowegian Driving School difficult to maintain, even for me.

So, we'll be trying again about noon, but for now - snow day!

If I'm going to spend all night, every night, solving the world's problems... (no specifics worth mentioning, just multiple instances)

P.S. On a possibly-related note, did anybody else in KC wake up with their driveway mysteriously clear of snow?!?

Anybody familiar with logic puzzles, or cars, is welcome to help out on this one. :)

Our household is apparently going to be in the market for new vehicles over the next six months or so. It's not entirely clear how many have to shift, but both mine and featherynscale's are aging rapidly, and kittenpants' is too small for some of her needs.

( So with that in mind... )

(No, there isn't really a concrete problem to be solved here, but getting input from others and broadening our search window is a useful exercise, and probably entertaining besides)

We're baaaaack. Mostly. Provided the technological devices work today. If not, we might be back later (as of last night, the Internets, space heater, and digital camera were all acting up). But the dog, and cat, and the three of us, are all still alive, so that's a good start. Let me sum up...

( Yule! )

( Key West!! )
( Home!!! )

Odd little dream snippets last night: First one involved me and (a single male companion who I knew at the time but have now forgotten) taking bolt-action rifles on a sniper expedition. I couldn't tell precisely who our targets were, but there was a lot of outdoor woodcraft involved, along with some nifty goggles that could penetrate the trees and brush, leaving them clearly outlined against the snow. With that advantage, we were able to defeat the enemy easily, and didn't even have to kill most of them, taking several captive.

Second part (which may have been the same dream) consisted mainly of me driving my work van around in a vain attempt to find a (the?) library for the passengers on board. This involved going through much of the eastern wilds of Jackson County, for some reason, and dodging stupid drivers/pedestrians, including three teenagers who were smoking while walking down the white line (I could see the cherry quite clearly at dusk), and got out of our way by walking into the other, oncoming lane of traffic. No idea what happened to them, because shortly after that point the cat jumped on me to see if I was awake yet...