A Heck of a Blizzard

 When u can no longer distinguish the sidewalk from the street and lawn, & the wind sounds like a Hollywood sound effects team has set up shop outside ur window . . . Well, then it looks like this blizzard will live up to the hype after all

6 ft drifts down the length of my alley, 6-8 foot deep hills the length of the side street to my south, and quite literally the largest snow drift I've ever seen on the side of my house. I doubt we'll get the van out on the road until Friday at the earliest.

Taking a break from my 2nd round of shoveling in the alley. Noting the wonderful grammar of local anchors who in the course of a few minutes said "props to the city" and "don't go nowhere".

Listening to Iron Butterfly and sad that In-A-Gadda-Da-Vidi doesn't hold up as well if you're not 17 and/or stoned.

Bay Viewers - if anyone digs out and is on the road this evening, I would welcome a quick lift to either Walgreens or the grocery store. Thanks!

My Thoughts Exactly LuLu! - Lisa

We finally got out of the alley at a little after nine, after spending hours clawing a path to freedom. That . . . was a lot of snow to shovel. The worst part? My phone, which was in my coat pocket for one of the many soaking-wet rounds of shoveling, was damaged. It still works as a phone, but all the perks that made my life happier - FB, txt, aps, email - are a no-go.

Quote

 Education is finite. Fame whoring is forever - TMZ

Dinner with the ladies

 Out to dinner at Landmark with Lisa and the youngest 

A Blizzard is starting

snow drifts up to the middle of my calves in the alley this morning. Could be worse. Probably will be.

All malls closing @ 5

mps has announced they will close tomorrow. Let the Super Blow blizzard commence.

Catfish

We just finished the documentary 'Catfish'. I really enjoyed it, and I think the title - which stems from an anecdote w/in the film - is a phrase worth remembering.

RED

'RED' was ok, but in the end was little more than cookie cutter action/comedy. What comedic bright spots there were came largely courtesy of Mary Louise Parker.

An Important Quote

 It's always too early to quit - Norman Vincent Peale

who needs internet porn when u can watch Katy Perry's 'Teenage Dream' video? Well done Mrs. Brand, well done. In other news Cold War Kids were pretty darn good.

LuLu's Artwork

 

Two Little Angels

 

LuLu and Pantera

(Pantera playing) 

LuLu: Dad, turn that off! 

Me: Why? 

Lulu:  'Cuz it's ugly music!

Life

 Zikes. Even the most sedate, productive, happy days can descend into chaos and drama before changing back just as quickly. Life is just a big helping of messy, unpredictable disorder I guess.

Baby Songs

 I found our old Baby Songs DVD and to my suprise Smiley was ecstatic. He and LuLu are watching it now, singing and laughing along. Good times

 watching the 2011 US.Figure Skating Championships on NBC

25 Years Ago Today

 25 yrs since the Challenger exploded. I didn't see it happen live on TV, but they rolled a TV into our 6th grade classroom and the rest of that day was spent watching the news.

You'd think the anniversary would get more ink, but the nat'l tragedies of the last quarter century - waco, OK city, columbine, 9/11 - seem to make it less impactful on our collective memory.

Not My Best Work

I made tandoori chicken and rice pilaf for dinner last night, and it was a disaster. Awful. Sitcom awful. Smiley and I were the only ones who swallowed more than the mandatory one bite - Lisa included: (

Not Pleased

It's petty, but I am sore with a) the headline JS gave my piece B) a glaring typo they introduced into it (it is not in my submission) and c) an edit that took out a line that had a lot of humor and heart. But they paid me, so it's all sour grapes. so OFW.

Thank You!

Thank you to the folks who bought GS cookies from my girls, esp those who went out of their way w/ their generosity

New Music

 Listening to Bush's new CD "Sea of Memories".

Barbie

Go Pack Go

 The sign LuLu made at school. It now hangs on our front door.

The Moment McCartney and Lennon Met

 6 pm. Saturday July 6th 1957.

FYI

 According to an email I just received, a Packers column I wrote should be in Thursday's Journal-Sentinel. I'll let you know if it pans out.

The Notorious Landlady

 watching 'the notorious landlady' w/ Kim Novak, Jack Lemmon and Fred Astaire

The Amazing Race

We just finished watching the first season of The Amazing Race. Minor discord there at the end, with me rooting on the eventual winners while Lisa, a fan of the runner ups, accused me of betraying my economic and social class with my decision. Either way, no losers on that show. Even if you're eliminated in week 1, you see more of the world than most people do in a lifetime.