Rehtional Thinking
Is It Snow, Sleet, and Or Freezing Rain?
I have snow, sleet, and freezing rain in the forecast for Friday night and Saturday. I look at slices in the atmosphere from about 300 feet to up to 10,000 feet up in the atmosphere to help tell me what kind of precipitation is going to fall.
I use data from different computer models that try to [...]
Cracking Crab Legs
I ran to the garage and started digging through my toolbox. My toolbox is kind of messy, but I found them…a pair of pliers. I was hungry and decided that a pair of pliers would help me eat my dinner. The pliers worked well but therewas another thing I needed also. After getting our kitchen [...]
One Year Old Snow
We sledded down the backyard, the streets never got covered. Made a few snowballs and snow angels, that was what happened one year ago when we had a couple inches of snow in the Triangle.
Wanting to make the snow “last”, I decided to save some in the freezer. Well after 365 days it is time [...]
Goody Bags For Troops
A case of Cracker Jack was in my hands yesterday. I held boxes of Slim Jim’s and Planter’s Peanuts. Yes, my stomach growled when handing out the food items to tables that were busily putting together goody bags for our troops overseas. This was being staged in Chapel Hill during the United Way’s MLK Day of [...]
When To Buy Organic Produce
Martha Stewart dropped by our house last night….While checking the mail, I noticed a Martha Stewart Living magazine in the mail. My wife told me that she signed up for a free subscription for a year.
Besides being uber creative and obnoxiously organized, Martha has a magazine that has some interesting topics.
Organic food is a hot topic; but I [...]
Busted Forecast
OK it was a bust. We were supposed to get some light snow overnight, and all we got was some light rain! What happened, or should I say what was the excuse? Milder air that moved in late yesterday ahead of the system lingered around overnight that when the precipitation moved in it was rain [...]
Gas Heat versus Electric
As much of the country continues to hunker down in our cold wave, we all have to keep warm. I love wearing sweatshirts and sweaters, but it would be nice to get a break.
We have gas heat in our house, but for the last several years natural gas prices have risen, a lot. To take [...]
1970s Cold
Growing up I remember the bitter cold winters of the late 1970s. I moved to North Carolina in 1983, and don’t remember a streak of way below normal temperatures like this one. The National Weather Service says the last time we had a streak like this was back during the last two weeks of January [...]
David Goldman Christmas
One Friday night over a year ago, after watching an exciting episode of Friday Night Lights (I miss that show), Dateline had a show about a man who’s son went on vacation with his wife to Brazil and never came home. I was transfixed on this story, because if Hollywood were to write a script [...]
Sharing Birthdays With Christmas
Most people like to keep birthdays for themselves. (Some like to keep them to themselves!) I enjoy my birthday toward the end of January. It is kind of close to Christmas, but not too close. What, though, about people that have a birthday this week? How about on Christmas itself?
I have a niece who turns [...]
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