Rants and musings, without care for substance.
Posted in office on Feb 13th, 2010
I can’t usually work from home, but yet our corporate offices were open this past week. Since I couldn’t get to my office, I ended up not working quite a bit. Without sharing all of the specifics of corporate woe, here are my options.
Work 9 hour days until March 19th, effectively making up the time.
Take [...]
Posted in complaints, idiots, life in general on Feb 6th, 2010
It’s just snowed. Maybe still snowing. You’re about to shovel your driveway. But where to put all of it?
Maybe you have room to shovel it to the side of the driveway. Super. Maybe you’re going to pile it into the bed of your truck. Great. Maybe you’re going to say “to hell with county ordinance” [...]
Posted in life in general on Feb 6th, 2010
The last big snow, we all bitched about how we couldn’t get out. In retrospect, that was nothing. We could have gotten out. This time around — with over three feet of snow in less than 24 hours — no one is going anywhere without a plow, although I just got a report about some [...]
Posted in life in general on Feb 5th, 2010
After all the hype and the panic and the long lines of cars entering and exiting Walmart, it took almost four hours of snowfall before it started sticking to the street. It still isn’t sticking to the sidewalk, but it’s finally here.
We’ve got an eighth cup of milk left in the jug, but we’re stocked [...]
Posted in life in general on Jan 27th, 2010
If snow — or worse, the mere threat of it — causes a cancellation of this weekend’s festivities, I’m going to be irked.
It’ll be the second time this season.
Eyes to the skies, please. And some crossed fingers.
Posted in film on Dec 21st, 2009
Differentiating movies from films is difficult. It isn’t as simple as the quality or content of what’s on the screen. I think it’s more of what you’re getting out of it. If the goal is sheer entertainment, it’s a movie. If I want more out of it, it’s a film. I’ll rave to friends about [...]
This weekend’s snowfall gave me plenty of time to relax.
I’ve been enjoying First Stint, a free 22 track album released by Ben Youngs. Well-composed soundscapes dominate the album, with a few remixes thrown in for variety. A few remixed Fools & Horses tracks are included, as is a really addictive track by Kaitlin Sweeney.
The last [...]
Posted in events, outside, photography, travel on Dec 10th, 2009
Lately, I’ve been all about going out and doing things. With that in mind — and paying tribute to various anniversaries of sorts — on December 6th we drove down to Shenandoah National Park to climb a mountain. Old Rag, to be specific. Though my associates had been numerous times, it was my first time. [...]
Posted in observations on Dec 8th, 2009
This past Saturday — on December 5th — I blogged about central Maryland’s first snowfall of the 2009 season. While perusing the related posts, I noticed that the first snowfall in 2007 occurred on December 5th. Going back two more years to 2005, it was a few days prior to December 9th (so possibly December [...]
Posted in life in general on Dec 5th, 2009
I have this idea that to be a true White Christmas, it needs to be clear the night before and then on December 25th you wake up to snow on the ground. In a perfect world, it would be the first snowfall of the season. Whether the snow is still falling is completely optional. It’s [...]
Posted in life in general, outside on Mar 2nd, 2009
Since the snow removal guys haven’t gotten around to the side streets, several of the neighbors have taken it upon themselves to shovel the street. That’s a lot of street to clear.
Does the guy with the snow blower decide to help out? No, he does not. He clears his driveway and his 15-16 feet worth [...]
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