vastateofmind

I enjoy your puns (any puns, really), but get the biggest kick out of your profile name. I am a chess fan (though generally suck at playing), but after having taken German for six years in middle/high schools, I used to try to find the hardest words to say in German. I think "zugzwang" has claimed that trophy. Zugzwang | Definition of Zugzwang at Dictionary.com

39/15. Clear.

Thunder is a handsome guy -- thanks for sharing this, too. We've adopted mostly Labs or Lab mixes over the past 20 years, but I'm not picky...I love all dogs (cats, too). I'm always that guy out in public, walking up to strangers walking their dogs on leads and asking, "Do you mind if I introduce myself to your dog??"

Thanks for this -- they're gorgeous. We usually try to adopt, too, because...well, there's so many doggos who need rescued. Since I've teleworked full time for a year (and will likely stay in that mode permanently), we're thinking about adopting a second "transition" dog for our current six-year old Lab.

Dogs? A PUPPY? Care to share your dog pic, muddy or not? Dog pics make everything better.

Currently 39/16. A few degrees over forecasted high today, although, even in the sun it feels brisk out.

Alright...NOW I'll stop.

Indeed. And @mappy also offered a subtle admonishment there to temper the "CRUSH JOB IMBY!" glee that will, I'm sure, land on deaf ears.

If it's white and it's frozen....I'll take it, here in the snow anus.

Y'all live in as-close-to-heaven in VA/WV area as you can get. After numerous brewery crawls along Rt. 7 between Leesburg/Winchester over the years, we briefly considered an eventual retirement move to Winchester area, but I can't take the cold like I used to...which sucks, because I've always preferred to be in the mountains. We'll likely head south to one of the Carolinas in a few years (where, apparently, our snow chances are better anyhow), but I've fallen in love with the location of DeckPic's rental after seeing his recent pics, and want to take some weekend trips to that corner of WV before we leave for good.

23 was low, now up to 25/11. Stunning sunrise.

I'm usually the one eating the leftover lemon Starburst out of the communal office candy jar. They're good. My favorite (which I haven't seen in awhile) are strawberry banana.

Yes -- you picked up similar cloud formations just above the treeline in your pic. I tried to catch the mammatus-like clouds (center right) trailing the edge of the front as it was passing through two hours ago. Just felt odd to me...like I said, I usually notice these sorts of formations when we have squall lines going through in warmer weather.

Temp dropped from 46 to 39 between 4:30-5 p.m. when the front came through here...along, of course, with winds picking up. Also, I could swear I saw mammatus clouds at the edge of the front as it approached the Potomac. Is it possible to have mammatus clouds in this kind of frontal setup? I've only noticed them associated with severe wx in our area.

43/39 and despite this afternoon's sun-filled forecast, thick overcast has prevailed all day.

LOL. I learned not to kvetch about what I can't control by watching behavior in the main event threads over the years, especially in the wintertime. Snapping at family members or the dog because it rained instead of snowed is a strong indication that it's time to push back from the keyboard.

Aside from event obs, I'm the village idiot when it comes to analysis, and so try to just lurk/learn in main threads. Many years on, though, I'm still surprised that some folks drop into storm/event threads to banter and panic....when there are always two dedicated, separate threads set up for both of those at any given time.

Paging @WxWatcher007...

Indeed it is -- and man, so is the Baltimore area. Meant to ask -- how was the milk stout nitro? Couldn't quite make out the brewery name. I've got my wife hooked on those milk stouts now...

Rusty Rail = great brews. My older brother and I meet to go camping in PA every October (it's a good halfway point between him in NY state and me in VA), and we usually end up in either French Creek State Park NW of Philly, or at R.B. Winter State Park just north of Mifflinburg, where the Rusty Rail mothership is located. We often hit up the Rusty Rail to "warm up," have some great beer and good eats there. A really unique brewery and restaurant in a renovated warehouse, if you ever have the chance to visit Mifflinburg. Needless to say, we have, on more than one occasion, had to be extra careful with our navigation back to R.B. Winter.

That looks/sounds amazing. Haven't seen it yet at our Weggy's here in NoVA, but might have to make a special trip to Bawlmer to give that a try.

I think "pineapple upside down cake" sounds like an intriguing combination, would totally take a chance on that. I've never been a big "fruity beer" dude (e.g., I despise Blue Moon, and even moreso with an ORANGE SLICE floating in it), however....there's a ton of microbreweries out there taking big chances on (and often succeeding with) the inclusion of subtle fruit, or combination fruit, notes in their beers. Great time to be alive, from a beer point of view.

Highly recommended. I'm not getting any "grapefruit" notes out of this...but can confirm an arrival at HammerTown, and the potential of blowing right past it, if I elect to have another one of these immediately following this initial one.

I like to visit Five Guys just to crack open peanuts and throw the shells wherever the hell I want on the floor. I'm not allowed to do that at home for some reason.