T w e n t y S i d e d
On Tuesday my kids were outside in swimsuits, spraying each other with the hose. By Friday morning we were knee-deep in new snow.
It’s like taking a beating in the playground. The pummeling stops, and you uncurl from the fetal position and start to wipe the snotty tears off your face when suddenly the kicking begins anew. He was just waiting for you to uncurl.
March is such a bastard.
Why The Christmas Shopping Season is Worse Every Year
Everyone hates Black Friday sales. Even retailers! So why does it exist?
Chainmail Bikini
A horrible, railroading, stupid, contrived, and painfully ill-conceived roleplaying campaign. All in good fun.
Shamus Plays LOTRO
As someone who loves Tolkein lore and despises silly MMO quests, this game left me deeply conflicted.
Are Lootboxes Gambling?
Obviously they are. Right? Actually, is this another one of those sneaky hard-to-define things?
Skylines of the Future
Cities: Skylines is bound to have a sequel sooner or later. Where can this series go next, and what changes would I like to see?
From flip flops and tshirts to winter jackets and snowpants in the span of a night. Weak.
It’s a little easier here in Oregon – just expect there to be rain all the time.
Same thing keeps happening here in Buffalo.
All this week we were emerging from our long winter’s nap, rubbing our eyes, welcoming the warm spring temperatures and saying goodbye to the last little bits of snow that clung to the shadows, and then BAM yesterday afternoon it friggin’ starts all over again, and by this morning we’re sliding all around and having to tromp the snow off our shoes at every entranceway.
Now the sun is out and it’s melting again. The parking lot of my office, coated in frosty white just a couple of hours ago, is now no more than wet.
BTW, I like this blog. You seem like a pretty cool guy, I hope you are well.
Sorry ’bout that. :(
I live in central Texas for that reason, among others….
Ah! But isn’t April the cruelest month? Because, well, it breeds lilacs out of the dead land, and such. Bah.
Weather in Texas is, as Julia says, fantastic.
Ben
Now we know Shamus is a geek… he blames his recent malaise on Daylight Savings Time, while non-geeks generally blame this stuff on the weather!
We went from 35C heat to thunderstorms and ark-building torrential downpour in the course of a day, here. It was pretty awesome.
How irresponsible… letting children play under a running hose… dontcha know we are in a drought?
(ok maybe you arn’t especially if it is snowing there… lucky you…)
Currently we have no lawn watering, no car washing, garden watering from 0600-0800 and 2000-2200 only and only then on two days of the week.
In Golden, Its all Nice and spring like. But I still have my winter stuff on stand by. March and April are the and quote “snowyits(sp)” months of the year. Yea if you count the show in the mall parking lot at the Colorado Mills mall…
Rain
I play the global warming card! Okay, I don’t know if the weather is always like that where you live, so, well, nevermind.
March weather here is mostly just a series of brief rain showers. Quite literally it will be pouring a deluge one minute and then ten minutes later it will be bright and sunny. Then fifteen minutes after that it starts raining again. Repeat throughout most of the day.
On the upside, it means you can get around most of the time without a raincoat or umbrella. If it’s raining, just wait a few minutes and it’ll stop :)