Tuesday morning: Battening down the hatches again . . .

1. It's funny. On the way home, I noticed that there were a couple of lambs in the sheep flock I go past on to the way to and from work.

Must be almost Spring, right?

Apparently, not in the North Country, say our friends at NOAA:.

Today: Periods of snow, mainly after noon. High near 33. Calm wind becoming southeast between 4 and 7 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. Total daytime snow accumulation of 3 to 5 inches possible.

Tonight: Periods of snow. Low around 25. North wind between 6 and 8 mph. Chance of precipitation is 100%. New snow accumulation of 3 to 7 inches possible.

Wednesday: Periods of snow, mainly before noon. High near 30. West wind between 11 and 15 mph. Chance of precipitation is 80%. New snow accumulation of 1 to 3 inches possible.

The math says, 7 to 15 overall, and by the end of the week, the high will be abount 18 and the low -2.

I "love" New York, but it's Northern love.

2. I wouldn't even begin to think about sweating Northern Lights. That's eon's away. There may be some snow or snow showers, but not like this. Please come to Northern Lights. It will be fun.

3. Yesterday was one of those tough days. I was kinda depressed, but I tried to rally. I got stuff done at work, but when I went to run the trash and papers to the transfer station, I discovered that unlike the one out here, the one near work is closed on Monday. It's probably a good thing it was closed, because when I got bacj to work and stalled the truck pulling into a parking place, it decided not to start again. It wanted to turn over, but couldn't. I got lucky, and the local auto reapir shop guy came. He said it's probably just a wire, and he thinks he can get it done by noon. He did take it away on a flatbed, which was kind of sad. I was lucky enough to get a ride home, so I did not have to bother alethea_eastrid, although she has to drive me in to work this morning.

Ooops, gotta go.

More later.

Tuesday evening: Everyone talks about the weather . . .

1. Welcome to rfreebern.

2. The drive home was "interesting" in the "Drive-30-mph-and-try-to-stay-out-of-the-ditch" sort of way. We've got an OMG forecast of 12 to 18 or so, and probably four inches down now. I was stopped for five to 10 minutes because of cars in the road, and I did go past one in a ditch. There was a cop there. The roads had not been plowed too much, and in a few places there was sand. It's supposed to snow all night.

3. I do not know that the Moroccans will ever forgive me, but I have taken to eating couscous with milk and suger. ;)

4. It was an interesting day in other ways, too, but in the end, it's all good.

5. Conversations in my house:

Me: "My sinuses were awful today."

Alethea: "Go spray hot pepper up your nose.

Me: OK.

I use SinusBuster, available at health-food stores and made with capsacin.

Movie quote meme

And done!


1. “I don't want to be a product of my environment. I want my environment to be a product of me . . .” – The DEparted.

2. “Psychotic, but absolutely right. We gotta take these bastards.” – Animal House.

3. “Leave the gun. Take the cannolis.” ‘’ -- The Godfather.

4. “Okay, well, uh... candlesticks always make a nice gift, and uh, maybe you could find out where she's registered and maybe a place-setting or maybe a silverware pattern.” – Bull Durham.

5. “We musn't underestimate American blundering. I was with them when they blundered into Berlin in 1918.” – Casablanca.

6. “I'm a schoolteacher. I teach English composition... in this little town called Adley, Pennsylvania.” – Saving Private Ryan.

7. “The day is yours.” – Henry V.

8. “You miserable little maggot. I'll stove your head in!” – Return of the King.

9. “I'm here, just taking a stroll, stretching my legs . . .” – 300.

10, “Checkov, huh? Well, this here's McCoy. Find a Spock, we got us an away team. “ --– Boondock Saints.

11. If you say "three," mister, you'll never hear the man count `ten.’ ” – The Quiet Man.

12. “There's an old Indian saying: `Follow the cigar smoke, find the fat man there.’ ” – Gettysburg.

13. “I am very impressed, you've got little kids over here, 2-3 years old, and they're already speaking French.” – Forget Paris.

14. “Tonight, he will make the fateful walk to the loneliest spot in the world, the pitching mound at Yankee Stadium, to push the sun back into the sky and give us one more day of summer.” – For Love of the Game.

15. “Sir, Custer was a pussy. You ain't.” – We Were Soldiers.