If you think March’s weather has been fucked up, you’re right.

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You see this picture up here? That’s a mapping of the Land Surface Temperature anomaly for the week of March 8 – 15, 2012. It basically shows all the spots in North America where the temps were either abnormally high or low. Needless to say, March has been a record smashing month for anomalous . . . → Read More: If you think March’s weather has been fucked up, you’re right.

Is that a giant dick or are you just forecasting the weather?

I’m sure this is totally innocent and not an attempt by someone at the news station involved pulling an on-air prank. I can totally see how no one would see how anyone could possibly construe it to be an image of a giant phallus.

Totally.

And, yes, it’s totally in-dick-ative that I . . . → Read More: Is that a giant dick or are you just forecasting the weather?

Fourth coolest summer on record for South Eastern Michigan.

I was remarking to the wife the other day that it seems like this year’s summer has been unusually cool. As it turns out it’s more unusual than I thought:

At Big George’s Home Appliance Mart on Ann Arbor’s west side, air conditioning units aren’t exactly flying off the shelves this summer. Attendance is down . . . → Read More: Fourth coolest summer on record for South Eastern Michigan.

One of the advantages to reading ***Dave’s blog…

… is that it acts like my own personal weather forecast. ***Dave talks about the weather fairly often and when he does I know that within four or five days we’ll be experiencing the same weather here. For example, here’s what he wrote four days ago:

While the Eastern US is snowed under, we’re facing . . . → Read More: One of the advantages to reading ***Dave’s blog…

It’s a might bit chilly out today…

Local Weather Alert for Ann Arbor, MI – weather.com

WIND CHILL READINGS WILL REMAIN IN THE 20 TO 30 BELOW ZERO RANGE THROUGH THE MORNING COMMUTE AS WESTERLY WINDS OF 10 TO 15 MPH COMBINE WITH LOW TEMPERATURES OF 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO. WARMING TEMPERATURES THROUGH THE DAY WILL BRING AN INCREASE IN . . . → Read More: It’s a might bit chilly out today…

Back to the daily grind…

Despite my best efforts I didn’t become filthy rich over the two weeks I had off from work so today finds me back behind my desk doing that voodoo that I do, also known as work. I had one voice mail waiting for me and it was from the old lady that doesn’t understand the . . . → Read More: Back to the daily grind…

Winter’s chill has arrived.

It’s not winter yet, that won’t officially happen until December 20th, but you could have fooled me over the past couple of days. After a surprisingly balmy Halloween and first week of November the jet stream has finally shifted and took us from a high of 64 this past Monday to a high of 44 . . . → Read More: Winter’s chill has arrived.

Lazy weekend recap.

I had a half-productive weekend with Saturday being the productive day and Sunday being the lay-around-enjoying-nothing-in-particular day. The weather Saturday was fabulous with highs in the 60’s and gentle breezes which made the trip up to my grandmother-in-law’s place that much more enjoyable. We finally made it back up with a new graphics card and . . . → Read More: Lazy weekend recap.

First day of spring 2008.

So spring has finally sprung, or at least so says the calendar. Here in Michigan we’ll be lucky to hit temps of 45 degrees today and we’re due an inch or two of snow sometime tomorrow. Still, it’s a nicely sunny day so long as you don’t step outside without a good jacket and at . . . → Read More: First day of spring 2008.

I’m ready for spring.

If only because trying to gauge how bad the morning commute is going to be is starting to be a real pain. Anne woke me up early today because she was seeing her parents off as they left for a two week trip to Florida and the morning news was reporting that traffic was just . . . → Read More: I’m ready for spring.