Temptation In The Snow

I went to Wendy’s for lunch today.  I noticed that they have quite a few items on their menu that aren’t chili.  I find that none of them seemed particularly appetizing, especially when they have giant pictures of their chili everywhere.  I nearly ordered chili strictly out of habit.

I ended up getting a burger and fries.  The burger wasn’t that great, but the fries were awesome, and its always cool to get a meal for three dollars.

It is snowing today.  It really hasn’t stopped snowing since Friday, with a short break here and there.  Its one of the snowier winters I can recall, which isn’t entirely a bad thing.  It is pleasant to look at, and when its snowing, it tends to be a bit warmer.  I don’t recall the scientific reasoning for this, but I think it has something to do with the clouds being around the freezing point of water.  If it weren’t for two things, I wouldn’t mind snow at all.

1. Traffic: Snow makes people do dumb things.  I’m not sure what it is, its like the combination of cold and white fuse together with a synapse in the brain to create a new and potent form of stupid.  I’ve seen people cut across three lanes of traffic in a blizzard, do 10 MPH in a light flurry, and stop in the middle of the road to brush off their car.  Snow makes my one hour commute turn into a two to three hour trip.

2. Shovelling: Snow looks light and fluffy, but it gets heavy, quickly.  Combine that with… say, and ice storm like Saturday to turn my driveway into a pit of slush and icy water, and you have found a whole new realm of suck.

Well, hopefully the snow will stop soon.

Zel-kun out.