Napoleon Dynamite Exists - And He's Calling from Inside the House!!

Remember when you watched Napoleon Dynamite and you screamed and buried your face into your mother's ample bosom and you made her promise that he was make-believe and she shhhhhh'd you and rocked you and you cried yourself to sleep? 

Well - she lied.  Not about the fact that the monkeymen from planet of the apes weren't real.  Not about the fact that there wasn't a witch under your bed that would grab your feet as you stepped toward the bed.  Not about the fact that the Incredible Hulk was just a deaf guy in makeup. 

What she lied about was the possibility that anyone could turn out as nerdy...as...this...

http://www.sexypeople-blog.com/2009/09/marc.html

Someone Left Some Snow at Our House

So, someone left some snow at our house. Obviously, the "No Dumping" sign we put up was ignored. Sean and I had to go clean up the mess.

About 30cm of snow fell in the last 24h here in T Bay. Sean diligently blew out his parents' driveway in the morning while it was still snowing.

New James Bond villian - Dr. sNOw

In the afternoon when the skies cleared, we headed over to our place to clear the driveway there by good ole fashioned shovel power.

Holy crap!! Who the...? What the what? What? Are you serious? Let me tell you - a snowblower is definitely going to be on the wedding registry. Check out the drift on top of the garage.

Good thing the plow came by to make this blog post even more shocking.

Closeup of the drift on the roof



A couple of shots of the first pass with the shovel

Me, hiding behind the drift. It's only going to get larger.

You know all those uninformed things that parents say to explain snow to kids? God has dandruf and his head is really itchy. Angels are getting a wing trim. Zeus is sawing extruded styrofoam insulation for his latest home project. Woogie, the great freckled camel in the sky is shearing his lavender sheep. Etc, etc.

Well, here's a neat website regarding snow and how it works. The link below will take you to some fun lies people tell about snow. This will break your heart if you think water has emotions or a sense of nostalga.

http://www.its.caltech.edu/~atomic/snowcrystals/myths/myths.htm