liking the second day off in a row ;)
drinking beer at home with roommates tomorrow afternoon… :P
drinking beer at home with roommates tomorrow afternoon… :P
Another snow day
link from miss p:
With idiotic drivers out in the D.C. snow, observers are driven to distraction
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903522.html
seriously folks, driving in snow is an acquired skill. takes experience, the right equipment (i.e. not a rear-wheel drive with bald tires)… and humility to admit that some things just can't be done until the snow is gone. i've been in my car once this week, and won't be going back out there until streets are a LOT clearer. the amount of idiocy i saw on the road was scary.
With idiotic drivers out in the D.C. snow, observers are driven to distraction
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/02/09/AR2010020903522.html
seriously folks, driving in snow is an acquired skill. takes experience, the right equipment (i.e. not a rear-wheel drive with bald tires)… and humility to admit that some things just can't be done until the snow is gone. i've been in my car once this week, and won't be going back out there until streets are a LOT clearer. the amount of idiocy i saw on the road was scary.
I don't think I've ever seen the Washington Post use the word "idiotic" so many times (or at all, actually). But that article makes a good point.
work cancelled. i have no idea what to do today
what, have you run out of beer? i know you haven't run out of porn.
i actually have some james ford endorsed founders centennial ipa for later
godsshoeshine wrote:
i actually have some james ford endorsed founders centennial ipa for later
if it works for you, try the founders double trouble ipa. just became acquainted with that in the last couple of weeks. like the centennial, only a bit hoppier and a bit more alcoholic.
you know, this may be the first founders beer I wasn't crazy about - too 'grapefruity'
I am enjoying a dogfish head burton baton as we speak/type
I am enjoying a dogfish head burton baton as we speak/type
James wrote:godsshoeshine wrote:
i actually have some james ford endorsed founders centennial ipa for later
if it works for you, try the founders double trouble ipa. just became acquainted with that in the last couple of weeks. like the centennial, only a bit hoppier and a bit more alcoholic.
a very interesting interview about the recent extreme snow events and a potential link with climate change…
"I think the "climategate" affair and the recent attacks on the IPCC and the head of the IPCC have been very effective in making the general public mistrust climate scientists and the science they do. What I like to call the "Manufactured Doubt Industry" is extremely powerful, experienced, media savvy and well funded, and a bunch of disorganized scientists bent mainly on pursuing the truth really can't compete".
interesting stuff
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/02/as_is_often_the_case.html#more
"I think the "climategate" affair and the recent attacks on the IPCC and the head of the IPCC have been very effective in making the general public mistrust climate scientists and the science they do. What I like to call the "Manufactured Doubt Industry" is extremely powerful, experienced, media savvy and well funded, and a bunch of disorganized scientists bent mainly on pursuing the truth really can't compete".
interesting stuff
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/02/as_is_often_the_case.html#more
lagas wrote:
a very interesting interview about the recent extreme snow events and a potential link with climate change…
"I think the "climategate" affair and the recent attacks on the IPCC and the head of the IPCC have been very effective in making the general public mistrust climate scientists and the science they do. What I like to call the "Manufactured Doubt Industry" is extremely powerful, experienced, media savvy and well funded, and a bunch of disorganized scientists bent mainly on pursuing the truth really can't compete".
interesting stuff
http://voices.washingtonpost.com/capitalweathergang/2010/02/as_is_often_the_case.html#more
i believe it is a disease . . . called foxnewsinitis.
lagas wrote:
What I like to call the "Manufactured Doubt Industry" is extremely powerful, experienced, media savvy and well funded
good link.
I was pleased to see him reference Chris Mooney because while I was reading that, it sounded like it was right out of his book (which it was). Chris's first book "The Republican War on Science" was excellent and I had forgotten about "Unscientific America" after I read the first chapter in a bookstore last fall. Good reminder to pick it up and finish it.
Snowing again here in Richmond. already have a couple inches so far, and I'm stuck studying for an exam I have at 1pm.
playlist:
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Talk About The Weather
playlist:
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Talk About The Weather
snowing here in Cville. Roads are already pretty slick out there. ;D
i love how how a dusting of snow turns this region into a declared disaster zone. stock up on canned good and bottled water… while you still can. whatever you do, don't drive faster than 12 mph.
black sabbath - snowblind
killing joke - whiteout
</irony>
black sabbath - snowblind
killing joke - whiteout
</irony>
Snowing on the beach.
Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside) - My Bloody Valentine
Soft As Snow (But Warm Inside) - My Bloody Valentine
I love how a dusting of snow brings out the hackneyed comments about how people in DC can't handle a dusting of snow.
about two inches of snow out there now and a thousand car accidents . Everyone and there speedy four wheel drives ;D
First off, the roads are horrendous. I don't understand how there's maybe 2 inches of snow on the ground and people are sliding everywhere. We're leaving work early though, my manager has a Suburban and she was all over the road.
Snow!
Snow!