Just getting caught-up.

The snow

Being a native Buffalonian, I can say that the great storm that hit Albany was a biggie. Not insurmountable, but big.

In a way, I was glad to see it. It makes the winter seem normal. Now everyone can relax and forget about global warming, at least until the Atlantic Ocean borders on Dutchess County.

I got to work Wednesday morning without much of a problem. I commented to my secretary that it was just like driving on Sunday morning – the roads were empty.

Getting back home was not much of a problem either, except for the fact that the swell guys who plow our lots plowed everyone in. I used a garbage pail someone kindly left in the lot to dig out. A little diggin’, a little rockin’, no problem. I passed the pail on to the drivers next to me.

One person in a pickup with a plow just kept driving through the lot. I guess he expected people to hold up $20 bills. I gave him something better, a prayer.

When I got home I had quite the climb, just to get in my driveway. I’m 6’2″ and the snow at the end of the driveway was up to my shoulders.

After dinner I got to the task of snow blowing. Found out that I only had one tank of gas in the snow blower. That took care of half the driveway. I took a quick run over to the local Mobil for a fill-up, got back, and finished the job. A beer, some Smokehouse Almonds, and a little American Idol and all was well…

Tim Hardaway to blog for John Edwards?

Basketball retiree Tim Hardaway went on a tirade against homosexuals today (see Hardaway Banished for Anti-Gay Tirade), confusing these folks homosexuality with their humanity, basically saying I hate their homosexuality therefore I hate them.

Mr. Hardaway may receive inquiries from Presidential candidate John Edwards. He needs a new blogger because his team of anti-Catholic bloggers quit (see Second John Edwards Staffer Resigns Over Attacking Catholics on Abortion).

I can see John Edwards saying the following of Mr. Hardaway, can’t you?

The tone and the sentiment of some of Amanda Marcotte’s and Melissa McEwan’s posts [Mr. Hardaway’s statements] personally offended me. It’s not how I talk to people, and it’s not how I expect the people who work for me to talk to people. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but that kind of intolerant language will not be permitted from anyone on my campaign, whether it’s intended as satire, humor, or anything else. But I also believe in giving everyone a fair shake.

Fair shake – but only for protected hate speech.

The Apostle Paul and Computers

Check out The Apostle Paul and Computers from blogger Richard Brown in Cornwall, UK.

Some pretty fair humor. I like items 5 & 6 the best:

6. Book boat tickets using Priceline.com.
5. E-mail pictures of Peter eating pork to the gang back in Jerusalem.