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Now what?
Ithaca is home to the wackiest weather. Last week we had rain, ice, snow, sun, fog, and all sorts of other fun. One day in fact we had thunder while it was snowing which was quite surreal. Tomorrow the temperature is supposed to jump up in to the mid-60’s which of course will mean lots of wind, and yes, thunderstorms. Of course then it will drop another 20 degrees the next day. Wacky weather.
I’m back to trying to post regularly in the attempt that my brain will actually generate some mildly interesting content. Certainly this isn’t it, but I am trying. I figure if I keep posting, even if its just snippets of nothing much in particular it might help to get things going. Or I could just keep chatting about the weather.
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Mar 31st, 2008
This is not October.
Seriously, I don’t care what the calendar says – it lies. This is not October. It hit 90 degrees downtown today, therefor there is no possibility of it being October. Do you know what this weather is? It’s sadistic. It’s torture. It’s god damned hell on earth end of times weather.
I don’t live in Alabama anymore, I don’t need any of this nonsensical it’s too friggin’ hot in October crap. So please, can we return to our normal gray skies, icy cold rain and nasty winds of October that I have grown so accustom to. Please?
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Oct 5th, 2007
Could this be Winter?
It took awhile, but the cold weather finally rolled in a few days ago. We even got some brief periods of snow; including snow on the ground so that it almost looked like it really could be winter. A lot of that snow is gone, but the cold weather certainly hasn’t left us. I do love winter, but I’m not sure how I feel about this. I’m a big fan of having four seasons, so I’m never happy when one intrudes, or completely overshadows another. This winter is late in coming, and because it follows a period of unnatural heat I’m honestly concerned that spring is going to be a little lackluster. There’s going to be a lot of damage to plants that started budding early because they were under the mistaken impression that we skipped winter and went straight to spring. Surprise! Winter creeped up on them and smashed them in the head with its icy sledge hammer of doom.I could go on to talk about global warming and every other environmental or political hot button. I won’t. I’m tired of people turning everything in to some great political debate to show how right they are and how the other side is dumb, or pandering to corporate greed, or whatever else they want to say about the other side. I’m not saying some things aren’t political issues, I’m only saying that pointing fingers and waving your version of scientific evidence in the face of those you disagree with doesn’t solve anything. We’ve over politicized every aspect of our lives. We’re constantly seeking someone to blame rather than fixing the problem. Yes, it would help on a grade scale if the powers that be would stop butting heads and focus on fixing the problems at hand, but we all know that isn’t going to happen. So instead of touting our clever bumper stickers on the back of our cars, wouldn’t it be better if we just fixed our little corner of the world? The road to change begins at home. All that wasted effort telling the other guy just how dumb they are could have been going in to something productive, like making our tiny corner of the world a little brighter. Be happy. Enjoy life. That’ll show them all.That’s what’s going through my mind as I sit and stare out at this cold gray day.
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Jan 18th, 2007