I don't know what the weather is doing right now, but y'all'd probably laugh...it's kind of cold for us, though.It's warm here, but not quite shorts-all-year-tropical...cold stuff comes down from the mountains sometimes.Hec, I just remembered: Tony Kushner likes The Wire enough that he gave The Truth Be Told, the Wire companion, a blurb. When HBO-verses collide...

Oh. Dear.

I just got an e-mail from one of the students I'm tutoring. Her big final paper is due on Monday. She's only read 1.5 of the four articles she needs to talk about in her paper...and actually, she only has three articles. She hasn't found the fourth yet.

She better not think I'm writing this paper for her!!! She e-mailed me yesterday asking if I'd found the articles and read them yet. I was going to do that in preparation to help her, but now I'm not so sure I'm going to take the time. She needs to do this. And I know I need to help her, but...there is a limit.

Also, she asked me to call her on her cell phone to set up a meeting time, because she doesn't have "enternet."

Dear god, please help me.

Dear god, please help me.

You misspelled "her".

Oh dear.

Guess there's a reason that one needs a tutor. (Although she appears to not fully understand the tutor-tutee relationship.)

We didn't get as much snow as they did in town - or even in the 'burbs. But it is plenty cold here this morning. (6 degrees)

A friend of mine who lives and works in the western 'burbs (of Chicago) usually has a 25 minute commute. Last night it took her an hour and a half to get home - 18 minutes of which was trying to get out of her company's lot. 88 was at a standstill and the local roads were all jammed.

Yeah, my coworker's wife (hee, so funny to call her that, they just got married) kept calling in with updates and her trip must have taken at least two hours in total. I left before she got anywhere near, more than an hour later than usual.

No snow here.

Last night our new Safeway opened up for a 4 hour "preview", of course we went. They had tastings and 10% discounts. The place is HUGE....aircraft hanger bay HUGE. It officially opens at 8am this morning.

I drove by it on my way to work, around 6am. There were people LINED UP. Lots of people. With blankets, chairs, and coffee. WTF?!?!? Who lines up 2 HOURS before a new grocery store opens?

You misspelled "her".

Well, that too.

Once again, I am glad I don't have to drive. And every train and but I've taken has been non-crowded and arrived at the stop just after I did. But on the down side, I schlepped my ass to Evanston Hospital, but they had no record of the blood tests I'm supposed to have done.

Oh, tommy, that sucks. What a waste of time and energy.

I'm supposed to go get new tires for the car today. It's developed a suspicious shimmy, most likely due to patching one when it went bad a month or so ago. I don't even want to go out. The wind is ugly and the ice in our badly plowed parking lot is pretty thick. Am ruminating.

Well, because of efficient public transportation, I only wasted about 45 minutes.