Even NOAA won't give the extent of the bad news

 Some forecasts say 20" in my area, but NOAA is silent on Wed's accumulation.   This means two things: 

1) more shoveling

2) trip to the packie* 

*packie is an eastern Massachusetts term for "package store" aka liquor store; this explains it.

It doesn't run in the family

My oldest son Raymond writes for AOLPatch.  I agonize over writing. He doesn't, which is why he gets paid to write and I don't.  Here is his latest; click on the link in the subtitle:

Forget Me Not. No, Seriously: East Providence Florists Will Help You Out.

East Providence florists open up about how they can keep you looking like a smooth operator this Valentine's Day.

By Raymond Beltran | Email the author | 2:30pm

42.715639, -72.512867 (42° 42' 56.30", -72° 30' 46.32")

Yes...only 1 hour from where I live...

This explains so much...so very much....

I was wrong, partially

Lord Creamhorn (my arch enemy) said that Teddy Peanut Butter (aka bliss in a jar) made a version that had ribbons of jelly in it.  I told him that he was wrong.  He was.  I told him it was Koogle.  I was wrong.  The product is called Goober (R)   There is no need to get a pen to record the date when LCH was wrong: there is a time stamp on this post :)

The poltics of...

What does the term "politics" mean?

Politics:
1. [usu. treated as sing.] the activities associated with the governance of a country or area, especially the debate between parties having power: the party quickly gained influence in French politics | thereafter he dropped out of active politics. ■ the activities of governments concerning the political relations between states: in the conduct of global politics, economic status must be backed by military capacity. ■ the academic study of government and the state: [as modifier] a politics lecturer. ■ a particular set of political beliefs or principles: people do not buy their paper purely for its politics. ■(often the politics of) the principles relating to or inherent in a sphere or activity, especially when concerned with power and status: the politics of gender. 

2. activities aimed at improving someone's status or increasing power within an organization: yet another discussion of office politics and personalities. (Oxford Dictionary of English)

The highlighted definitions are the ones I use.  Sadly, definition #2 is the commonly understood one. 

When studying the Rhetoric of Politics (as I will be this semester), I suspect I will be studying the Rhetoric of power, instead of the Rhetoric of governance. Certainly, it can be argued that government and power are interchangeable, though that argument does make me a bit uncomfortable.  

Best news: NO MARX IN THIS CLASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Peanut Butter and what happened to the jelly

and a handful of these.

One hefty tablespoon of this 

heaven on a spoon...

Seriously:

This is what it is like for me when I'm working at the Vet's between semesters: Click here and then click "play free preview".