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April in February

26 Sunday Feb 2017

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The weather around here lately has been downright insane.  It’s mild, it’s warm, it’s getting hot and I remind you it’s only late February.

And while the warmth is enjoyable it creates a nagging feeling in the back of my mind that something, somehow, somewhere just ain’t right here on the mothership but that’s not a surprise to most of us anymore.

The temps have been pleasant, people are tooling around town in their Volvos with windows rolled down, although when was the last time you actually rolled down a window?

Those car window crank jobs are gone and they aren’t coming back.  All hail the little electric window motors which are probably made overseas anyway.

I stopped into one of my favorite establishments on the way to work yesterday afternoon and what I found caused me to immediately doubt the future of the human race on this planet.  Reminder – it’s February, maybe low 70’s, bright sun, blue sky and…

And, and – The air conditioning is running in the joint!!!  February, second month of the year up here in the mid Atlantic region, 4 weeks to the official first day of spring and these guys are running the AC.

If 70 degrees drives us to initiate artificial cooling then I’ve lost faith in anyone’s ability to cope with a little discomfort.  What discomfort?  It’s 70 delightful degrees.

What would Teddy Roosevelt make of air conditioning on a fine, albeit early, spring day?

He would be appalled I tell you and probably agree with my concern for what’s left of common sense on the planet.

It’s a travesty I tell you.  A mockery, a sham. A shamockery.

People please come to your senses, learn how to not only suck it up but how to appreciate what a gift a 70 degree day in February is.

Thank you.  I feel better now.

 

 

 

A True Weather Story & Breaking News, Sorta…

25 Saturday Feb 2017

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For most of you in the great Northeast, the Metroplex, the Tri -State Area, the Metro Area, the Valley etc…the weather this week has been weird to the point where it’s gotten pretty spooky.

Today, this afternoon, we had serious thunderstorms roll in with dark clouds, high winds, driving rain and watches and warnings for tornadoes.

My phone was buzzing with texts about getting to shelter immediately which I did.  I checked online for my local tv weather news and clicked on a link for a radar map because I simply wanted to know when exactly that line of deep red and deep purple was going to be over my head.

I click the link.  The circle that indicates loading circles and circles and circles and then…Presto – I get a shampoo commercial before the map loads.  I have to sit through 30 seconds of why their shampoo is better for my hair than whatever cheap crap I use.  Precious seconds tick by.

Meanwhile the rain is rainin’, the storm is stormin’, the wind is windin’, my phone is buzzin’ and I’m stuck in limbo watching an attractive smiling woman wash her hair and I think that this would be an interesting last image to have in my brain if the worst should happen but certainly not my first choice.  As if you really do get a say in those matters, anyway…

Luckily, the worst didn’t occur and I hope nothing awful does as the storm and the shampoo commercials push further east.

You would think that someone at the station or web desk would have the good sense to suspend things that aren’t important when there are things that are important happening but no.

I’m off to my local super market to stock up on more cheap shampoo before the next storm hits.

 

Mid-February 70 Degrees

24 Friday Feb 2017

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This might be fine somewhere a lot further south than here but frankly, the weather is starting to creep me out.

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11 Saturday Feb 2017

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Local on the 8’S

10 Friday Feb 2017

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WEATHER FORECAST – SNOW, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW, SNOW,SNOW,SNOW,SNOW,SNOW,SNOW,SNOW,SNOW,SNOW,SNOW AND SNOW.

WEATHER REALITY- snow.

Running in February

08 Wednesday Feb 2017

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Today- 56 degrees plus sunshine plus Saucony Kinvaras equals 3.5 delicious miles.

The News

07 Tuesday Feb 2017

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Let’s see, what’s in the news…

One of the President’s possible choices for the FDA ( Food and Drug Administration) thinks drug companies should be able to skip clinical trials that would prove their drugs actually work.

It is now legal to pollute streams with run off from coal mines.  My congressman voted in favor of that law.  Thanks, Lloyd.

Anyone else having trouble sleeping through the night?

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