Enough is enough, part 3

It’s now two weeks later, I’m still at home, Christmas presents still haven’t been delivered by UPS, and the DOT still refuses to plow our streets.

A buddy of mine sent me the following graph and I thought it held quite true, except the green slice is way too large.  My buddy then exclaimed it was scaled so that it could actually be visible.

I heard in Bellevue they are now asking people to move their cars off the streets.  That would be fine, IF their cars weren’t buried by what the plows have already dumped on top of them!  Our local government is nothing but a bunch of jackasses!

Enough is enough, part 2

It’s now Christmas Eve, I’m still trapped, and we seem to be experiencing another blizzard this morning.

Snow is coming in sideways and we had another 2 inches on top of the foot or more we already had, and yes, we are still in white out conditions.  I’m guessing another 2 inches by the time I’m done writing this post.

I’m grumpy, I have cabin fever, and I’m almost out of smokes.  All I have to drink is hot chocolate and tequila.  I already drank the hot chocolate this morning, and you all already know how I’m feeling about tequila.

The Department of Transportation, in their infinite wisdom, cleared out the main roads (of which there are 2 in our area), but have not touched the side roads (of which there are hundreds in our area).  This means that unless you have a 4 wheel drive or some serious chains, you are not getting out of Silver Firs (the area I live).  Good to know my tax dollars are going to the DOT to handle these situations that I reap no benefit from.  Speaking of, I sure don’t see any buses going through the neighborhood either.

Not to mention, I’m also grumpy because the only snow pants I have are now a waist size that is 4 inches too small for me.  The only boots I have are my snowboarding boots, which as fellow boarder knows, are not good for general walking in the snow.

On top of all this, we (my wife and I), have ordered several gifts two weeks ago which still have not been delivered.  This means that if we don’t get them today, gift exchange will be delayed as several people would be left out.  You’d think that ordering stuff 2 weeks ago with a 3-5 day delivery time would have made it by now.  Too bad not everyone understands that Christmas isn’t just about presents (especially the kids).

I know I’m not alone in all this.  I have heard news reports, friends, family, and people I normally don’t agree with all complaining about the same stuff.

You’d think Washington would be prepared for this kind of storm.  No, we’re not.  Our government is too busy to work out real emergency plans with stuff like evicting homeless from Tent City, avoiding the God-forbidden salt being mixed with SALT WATER, and bickering of religious (or anti-religious) signage in the capitol building.

Pure jackassery, all of it.

P.S. If anyone in the DOT or local government is reading this, for the LOVE OF GOD read and take head of the following articles, these are the words of people who actually know what they are talking about!

• Seattle Times: Sand on roads worse than salt, environmentalists say
• Seattle Post-Intelligencer: It’s time to get angry about city’s snow response

With all that aside, here are some pics of what’s going on at my house:

Who wants to BBQ?

My house last night...

My house this morning...

The snow meter...

My neighborhood

Unlike the president, this bush is trustworthy

Killer icicle

Enough is enough…

We are now in day 3 of the snow storm here in Washington. My house seems to be in the convergence zone if convergence zones.

I have watched the snow pile up and using my wife’s car in the driveway as a “watch yourself get effed in the a” meter. Her car is inches away from being completely buried. It could now be easily mistaken for one of the completely overtaken bushes in the yard.

I took my last drive for what could be days today. There is about 14-16 inches of snow on our street. In fact, you can only tell by familiarity of the land where the yard stops, the sidewalks begins and ends, and the street starts. Not a prime environment for a VW Passat that is lowered by 2 inches.

The thought that keeps coming to mind is “if this is global warming, I don’t see what the problem is”. However, now that I have said that, I am thinking back to the movie “The Day After Tomorrow” and it may not seem like such a stupid unrealistic movie.

I am one that loves snow as long as it doesn’t trap me. I don’t think I love this snow anymore.

My snowmobiles are 500 miles away. Yup, that doesn’t help me much.

My dog is sharing the same sentiment as me. He was having the time of his life when this started, but now he gives me this “go f*** yourself” look every time I take him outside to do his business.

Ya, I’m ready for this to be done, but unfortunately, it doesn’t look like this is going away anytime soon. The forecast says snow for another week.

Well, I guess I should be happy as I’ve been wishing for a white Christmas for years and now it looks like we’ll get one.

