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I have to admit...I’m pretty surprised that it’s raining.

Twatter posts seem to be acting up on mobile. They’re not reformatting to the margins of the text box, instead running over the margin. It’s kind of annoying.

When I read any post by AFewUniversesBelowNormal, I come away questioning my own sanity.

Only place I saw political ads was when I was watching Big Green Egg videos on YouTube. 1) I never watch anything except on DVR or streaming, ergo no commercials 2) I never get to watch TV because of the kids

If they drop straight down, I’ll be happy, since all of the leaves in my backyard come from my neighbors’ trees. Let them deal with their own GD leaves....and stay off my lawn!

It’s weird. After friday, Monday is usually the least crowded on the train. And with Fairfax schools closed today I though we’d see a few fewer people than normal. Instead, it was wet and crowded and kind of miserable. Thank God I got a single seat on the upper level.

I honestly think we’re going to be exhausted by the middle of February. We’ll have a chance to recover at some point (mid-January or thereabouts), but the break will be short-lived because the pattern will reload big time, and it’ll be obvious pretty soon after we relax. Whether we score is another question, but the tracking will be on...

BWI: 34.6” DCA: 6.1” IAD: 43.7” RIC: 19.9” SBY: 89.4” * I may or may not make changes before submitting for good Oh...we’re doing IMBYs, too? Then 377.1” IMBY.

I just feel like the atmosphere is getting primed to give us a lot of chances, and that we’ll need some incredibly bad luck not to pull off a really good winter. The pieces seem to be falling into place, and while we could certainly fail spectacularly, it’ll take some doing for that to happen. We need to expect a break in the pattern at some point, resulting in a period when we’ll have no shot at wintry weather, but I also think that extended looks will have us tracking chances almost before that crap period even begins. I could be completely wrong - and it certainly wouldn’t be the first time (and I also don’t have much skill beyond just going with feel and experience) - but this fall and all the long-range looks are getting me pretty excited for what’s to come.

Raining pretty hard in Burke. And there are way too many people on the VRE.

I’m usually pretty down on our snow chances because I realize that we pretty much suck, but I’m getting the feeling that, come mid- to late-December, the atmosphere is going to be looking for excuses *not* to snow around here. We’ll hit a 2- or 3-week period when there’s no shot (maybe around the second week of January), but we’ll be tracking again before almost before that period has started. I could well eat my words, but I’m getting that funny feeling in the *very* bottom of my belly for this winter...

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#firstworldproblems

Gave mine its initial winter buzz cut today. I do it for two reason: the first is what you mentioned, then second is so there’s no grass poking through when we get the pathetic little snows in the winter. Just looks better and makes it feel like we got more than we did.

So basically what the last few posts have told me is that early snow means a pretty boring winter overall. Pass.

What exactly does winterizing a lawn mower entail? I’ve had mine for 7.5 years and have never done anything to prepare it for winter. I pull it out for the first mow in the spring, and the leftover gas doesn’t cause any issue with starting up.

I’m loving all these storms that are modeled to develop way down south and ride north. I don’t care so much about track right now, but it’s just great to see the very Nino-like activity of the southern jet.

Good call by C.A.P.E. (just bussin’ balls)

Official release at the brewery is tomorrow, so we should be seeing them pop up this week. Bourbon Barrel GBS is so, so good. Buddies and I all got a GBS set this year. Has all the variants, including beers that don’t get released 1) outside the brewery or 2) in anything by draft. Pretty excited.

Released today, but not everywhere. Report back on what you think of it!

@leesburg 04

Annoying because it delays US Soccer from announcing Gregg Berhalter as the new US National Team coach. Awesome for Columbus, though, especially with all of the hoopla surrounding the potential move and the great recent news that the Columbus will still have the Crew (even if Austin does get its team).

I have that effect on people.

Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, white chocolate, plain chocolate, not-plain chocolate. Just chocolate. With peanut butter. Salty peanut butter. I want a Kit Kat made with three kinds of chocolate that has Reese’s peanut butter in between the wafers. Dipped in peanut butter sauce. Then again in chocolate. Peanut butter and chocolate.

Big cities are more liberal, thus more inclusive.