Oh, yay, winter storm warnings for Utah. And there's snow on the mountains. Looks like it's starting early. My tires are good, but the heater's sluggish. Excelsior! Onward to the storms!

Tomato jam [link] is more of a relish than a jam. That recipe looks like it would be sweeter than what I've had.

I wonder if you could make tomato jam with bacon.

I think we've gained enough posters since it ended that it's not an assumption.

True, but I reserve the right to look sternly over the top of my glasses at those who don't love Buffy or at least some part of the Whedonverse. Otherwise, it's anything goes.

I'd guess the sports lovers are actually a minority, but more vocal at this time of the year. I am only baseball. I can only smile and nod about other sports.

The winds will maintain a sustained speed of 35 to 40 mph, and may gust to 55 mph or more. They will be most severe north of Interstate 88, particularly along the Wisconsin border, Kleist said.

Great, that's where I am. At least it's due to stop raining after 9 am, which is when I go to work, so I'll miss the worst of it.

I reserve the right to look sternly over the top of my glasses at those who don't love Buffy or at least some part of the Whedonverse

I, on the other hand, am the nicest.

I, on the other hand, am the nicest.

You're scarier when you look sternly over your glasses than I am.

I wonder if you could make tomato jam with bacon.

I make it with horseradish and use it as kind of an upscale cocktail sauce with shrimp.

Going back to that story on tomorrow's Chicago storm:

Still ranking at No. 1, ahead of the storm coming Tuesday, is the Great Ohio Blizzard of Jan. 25-27, 1978. That storm produced winds that gusted up to more than 100 mph, wind chills of -60, and left snow drifts 20 feet high in some areas, according to published reports. Ohio was the hardest hit in that storm, but the entire Great Lakes region and Ohio Valley were affected. The storm was blamed for more than 70 deaths.

I remember that storm. I was in sixth grade, we were out of school for three days, and the whole family had to go outside every few hours to shovel the driveway to keep the drifts to a managable level.

I'm going to have to frown and look sternly over the top of my glasses at the notion of any one of us feeling insufficiently Buffista just because she doesn't like something someone else likes.

I was going to say.

Hey! Speaking of Allyson, guess what I got in the mail today???

I remember the Ohio Blizzard of '78 (not to be confused with the Boston Blizzard of '78). We lived in Washington, PA, south of Pittsburgh, and we had the most enormous snow piles at the foot of every driveway. I was a lot shorter then (age 5) but it seriously seemed like we got 6 feet of snow.

And, Bev, you make an amused face when I squeak and burble

Indifferent to the cars, love the squeak and burble.

My Buffista card ownership would be tenuous if not for The Book.

Pshaw. Or, you know, tscha, depending where you're from. You are the very definition of Buffista snark and wit and wits paired with genuine compassion and local activism. Sports? Fantasy? Fic? Mere accoutrements, not defining qualities.

Or, what amych said more succinctly and picturesquely.