Monday, December 8, 2008

hogwash, hooey and my own hot air

we interrupt this program to bring you some hot air...

as a weather buff, i've been getting excited thinking about the prospect of snow flurries, accumulations, sleet, ice, freezing rain, snow drifts, and even shoveling my driveway! however, barely a flake has fallen this season.

every day i check the blog of our local weather man (who is pretty accurate in his predictions) but even lately his blog has been not only depressing, but frustrating! yes. i'm officially tired of all the hogwash, hooey, smoke and mirrors displayed on the weatherman's blog as of late. i'm tired of wading through all the computer models, meteorological lingo talk followed by summary statements saying that its too difficult to forecast right now, about how the models (that i just waded through trying to understand) are often wrong and that they "really cant say" what is going to happen right now because the model is showing "too far out." they (the weather bloggers) then follow this up with how they will really explain it on the 10pm newscast. don't they realize that i am reading the blog because i don't want to watch the news at night?? i hate when they try to trick me into watching the news. (and i admit i sometimes do tune in to hear them explain the "difficult weather pattern.") but i'm really going to try and hold off on that now. i'm officially tired- like i just told you.

so. that being said, i've decided to rely on my future husband's trusty (or rusty?) fourth knuckle on his right hand which gets achy when the weather is about to change. i've heard of this happening to people but have never personally experienced this phenomenon. however, his little achy knuckle seems to be a lot more faithful, reliable and accurate these days- and much less frustrating. whew! i'm glad i have him around....and regardless of my weather frustration woes, i'm still dreaming of a white Christmas.

now, back to our regularly scheduled program....sorry.

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