Month: February 2004

Anyone out there have a recommendation for the most accurate weather links? I’m fed up.

The weather at Yahoo says I’m getting 1-2 inches but there is already 3-4 out there. And accuweather said the current conditions were “cloudy”. Well, sure, but those clouds are dropping snow and freezing rain, which you might want to mention…

I was thumbing through either People or EW this morning and got to the page with all the births, marriages, deaths, etc. and I saw a name in the obituaries that I recognized. It was for a songwriter who had his own “hit” single, which I own on 45. In fact, the second I saw his name the whole song became today’s earworm.

Anyone but me remember “Just When I Needed You Most” by Randy VanWarmer?

You packed in the morning

I stared out the window and I

Struggled for something to say

You left in the rain without closing the door

I didn’t stand in your way

Now I need you more than I needed before

And where I’ll find comfort, God knows

Cause you left me, just when I needed you most

(I didn’t look these up, so they may be slighly off.)

Wow…that’s a great song, to lodge so firmly in my head. Thanks for sticking it there, Randy/

I didn’t go to the big parade for the Pats today. I think it’s nice to have one, but I’m saving my parade-attending for when the Sox win the World Series. I know, I know…but I can’t help it.

I’m all for anything that keeps people off the roads I need to travel. Why yes, the world does revolve around me! I hear cuts are in store for Amtrak – okay, so cutting trains means more people in cars, which means more money needed to maintain roads, bridges, putting up traffic control devices, dealing with accidents, Etc. Etc. Etc.

Plus, I will be inconvenienced if there are more drivers out there. That would be bad.

We had to buy “friendship cards” today for Junior to hand out in Kindergarten on Feb 13th. They really do stress that everyone in the class is your friend, even if you don’t particularly feel like playing with someone on that day. It’s a nice lesson for them to learn early on…I have no problem with them being taught that it isn’t okay to exclude someone. He picked out Justice League cards at CVS this afternoon. Nothing says “I like you” like a Green Lantern Valentine does.

Well, maybe a stay at a 4-star resort comes close.

Okay, beats it hands down.

But hey, it’s the thought that counts.

I’d like to take a moment to thank Janet Jackson for showing our boys overseas just what it is they’re fighting for…