Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Monday, December 1, 2008
A bit of culture shock?
How unexpected.
Yesterday, Winona got a nice batch of snow. It was pretty, it was white, it covered the ground... It was more than a dusting, but less than bothersome. Or so I thought.
Apparently the policy here is to plow no matter how much snow has accumulated, and damn any cars that happen to be in the way. In South Dakota, folks would have barely thought about shoveling this much snow, let along plowing.
The kicker is that I would have moved my car this morning, so that it wouldn't have been towed, had there not been two or three other cars in the parking lot fifteen minutes before they were all supposed to have been moved. I went out there, saw the cars, and said to myself, "Hey, these guys must not think it's a big deal either. Cool."
I hope they got towed too. /grumble grumble
Yesterday, Winona got a nice batch of snow. It was pretty, it was white, it covered the ground... It was more than a dusting, but less than bothersome. Or so I thought.
Apparently the policy here is to plow no matter how much snow has accumulated, and damn any cars that happen to be in the way. In South Dakota, folks would have barely thought about shoveling this much snow, let along plowing.
The kicker is that I would have moved my car this morning, so that it wouldn't have been towed, had there not been two or three other cars in the parking lot fifteen minutes before they were all supposed to have been moved. I went out there, saw the cars, and said to myself, "Hey, these guys must not think it's a big deal either. Cool."
I hope they got towed too. /grumble grumble
Monday, November 17, 2008
What I Did On My Weekend Vacation...
In no particular order I...
Went to a wicked awesome Q and A session with Doug Jones, of Pan's Labyrinth fame!
Bought fun things!
Ate at Burger King!
Busted ghosts!
Marveled at the thrilling shopping opportunities offered by the Twin Cities!
Got attacked-ed by a madman!
Met Michael Berryman, of The Hills Have Eyes fame!
Met James Duval, of SLC Punk fame!
Met Chris Sarandon, of Fright Night fame!
Got attacked-ed by a zombie!
That's the short version with interesting pictures. I'll do the real version in a little while.
Went to a wicked awesome Q and A session with Doug Jones, of Pan's Labyrinth fame!
Bought fun things!
Ate at Burger King!
Busted ghosts!
Marveled at the thrilling shopping opportunities offered by the Twin Cities!
Got attacked-ed by a madman!
Met Michael Berryman, of The Hills Have Eyes fame!
Met James Duval, of SLC Punk fame!
Met Chris Sarandon, of Fright Night fame!
Got attacked-ed by a zombie!
That's the short version with interesting pictures. I'll do the real version in a little while.
Friday, October 17, 2008
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
The EPA
While I generally agree with the ideals of the Environmental Protection Agency, I think sometimes they overstep their bounds.
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