Missed It By That Much .. Again

Kudos to those schools in the surrounding area for giving their students, teachers and staff a snow day (in some instances .. two) well before there was even one flake of snow in the air.

There is still not a flake in the Humboldt area (that is not entirely accurate .. I've dealt with quite a few over the course of ten years) at 5:30 AM (this was also the case at 1:30, 3:00 and 4:15 .. when I got up to peer out the window), so the powers that be in the Humboldt City School system made the right call .. technically (the students, teachers and staff might not agree).

There is just no way to win.

If you make the call early (the night before) to cancel school and it doesn't snow .. you get criticized.

If you wait until the next morning, send all the kiddos on to school and it starts snowing while they are there .. you get criticized.

There is no way to escape the sharp tongue of those who know how to do your job better than you do (by the way .. that's everyone).

Pro football is not the only profession with its share of "arm-chair quarterbacks."

They're everywhere. They're everywhere.

So, Mr. Weatherman .. hold your head up high knowing you did the best you could with the information you had.

However, while you're holding your head up high .. you might want to turn your neck and watch your back.

I know a few families with five loaves of bread and three gallons of milk that don't look too happy at the moment.

"She is not afraid of the snow for her household."

- Proverbs 31:21a

UPDATE: It is snowing at the moment (6:25 AM). Too little .. too late

UPDATE UPDATE: Humboldt City Schools .. closed

Kev's Klip of the Week

We continue with yet another post about the weather.

This is dedicated to Bro. Greg (it's a scene from one of his childhood favorites) and it sends chills down my spine just watching!

"He casteth forth his ice like morsels: who can stand before his cold?" - Psalm 147:17

Jack Frost Changes Name to Jack Froze

The temperature is currently 15° degrees.

It's so cold ...

• Hitchhikers are holding up pictures of thumbs

• The rats are bribing alley cats to snuggle

• Starbucks is serving coffee on a stick

• When the farmers milk their cows they get ice cream

• Richard Simmons has started wearing pants

• We're not going to clean the house - we'll just defrost it

• Down at the morgue you can't tell the stiffs from the guys who work there

• Instead of local anesthesia - Dr. Ben asks his patients to stick their head outside

• You don't have to trim your mustache - when the hair gets too long, you just break it off

• Boy Scouts are offering to de-ice little old ladies

• The flashers run up to their victims and describe themselves

• We had to salt the hallway

• When I turned on the shower this morning - I got hail

• We put a frozen pizza in the oven for 25 minutes and got - frozen pizza

• Spanish dancers don't need castanets - they just use their chattering teeth

• Kids are telling outrageous lies - hoping their pants will catch on fire

• Politicians are putting their hands in their own pockets

"By the breath of God ice is given, And the broad waters are frozen" - Job 37:10

Brrrr .. Snuggle Time

It is 20° degrees outside at the moment (make that 19° .. it just dropped as I was typing) and the high for today is supposed to only be 28°.

If you happened to miss science class on the day we studied it .. water freezes at 32° Fahrenheit (my ears, nose and hindquarters .. way before that).

For those in other parts of the country where twenty below zero is the norm (btw, that's NOT normal .. you people are nuts), this may not seem like a big deal.

Believe me .. it is.

A quick look at the five day forecast is even more dismal.

Tonight the low will dip to 9° degrees.

Friday? If the WeatherDock on my MacBook Pro is correct (weather.com is never wrong) .. 6° degrees.

Did you hear me?? 6° degrees!!

They say people are always talking about the weather but no one ever does anything about it.

Well, I'm ready to take action.

I'm crawling back in bed .. under my electric blanket for five more minutes.

Take that .. you cold, heartless cold, you!

"The waters are hid as with a stone, and the face of the deep is frozen." - Job 38:30

Will Return .. Tomorrow

No blogging on Sunday.

See you on Monday.

"Come back later; I'll give it tomorrow" - Proverbs 3:28a

I Blew It .. Big Time

Today is Saturday, January 2 .. for those readers who like to keep up with that kind of stuff. It was on this day in 1941 that the Andrews Sisters recorded a little ditty on Decca Records that became a classic World War II hit.

Here is a clip of "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy" from the Abbott and Costello film, Buck Privates (also released in 1941) performed by this terrific trio.

Often imitated, but never duplicated (that's the way I approached writing assignments when I was a student .. if you change the words around just a little bit, you can take credit for someone else's paper), the Andrews Sisters had "tight" harmonies and a wonderful blend (it was morning roast, I believe).

This should help get you going (two cups of coffee do it for me .. but hey, what can I say .. I'm a regular guy) on this cold (19° degrees here in West TN) Saturday morning.

Enjoy!

"But the Spirit of the LORD came upon Gideon, and he blew a trumpet." - Judges 6:34a

Happy New Year, Everyone

WELCOME ... 2010!

It seems like only yesterday it was 2009 ...

Time marches on.

"This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you."

- Exodus 12:2