Stay tuned to see how cabin fever sets in. This should get interesting.

Useless Information, Vol. 4

Shit, it’s been too long since I posted some useless shit.  With no shitting aside, here’s the history of shit.

Scholars trace the word “shit” back to Old Norse origin (skīta, to defecate), and it is virtually certain that “shit” was used in some form by preliterate Germanic tribes at the time of the Roman Empire. “Shit” was originally adopted into Old English as the nouns scite (dung, attested only in place names) and scitte (diarrhoea), and the verb scītan (to defecate, attested only in bescītan, to cover with excrement); eventually it morphed into Middle English schītte (excrement), schyt (diarrhoea) and shiten (to defecate). The word may be further traced to Proto-Germanic *skit-, and ultimately to Proto-Indo-European *skheid-. Ancient Greek language had ’skor’ (root ’skat-’ from which modern Greek ’skatá’). The words ’skítur’ (noun) and ’skíta’ (verb), still exist in the Icelandic language today, and in other Scandinavian languages variations of ’skit’ are also often used.

Even shit has quite some history behind it.

I have to admit, when my wife asked me where “shit” came from, I sorely misunderstood the question.  Once she clarified the shit question, I thought to myself, “shit, I have no idea!”, so I got my shit together and found this piece of shit on Wikipedia.  Other shit found on there covered the usage of shit, which I found to be some pretty entertaining shit.

With no further ado, here are some of the shitty highlights regarding usage:

Shit as a vague noun:

• This show is funny shit
• This test is hard shit
• That was stupid shit
• Shoot the shit

Surprise

• To shit oneself
• To shit bricks
• Flip some shit

Trouble

• In a lot of shit
• Deep shit
• Shit hits the fan
• Tough shit
• The shit is rollin’ down the hill

Displeasure

• Look like shit
• Tastes like shit
• Little shit

Dominance

• Eat shit
• Eat shit and die

Positive attitude

• You are the shit

Sarcasm

• No shit!
• No shit Sherlock!
• Full of shit

Emphasis

• I was so shit-scared of that shithead that I shit-talked him into dropping out of the karate match!

Drug/alcohol use

• I am so shit-faced!
• Shitshow

Verb usage

• Shit
• Shat
• Shitty

Well, I think all this shit just put my site in some shit, and now some shitty companies like AT&T who block websites with swear words just put a block on my site.  Well, ain’t that some shit?

Shit counter: 53 including “shit counter”…. shit! now it’s 54.

Jerk!

I found this article on MSNBC today… kinda funny, but holds true.  I’m the bluetooth jerk, but have narrowly avoided the other items.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28039226/

Bailout

Hangovers suck

My company held a holiday party this weekend.  It was pretty cool.  It was a paid trip to Lake Tahoe.  We had a couple meetings, and then it was party time.

Needless to say, I think we all got pretty hammered.  Especially me. 

You know how there are people that, when you mention tequila, they shudder and say “I had a bad experience… no way am I drinking tequila”?

I woke up Sunday morning and was so violently ill it was rediculous.  To put it in perspective, I tried to take some Pepto-Bismol to settle my stomach after puking and dry-heaving for several hours.  I overpowered the Pepto.  That is a sign that I drank too much and proof that I am now in the “I had a bad experience” bucket.

Not only was I extremely hungover, but I was super sick and had to take a bus ride from Tahoe back to Reno and then get on the plane to fly back to Seattle.  That was simply the most horrendous travel day I’ve ever had.

Needless to say, now it’s Monday, the hangover is gone, but my stomach muscles and shoulders are so sore from being sick, I might as well consider myself as still paying for the tequila episode.

Ugh, now back to work…

Life’s a Ditch

A buddy, a co-worker, and I decide to go grab some lunch. About 50 feet outside the office driveway, we run into some good ol’ hilarity.

Let me tell you, it’s really hard to call a tow truck while you are laughing hysterically.

INTERWEBS

So, I was doing what any good man would when he can’t be in a Best Buy store: browse BestBuy.com.  Well, I was surfing around the site and obviously clicked a broken link.  

Usually when someone gets an error page on a web site, they will get something along the lines of “We’re sorry, this page is currently undergoing maintenance.  Check back soon.”

Not Best Buy.  This is what I got: