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February 18, 2003
It's about time
Well. Here's a blog.
Something new for SLP...
So after the demise of the Online Links Society, I went off to tweak an existing site and author an entirely new one from scratch. This ultimately led to my wondering why I spend so much time working other folks' domains instead of my own. Hence, this blog.
Stay tuned, kids...
Posted by Turfdigger at 2:50 AM
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Blizzard of '03?
It's been snowing here in Eastern Massachusetts for about 19 hours.
As I peer out into the early morning darkness I can see the snowfall continue, backlit by the streetlights. I need to look out of one side of the window, as the frosted cap on the bushes that I normally see over has grown so much as to encroach upon that outlook.
Looking from my living room vantage point onto the parking lot, I see not much other than the scale mountain created about 10 hours ago by the plows and the bobcats. Without seeing it, I know that my car is buried by a drift.
Man...I hate shoveling...
Posted by Turfdigger at 3:24 AM
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The Blizz
So we got whomped. I watched a neighbor walk across the small lawn outside my living room window and the white stuff was up to his knees; this guy is over 6 feet tall, so I'm guessing that the flat accumulation without accounting for drifting is around 18-24 inches.
Here's a before and after:
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Before |
After |
Yow. I'd better start shoveling soon.
Posted by Turfdigger at 10:47 AM
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So THIS is what shoveling is...
Wow.
This is a lot of snow, plain and simple. I was around in 1978 when we got hit and I long for the days of being 10 years old again...with NO shovel.
I just spent about FOUR hours digging my car out, and I can only hope that the plows and heavy equipment don't sock me in again. I also just read that Logan Airport recorded over 27 inches of snow this time around...this is the most snow ever recorded in Boston, and they've been keeping track since around 1892.
I chuckle to myself when I think of what my parking lot in Boston looks like right now. Typically, the snow in this lot gets plowed right up against the buildings that surround it, causing 38 spaces to park more like 20; I'm thinking that this time around, 38 spaces will park more like 10. It's THAT laughable...and strangely so, since I probably won't be able to park there at all for the rest of the week.
So where do I put in that request for a cessation of wintry travails?
Posted by Turfdigger at 3:16 PM
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February 20, 2003
New Anthem of the Times?
Recently, my wife started checking out the "Daily Fact Learned from the TV" hosted by the famous Odd Todd at Network54. Today, she gave me the skinny on a neato-keen protest kinda revamp of the old ditty, "If You're Happy and You Know It."
This is too good not to post!
For those who want the direct link, check it out here.
To the tune of "If you're happy and you know it"
If you cannot find Osama, bomb Iraq.
If the markets are a drama, bomb Iraq.
If the terrorists are frisky,
Pakistan is looking shifty,
North Korea is too risky, Bomb Iraq.
If we have no allies with us, bomb Iraq.
If we think someone has dissed us, bomb Iraq.
So to hell with the inspections,
Let's look tough for the elections,
Close your mind and take directions, Bomb Iraq.
It's "pre-emptive non-aggression", bomb Iraq.
Let's prevent this mass destruction, bomb Iraq.
They've got weapons we can't see,
And that's good enough for me
'cause it's all the proof I need to Bomb Iraq.
If you never were elected, bomb Iraq.
If your mood is quite dejected, bomb Iraq.
If you think Saddam's gone mad,
With the weapons that he had,
(And he tried to kill your dad), Bomb Iraq.
If your corporate fraud is growin', bomb Iraq.
If your ties to it are showin', bomb Iraq.
If your politics are sleazy,
And hiding that ain't easy,
And your manhood's getting queasy, Bomb Iraq.
Fall in line and follow orders, bomb Iraq.
For our might knows not our borders, bomb Iraq. Disagree? We'll call it treason,
Let's make war not love this season,
Even if we have no reason, Bomb Iraq.
Posted by Turfdigger at 4:58 PM
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