Snow Time Like The Present

(This is just a generic photo of some snow. Actual photos of today's snow come later, if you care.)

When it snows around here, everybody blogs about it. This morning, I was thinking, "Man, that's so boring! I'll blog about something else. Who the hell wants to read another snow blog?"

Then, I got to thinking about it. Maybe it's a big kick for people who live in Hawaii or Florida or Australia or Vienna to read about snow. Those places don't get near as much of the stuff as we do here in the Boston area. And, since I have readers in those places, I'd be doing them a disservice if I didn't relate the details, telling them all about my wonderful adventures in the white stuff.

So, if you come from one of those places, enjoy the following. If you come from, say, Canada, feel free to ignore it.

You may remember what happened to me the last time it snowed. Well, today it is snowing again; the first snowfall of any magnitude since that time. As I write, we have about six inches accumulated and it is still falling.

Thus far, I am the only one to have made it into work. I'm hoping that my boss calls any moment now and says, "Jim! What in heck are you doing there? Go home!"

(I'm also hoping to poop $100 bills the next time I have to go, but I'm not counting on it.)

Update: My production partner, Dan, just called. He's going to work from home. I don't blame him. His commute is from Worcester, and he lives on a hill. Everybody in Worcester lives on a hill. Anyway, his street is very steep and leads directly into a feeder of Interstate 90, the Massachusetts Turnpike. He takes his life in his hands if he tries to negotiate that hill before it's plowed.

Update: Kim, our office manager, just arrived. The first words out of her mouth? "This sucks!" I can't argue with that.

Update: My boss just showed up. Looks like I'm here for the duration.

Oh, well. Since I've got little else of interest to write about, here are some quick snaps of our building and parking lot.


This is the front of our building. As I took this, a fellow with a snowblower was just beginning to make his way down the walk, clearing it.




This is my car, "Roddy". He is the world's greatest snow car, despite how he got stuck in the previous story. That was my fault, not his.





And here's the view of the other side of the building. Beyond that big tree is a cemetery, which is always fun to look at whenever I come outside for a smoke.

My camera ran out of power just after I snapped that last one, so you've been spared any further shots. And that's about all I've got until tomorrow. See you then.