Pre-Ramble:  Ok … sounds like they had some snow over on the East Coast yesterday. 

I’d like to be supportive and giddy along with them as they scurry around stockpiling soup and shrieking about the “vast brindled nebula that stretched 400 miles along the Chesapeake coast, knocking out power to thousands and causing numerous accidents“ … and waxing poetic about the “enchanted snowbound adventure” that lies piled up on their doorsteps and streets …

“The hard edges of Washington were softened as the snow recast the capital of monuments and malls into a postcard town of soft ice cream shapes that had been statues and aerodynamic blobs that had been parked cars: the buried machines of a lost civilization. The Capitol and the White House vanished in the whiteout, cross-country skiiers appeared in parks and the Potomac was a grayish plate of pewter.”

Sure. Great. Let’s get all bundled up and go sledding.

The Take-Away:  There is no doubt that extreme weather, particularly snow, can be a very beautiful thing … It’s just that we here in Minnesota live with that scenario 6 months out of the year. I am scheduled to be in D.C. for a conference next week (look for a blog post or two on that) and I’d really appreciate it if they could make a concerted bi-partisan effort to have both sides of the aisle on that winter wonderland mess cleaned up by the time I get there.

Post Note:  “Good Dog” blizzard tip for First Canine Bo from seasoned, Minnesota snow-bunny, Daisy – Make sure the President shovels a potty-path out onto the front lawn … it’s next to impossible to “maneuver” in deeper-than-doggie-tummy-level snow.

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