Weather Again?

I caught wind of a weather alert saying that there is a winter snow storm advisory for us again over the weekend. What is up with that. The groundhog didn't see his shadow so what is going on? I am so ready for spring and we can't get rid of the snow. Again ....blogging about the weather. How boring!

24

Not a lot to write about today! The highlight will be watching the final disk of the first season of 24. This is the first time I have watched it. It is awesome. The guy that came up with this is good!

Dumped on!

It's good to be back! I haven't posted anything in a while. Here in Ohio most of the free time lately seems to be spent shoveling snow. We had a big storm last week when we got 12-15" of snow. Combined with the ice and wind it was pretty miserable. There is light at the end of the tunnel though because by the end of the week it will be in the 50's. It's about time. We will melt a lot of snow and hopefully get no more!

Super, Super Bowl

Well it's in the can. The super bowl is over now but I thought it was a good one. Two class acts with the Colts and the Bears. In adverse conditions the two teams looked good and made it an exciting game. There were two very impressive coaches trying there hardest but still remaining good friends in the end. I thought the halftime show was also very good. The performance was true to the old Prince that I knew and enjoyed back in the 80's. I thought the whole thing was very good and restored my confidence in professional sports. After getting completely turned off by the NBA, this was a breath of fresh air. Congrats to the Colts.

Go Bengals!

At the movies

I saw Night at the Museum yesterday and it was pretty good. It is about a guy who gets a new job as the nightwatchman at the museum of natural history. He is not told that every night everything in the museum comes to life. Ben Stiller is the night watchman so you can imagine the kind of humor it is. It is very funny and has a good ending. The other good thing is that you can take the whole family.

Vista

"an extensive mental view"
That is Websters definition of Vista. Will that really be what Vista gives us. I guess there are as many opinions on this as there are people who care about it. I have read mixed reviews and have decided that it has some good features that are improved over XP but it comes at a cost both for the software itself and also what it demands of the hardware running it. It looks pretty but only if you have the computer to handle it. I know I will be in the market for a new computer sometime this year and I am still undecided whether I will stay with Microsoft or if I will consider a Mac. I am not planning on being one of the Guinea pigs on this one and truthfully I'm glad!

State Of The Union

I watched the President's state of the union speech the other night. I am even more perplexed than normal with what I watched and heard. It is so aggravating to see the partisan attitudes of the members of congress. I am convinced more than ever that they don't truly represent the average American. The tendency to be at extremes of ideologies must be inherent in someone that pursues political offices. It must be their nature. As for the rest of us, it's really not. We are in the center somewhere stuck between extremes. Our legislators don't seem to have any ability to resolve issues. If our entire society possessed the same inability we would most likely be in a civil war. I have lost confidence that our representatives have our best interest in mind. They are driven by something other than what is best for the country. This is a feeling that I didn't used to have and it doesn't feel good. I pray that things can change. Just don't know if they will.

Snow........ Really!

We did actually get some significant snow in Ohio. It is abnormal that we would go this late into the winter season without a significant snow. I'm not complaining either. I am already looking forward to spring.

I spent my Sunday morning before church shoveling the snow out of the driveway. Great fun! I guess I can handle it once in a while. I need the exercise anyway. Maybe we will get through the winter with only a few of these storms. We are in much better shape than a lot of areas around the US.

Man, I need to get some better topics to blog about! Gotta go.

Turning Cold Everywhere

Well, we have finally gotten what we deserve. Snow has arrived. Not much of it but enough to make it actually look like winter. We are not the only ones either. It is cold everywhere. It was freezing in Phoenix and in the 30's in Florida. California will most definitely have damage to the citrus crops due to freezing. (It must be global warming.....) I emailed a cousin in Arizona, rubbing it in that the temperature there was the same as ours in Ohio. I'm sure he is thrilled. He recently made a comment that he missed us but couldn't come to visit because he couldn't stand the cold in Ohio. I guess I get the last laugh on that one.

Maybe the cold won't last long.
(79 degrees and sunny in Key West)

Rain!

Rain, rain, rain. That's the word of the day in Ohio. It was a rainy weekend. Flooding rains have made a mess. We are still in better shape than a lot of people to the West of us. There were some bad ice storms that made it terrible for thousands. Ice was the biggest problem causing hundreds of thousands to be without power. There were also a number of auto related deaths associated with the bad road conditions. It is still supposed to snow a little here after the temperature drops through the day today, but all and all it appears we missed the worst of it.