[Floridaboiler]

Wow,<br>
Is everyone hung over from last night or something?? I am going to be leaving for my race in about 20 minutes. Have a great morning. It looks like it is going to be WINDY here at least through the morning. Weather.com is reporting 15 mph winds with gusts to 21,

 

[liath]

Morning <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif">

 

[merigayle]

Good morning! have a good race FB.<br>
I slept like poop last night <img alt="sad.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad.gif"> boooo. I have a busy morning at work too.

 

[Hanging Jury]

Good morning. Not hungover, although I may deserve to be!<br><br>
Crappy weather here. Rain and frozen rain. Yuck.<br><br>
At least we get to switch clocks tonight, another sign of spring!

 

[Xavier Dan Q]

We are having an honest to goodness blizzard here.<br><br>
It has been snowing since 8 am yesterday.<br><br>
They have just issued a level 3 snow emergency meaning that you are subject to arrest if caught driving unless it is an emegency.<br><br>
Which means that for the second time in my 23 three year postal career......SNOW DAY!

 

[merigayle]

HOLY SHIT.

 

[Hanging Jury]

Wow, Dan. I don't recall anything like that ever being issued in VT (although we've had some doozy storms).

 

[ecodork]

Good morning. I'm making some tea and getting ready to head into the lab. I kept tossing and turning this morning and had labwork-anxiety dreams. Hopefully none of that will actually happen!<br><br>
Hope everyone has a good Saturday.

 

[Xavier Dan Q]

Of course, you must remember that I live right on the border of Kentucky.<br><br>
We don't get the kind of snows Vermont gets and are not as prepared to deal with the 14-15 inches we have.<br><br>
This will come very close to our biggest snow ever......<br><br>
I can't tell where the lawn ends and my street begins.<br><br>
I doubt I could get very far past my driveway

 

[wherestheportojohn]

g'morn<br><br><img alt="" src="http://bestsmileys.com/coffee/3.gif" style="border:0px solid;"><~~~~waiting this guy to kick in!!<br><br>
HOLY SCHLITZ is right on that snow day!! <img alt="shock.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif">

 

[wherestheportojohn]

dan,<br>
Now you've got the perfect excuse to sit inside and watch college hoops all.day.long.<br><br><img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif">

 

[wherestheportojohn]

I have 'teacher dreams' like that 2-3x/wk.<br><br>
~good luck in the lab today~<br>
(what are you working on?)

 

[Xavier Dan Q]

Yesssss! <img alt="banana.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/banana.gif"><br><br>
And yet I feel strangely guilty....<br><br>
That rain and snow and gloom of night stuff gets beat into you after so many years.<br><br>
But...it's freaking dangerous out there.<br><br>
Visibility ain't too good either.

 

[wherestheportojohn]

those giant storms are scary for even those of us who are used to 'em....take care not to hurt-strain-break anything while trying to clear the driveway<br><br><br>
Do you have enough food and BEER on hand to help you get thru the weekend? <img alt="shock.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/shock.gif"><br>
Do you have a set of skis or snowshoes or a snowmobile to get to the grocery for brewski stock-up emergency trips? <img alt="" src="http://bestsmileys.com/winter/3.gif" style="border:0px solid;">

 

[Xavier Dan Q]

No skis, snowshoes or snowmobile.<br><br>
But we have enough stuff to last us for at least a few days.

 

[wherestheportojohn]

if it makes anyone feel better:<br><span>our current windchill is -12</span><br><br><br><br>
WTF? It is march 8th and -12 windchill? *grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr*

 

[Xavier Dan Q]

I know.<br><br>
This is crazy!.... Last Monday it was close to 70F<br><br>
Let's see.... it's 19F here with 15-20mph winds so we're not too far behind you.

 

[ecodork]

Thanks! So far (fingers crossed) things seem to be working fine. And I haven't lost my pants, so the dream hasn't come true yet. <img alt="biggrin.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/biggrin.gif"><br><br>
I'm analyzing nutrients in water that's been sucked out of the soil. The machine I use is pretty slow. I made this deal with someone else who wants to use it today, so I'm in here early trying to finish everything up by early afternoon.

 

[wherestheportojohn]

eco,<br>
mmmmmmm, analyzing nutrients, mmmmmmmm<br><img alt="smile.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/smile.gif"><br><br>
I'll try to keep you updated/posted on Troll#1's choices for summer internships.<br>
He'll be home for spring break in a couple of weeks, and I'll know more at that time.<br><br>
fwiw, I <i>think</i> he's leaning towards the journalism side of his field. <img alt="confused.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/confused.gif"><br><br>
I feel badly that I can't help with ideas for him....my expertise is certainly NOT in the current eco-bio areas. <img alt="sad2.gif" src="http://files.kickrunners.com/smilies/sad2.gif">

 

[ecodork]

Please do let me know! For some reason I have it in my mind that Voodoojunkie is an environmental journalist. Anyway, having a good science background is important for that field. I think there are a couple of different journalism programs that are geared towards that (ah yes, CU-Boulder has one: <a href="http://www.colorado.edu/journalism/cej/" target="_blank">http://www.colorado.edu/journalism/cej/</a>). I had an ex-boyfriend who went to journalism school after a few years in science. I vaguely remember when he was looking into this stuff.