This morning, I was walking back to the garage, to drive to the train station, when I noticed a fairly large collection of what, at first, looked like dead leaves on the sidewalk.  After a moment, I realized it was feathers...a whole lot of gray feathers.  With a little bit of blood on the snow ( Read more... )

News item: Ike Turner passes away.

Somewhere, Tina Turner is saying, "Damn, that took long enough."

Hey, it's another grey damp day, with freezing rain and ice!  How original!

And, that's it for the weather.  In other news...

Last weekend, we had the annual Martha Stewart Invitational (MSI) holiday dinner with Karen and Frank, and Joe and Cyndi.  J&C come back in from D.C. for this, but Cyndi had to back out at the last minute, due to a work party ( Read more... )

Even as a big-time weather geek, I get a little tired of the local media getting all wiggy about impending snowfall.  "Snow Advisory in effect!  3 to 5 inches of snow in the forecast ( Read more... )

Walking into the office from the train this morning, my iPod was playing "The Things We Do For Love", a mid-70s hit from 10cc ( Read more... )

My old high school classmate sent out an updated spreadsheet on our class.  Of 71 of us:
- 23 are still living in Green Bay or De Pere
- 41 are still living in Wisconsin
- Only 12 are known to be outside of Wisconsin
- 3 are known to be deceased
- 15 are still in the "no one knows" pile

Last week, I got my high school alumni newsletter in the mail; there was a note in it about my class's 25th reunion next year.  I e-mailed the two guys who are organizing it, with my contact info, and there's been a fairly steady stream of e-mails since, with people providing additional contact info for various misplaced alumni ( Read more... )

Until yesterday, fall here in Chicago has been more like summer, booked for an extended engagement.  It was close to 90 degrees, and humid, on both Saturday and Sunday (really bad timing for the Chicago Marathon on Sunday ( Read more... )

Shiver me timbers, I nearly forgot, 'tis Talk Like a Pirate Day today!

Yo ho ho and a bottle o' rum!!! 

Astronomically, the first day of fall is the Autumnal Equinox, which, this year, is on September 23rd.  The weather guys will tell you that, from a meteorological standpoint, they consider fall to begin on September 1st ( Read more... )