It's the halfway mark of winter that starts on 12/21, right? That's clearly not the real-life start of winter! Especially not up there!
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Jesse - Feb 09, 2009 5:03:09 am PST #5716 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Barb - Feb 09, 2009 5:04:26 am PST #5717 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
I thought most of the outfits were ridic. Rock`n`roll seems to equal 'the craziest f--- thing I can find to wear'
I liken it to the Oscars being like an elegant ball and the Grammys being like a cracked out high school prom.
Sue - Feb 09, 2009 5:07:16 am PST #5718 of 30000
hip deep in pie
That's clearly not the real-life start of winter! Especially not up there!
Too true. But, unfortunately, March 22 isn't necessarily the beginning of spring here, either.
Jesse - Feb 09, 2009 5:08:58 am PST #5719 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Oh yeah, good point. Well, even if winter goes from November to April, which is fully half of the year, half-way was Feb 1.
Sue - Feb 09, 2009 5:10:40 am PST #5720 of 30000
hip deep in pie
I need to move to another climate. And yet, i don`t do well in the heat. Where is it eternally temperate.
Jessica - Feb 09, 2009 5:11:35 am PST #5721 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I think "officially" winter is 12/21 - 3/20, but most people (at this lattitude) consider winter to be Dec-Jan-Feb.
Gudanov - Feb 09, 2009 5:14:18 am PST #5722 of 30000
Coding and Sleeping
Missouri combines freezing cold (okay, not usually for a really long stretch) in the winter with unbearable heat and humidity in the summer. You can really cover your bases climate-wise.
Matt the Bruins fan - Feb 09, 2009 5:42:18 am PST #5723 of 30000
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
Don't the crowds know that we're in a recession and they should be staying home? I mean, geez.
My co-worker is moonlighting at the local mega-market and says this is their top-selling week of the year, which really suprised me given all the food prep that goes in Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Fourth of July. I guess the media have done their job well with the "You must buy expensive gifts for Valentine's Day or YOU WILL DIE ALONE!" message.
msbelle - Feb 09, 2009 6:09:47 am PST #5724 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
a quick but unscientific survey of my friends is finding that people are seeing crowded retail and restaurants at every turn.
I see things closing down in my neighborhood (3 stores in 1.5 blocks within the last 2-3 weeks), but in the work neighborhood I see no sign of a slowing economy.
Jessica - Feb 09, 2009 6:12:16 am PST #5725 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
a quick but unscientific survey of my friends is finding that people are seeing crowded retail and restaurants at every turn.
Restaurants around my office have been close to empty at lunchtime, but my favorite local brunch place was as busy as I've ever seen it last weekend when my in-laws were in town. t /anecdata