They're saying that it's going to drop 30+ degrees in the course of six hours. The "they" are weather forecasters here in town so I take what they say with a grain of salt. Nevertheless, it seems certain that something is about to happen weather-wise that is gonna kick STL right in its gritty teeth. The word on the 'net is that we're looking at ( Read more... )

So here I sat three hours after I announced to a craving for McDonald's (sometimes I think an overzealous affection for the bottle might be less damaging to my health), and thanks to another addiction of mine, that being the obsessive accumulation of trivia abetted by Wikipedia and their damnable hyperlinks, I had yet to actually retrieve the ( Read more... )

I'm feeling kind of nervous right now. I have to think it's related to this evening's plane flight. Either that, or it's a massive case of triskaidekaphobia. More than likely it's the prospect of air travel, which makes me queasy anyway, in the snow. I hope the flight doesn't get delayed too badly. Luckily, Kristin and I didn't have any Cleveland- ( Read more... )

Yesterday was a nice day, especially when I was out and about in the afternoon. The temperature was just perfect for my leather jacket and the flaxen winter sunlight energized me. I've been told that the atmospheric electrons in the winter are different than during the rest of the year. I'd believe it. There is something unnameable different in the ( Read more... )

It is frigid in St. Louis, and it happened with the suddenness of a football team swooping down on a buffet table - rude and violent. I cannot believe it was 82 degrees last week. This is nearly a 50 degree difference. I feel like St. Louis was watching the left hand, and then Mother Nature came in with a right uppercut ( Read more... )