Same Stuff We Have Had

It began snowing today at about 11 a.m. and did not stop till about 4 p.m. and we got at least seven inches of the stuff, which froze and made havoc of the Friday rushhour. Cars sliding all over the place, and several school buses slid off the streets, and now at 2 a.m. the streets are solid ice and the wind has started to blow loudly. I know, this is normal seasonal winter weather, but it is making everyone grouchy and depressed. The economy news is its usual gloom and dreariness. The Stimulus bill got passed today by the Dems. I suppose the news on what it is supposed to do can be found on miriads of news and opinion websites. I do not think the bill is going to really create all the millions of jobs Obama says it will create. I woke up yesterday morning to watch Red Eye, and all the news was about the commuter plane crash outside Buffalo NY that killed 49 people--all burned up when the plane burst into flames. There was a brief mention the other day that actor James Whitmore had died, but with everything else going on in the world there seems to have been mention of him on any TV news shows. Sad, because he had had a very long succesful acting career. Yesterday was the official 200th birthday of Abe Lincoln. Netanyahu has won the Israeli election, over Zippi Livni. Hugo Chavez wants to be allowed to stay in power forever, with the end of term limits for Venezuelan honchos. A suicide bomber--a woman--blew up herself and maybe 40 Shiite women and kids in Karbala. The fires in south Australia have finally been put out. There was a lot of news coverage from Oz the other day about a singed baby koala someone found. And in animal news a ten year old spaniel named Stump won the Westminster dog show. He looks like a nice old doggie. Uno the beagle can now retire. This is going to be all for right now. I should sleep for a little while to get ready for the ordeal of going out in the Saturday traffic tomorrow with the streets iced up. You all stay warm till spring finally arrives. Di di mau!