Feb. 6th, 2010

acroyear: (literacy)
Consider this two-part law of how stuff ends up in your inbox:

(1) There are people out there who have never seen some moldering viral video, say "JK Wedding Entrance Dance." They were not among the video's 41 million-plus YouTube viewers, they did not see it replayed infinitely on the morning shows, they did not visit the couple's hyped Web site, they missed the "Divorce Entrance" spinoff, and they were oblivious to the tribute on "The Office," which garnered 9 million viewers. When they eventually find it, they assume they have discovered a brand-new thing.

(2) They forward it to you.
 
 
acroyear: (bad day)
the temps are going to drop, FAST, as in into the 20s by noon.  the next big snow waves will be the fine crystal of last weekend rather than the heavy clumping stuff of yesterday.  What we're going to get today is the actual front from the west (an west->east low over north carolina border) rather than the super-moisture noreaster of last night, which is moving on to new england.

This means...
  • anything melted, even with chemical, stands a chance of refreezing into ice, and in the daytime at that
  • you won't see it because it will be buried by the continuing snow
  • the snow will HURT your face while you're shoveling
  • unlike yesterday's solid stuff that shoveled so nicely, this stuff will drift - every 5 inches you shovel will be filled up again by 2 just from what falls next to your shovel path.
  • it will also suck for snowballs - kids, you'll have to dig a couple of inches down to get the good stuff
in short, today is teh suck.  big time.

IAD (Dulles) had a roof collapse on a hanger - private planes damaged.  DCA canceled everything today.

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