Forget Friday the 13th, it's Tuesday the 13th to worry about

Okay, so it's Tuesday the 13th, no big deal, nothing to worry about.

AAAAAHHH!

I had such a nice end to yesterday. Getting my behind to Bible study and making new friends there. Then a long talk with a friend on the phone on the way home. Into bed by 2200 (that's 10:00pm to those of you 24hr clock-challenged people out there) and asleep shortly afterwards. Then the clock went and struck midnight!

AAAAAHHH!

I woke up about 0145 (that's 1:45am to you... nevermind) and slept fitfully until the alarm went off at 0411. Went and started the car, checked for school closings, none (we can wear jeans when the weather is bad enough to close the schools), and got ready. Then the adventure started.

AAAAAHHH!

I get out to my car, it's still running, but now the wipers only work on high speed. The side streets haven't been plowed yet, and I can barely get up the little piddling hill on 16th street. Finally I get going, taking the Old Towne Bellevue route. Everyone and their brother is downtown plowing, I'm behind Joe Slow, and the guy snowblowing at city hall is seemingly aiming for my car. Wipers now just stop at whatever position I turn them off high. I make it onto 370 going west, whew, the roads aren't bad at all ... until I get to 25th street. Hey! City! County! State! Someone has to be responsible for plowing in between 25th and 42nd streets, then again, maybe it's nobody, because it sure wasn't plowed.

AAAAAHHH!

What was that? Oh, no big deal, it's just someone going by me at 70mph in a little car through foot deep drifts. He left at least three inches clearance between my car and their car. Finally I get to 42nd street, and someone else is responsible for this section of road and it is clear! I make good time until a yellow light leaves me sliding - stopping - sliding - stopping ... crap! Is that a flat tire? No, whew.

AAAAAHHH!

Finally I get to work and find out that after I left for work, they closed the schools. **edit: what this means is that I could have worn jeans to work.** Oh and once I turned off my car and restarted it, the wipers work just fine. Those of my regular (and irregular) readers who are teachers in the Omaha area, enjoy your day off. *grumbles*

Real pirates don't have this stuff happen to them.

Bull dog

Invasion of the Birdy-Snatchers

What the heck is going on here? There are 30 in this picture, and about a dozen more in the tree on the left, and about four dozen more in the tree in the picture. I saw at least five different breeds, American Robin, Grackle, Blue Jay, Northern Cardinal, and what appeared to me to be several Eastern Bluebirds ... yes, that would be an odd spot this time of year (or rare anytime), and I'm kind of going off of size on the identification of it.

Recently seen at my house

Aw! Kitty & puppy!


Stupid human trick. No, not my penguin pajama pants, the frozen towel... Seriously, I think this is just hilarious. Don't attempt in the middle of summer.

The king is dead, long live the king...

Okay, so football is over for a while, and baseball hasn't started yet... what to do? What to do?

College basketball! What else could be as much fun as to confuse my dancing friends who don't know sports, and annoy my Creighton friends who are jealous because my college has a better mens basketball team.

Hence the new background. Go Saluki's!