{"id":228,"date":"2009-12-07T19:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-07T19:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=228"},"modified":"2009-12-07T19:56:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-07T19:56:00","slug":"im-back-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.dljones.com\/?p=228","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m Back &#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since I wussed out and went to bed early last night, I know you have been waiting with baited breath for this post. You can now breathe. I am here. {*grin*}<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>And did you know that the built in spell checking in most browsers doesn&#8217;t grok &#8220;wussed out&#8221;? But it does grok grok and is happy to suggest wusses! I therefore conclude that the people who write the spell checkers are Heinlein fans with little exposure to everyday language. Now that I have insulted the all-powerful spelling Geeks, watch for the number of mis-spellings here to rise exponentially. I&#8217;m already preparing a burnt offering to appease them.<br \/><\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Since it is nearing noon and the temperature is finally close to hitting double digits (i.e. 10), I think we should celebrate. After all, this is supposed to be one of the warmer days this week, so a little <\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_RvuxwM9-lN0\/Sx1RWAQaQRI\/AAAAAAAAAd8\/C6-_bRJPnEo\/s1600-h\/2007celebrate41_600.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"320\" src=\"http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/_RvuxwM9-lN0\/Sx1RWAQaQRI\/AAAAAAAAAd8\/C6-_bRJPnEo\/s320\/2007celebrate41_600.jpg\" width=\"246\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>is in order to keep our spirits up.<\/p>\n<p>We only got a dash of snow yesterday, less than 3 inches, but I loved it because it was dry powder snow. That meant when I walked out to get the paper Sunday morning, every step made that characteristic squee-scrunch that happens with powder snow when the temperature is near single digits. Made me want to traipse around making more squee-scrunches in spite of not having my coat on and wearing these moccasins in the sub-zero wind chill.<\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_RvuxwM9-lN0\/SaOGbSN7VFI\/AAAAAAAAAN4\/GGM5QNY7OsA\/s1600-h\/MVC-064F.JPG\" imageanchor=\"1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" border=\"0\" height=\"240\" src=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_RvuxwM9-lN0\/SaOGbSN7VFI\/AAAAAAAAAN4\/GGM5QNY7OsA\/s320\/MVC-064F.JPG\" width=\"320\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Note that <a href=\"http:\/\/theartofpanic.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/monday-curmudgeon.html#comments\">Jenners<\/a> feared I might wear these in public clear back <a href=\"http:\/\/theartofpanic.blogspot.com\/2009\/02\/monday-curmudgeon.html#comments\">here<\/a>. <i>(Just to allay her fears, no one else was out in the cold and snow at the time.)<\/i> It was fortunate that we didn&#8217;t get more snow or the open toe design modification would have failed when packed with snow.<\/p>\n<p>The weather forecasters are predicting we won&#8217;t reach 20 for the high until Friday or Saturday, so most of the snow we have will sit and glow in the brilliant sunlight. I love that blinding glare when it is clear and cold and snow covered. I suppose I&#8217;d better enjoy it today since tomorrow is supposed to be interesting<sup>*<\/sup>. At least it is not forecast to be the blizzard conditions forecast for the areas to the south of us.<\/p>\n<p>Time to get some more work done. I need to get some stuff finished for the Scout committee meeting tonight and then get busy. Don&#8217;t eat any yellow snow. <\/p>\n<p><sup>*<\/sup><i>Issued by The National Weather Service<br \/>Denver\/Boulder, CO <br \/>11:35 am MST, Mon., Dec. 7, 2009<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><i>    &#8230; WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY&#8230;\u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i> THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DENVER HAS ISSUED A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SNOW&#8230; WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 5 PM MST TUESDAY.\u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i> SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 4 TO 8 INCHES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE PLAINS OF NORTH EAST COLORADO BY 5 PM MST TUESDAY&#8230; WITH THE HIGHER AMOUNTS OVER LARIMER COUNTY AND THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS.\u00c2\u00a0<\/i><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since I wussed out and went to bed early last night, I know you have been waiting with baited breath for this post. You can now breathe. I am here. {*grin*} And did you know that the built in spell checking in most browsers doesn&#8217;t grok &#8220;wussed out&#8221;? 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