Once I was driving to Madison from Chicago (on 90) during a storm. The roads were fine in IL, but as soon as I crossed the state line into Wisconsin the roads suddenly were icy as hell, and there were about a half-dozen cars in the ditch just in the first few miles of Wisconsin highway.

I had the same experience driving from near Madison to Cleveland. Rain started around Chicago, ice near Gary. Somewhere around Toledo, we crossed a warm front and switched over to pea-soup fog. It was a vast improvement.

WAH! Don't wanna go to work!!!!!

I think they do less salting in Wisconsin in order to protect the environment.

I grew up in a town with a large reservior, and they never salted.

I'm sorry Allyson (also flea about the ice storm! Gah!)

I am just so happy I didn't have to go to work, as yesterdya had me searching for dishwasher sized boxes for my boss to wrap her children's gifts in as well as building a database for registrations. My job is wierd!

From Wired:

It'll Cost Ya, Dude

If male crickets live fast they die young, according to Australian researchers. Scientists at the University of New South Wales fed one group of field crickets a protein-rich diet and another group a protein-poor diet. The best-fed male insects burned themselves out with their tireless trilling mating calls, causing them to die sooner than their malnourished, quieter counterparts. The pattern was not mirrored in females, who do not indulge in mating calls. "Only high quality males can bear the costs of an extreme sexual display," scientists said in an article published in the medical journal Nature. "Sexual advertisement is costly."

Kat-- do you know any professors? For some reason, at my Uni, the professors always seem to come up with a slide projector somehow when I cannot find one for them.

Good idea, Sophia. I'm also going to ask a friend who is a photography to see if she has any ideas. ARGH.

I am thinking of trying to hunt up my VCD of last year's Christmakkuh episode to watch... one of my favorites,because I ADORE the Summer as well as the Seth and she is so adorable n the ep.

I think I'll watch it on DVD today or tomorrow.

Lori is making me go to the mall today. For a christmas gift? no. for scuba fins.

I grew up in a town with a large reservior, and they never salted.

Our water comes from reservoir, and hello! salt.

Kat, Fox is showing last year's Chrismukkah episode tonight.

I know! I was going to Tivo it until Lori said, "We have it on DVD you know." Which is true. But there's somethign neat about it being broadcast.

MMMMm..... Summer dressed as Wonder Woman. Anna before she becomes super irritating.

How's the healing coming on the outside, juliana. Are you recognizing the woman in the mirror?

Oh yeah. She’s the same, with the addition of a little eye-scar and some swelling (and concomitant numbness/stiffness) that should hopefully go away. Someday. It’s really only noticeable to me, but it is there.

Allyson - that story is horror beyond words. I wish peace to everyone affected, except those as are, you know, GUILTY AS FUCK.

What ita said. Fucking hell. The poor family.

Does ballet really get prettier each and every time you see it, or is it just me?

It’s not just you. I sit and gape in awe and wonder every time. So pretty.

Poor flea and family!!!

Slide projectors are so 1970s and I can't find one at my school to use and I don't want to buy one. Nor do we have a scanner that can scan slides.

Kat - check with a larger theater. They tend to have them. If you seriously can't find one, well.... I could ship you ours, but I'd need to know by Tuesday.