Snowmageddon Quick Hits

Well, near-record snowfall just nailed the DC area.  In fact, I believe this storm will be the basis for a criminal on a soon-to-be-released episode of Law and Order: SVU.  Here are some of the more interesting things:

• It is much nicer to be snowed in with Internet access than without.
• My dad will never survive retirement.  Today he cleaned the snow off the satellite dish (reasonable), the roof of my parents' house (bad idea), his truck (reasonable), and shoveled the last half of somewhat lengthy driveway after plowing the first half killed his field tractor.  I have no idea how he's not going to go crazy when he's not working anymore.
• I can't believe the number of people chancing it on the road today.  I did see one guy get stuck on Adelphi Road this morning.  Sadly, most people driving had not cleaned the roofs of their cars.  I still say that in a snow emergency, you should be allowed to shoot drivers who refuse to clean their cars before they hit the road.
• I spent 90 minutes this evening digging my car out and am only halfway finished.  I am going to be sore tomorrow.
• Shuttle launch (Endeavour) at 4:39 on Sunday.  AM.  Very, very AM.  Oh, and that football game, too.  But it's not AM.
• I have easily gotten a very good return on my $10 investment in a collapsible snow shovel from Target.
• Oh, more snow is on the way.  It gets here the day we finally see temperatures above freezing.  Any rumors that I control the weather should be dispelled now.