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Enough Already

Jeff — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 13:57:41 +0000

The local weather dude said that today and tomorrow’s snow storms could be the biggest we have had yet this winter. Yikes! I love the snow, its one of the things I love most about living in upstate NY. But after spending several muscle-aching hours over the weekend removing snow and ice from my roof, even I’m getting sick of seeing it fall.

At least there is a little relief in knowing that we only have three more months of snow-season up here in the mountains. Actually, that’s doesn’t sound too relieving.

More Winter Fun

Jeff — Wed, 19 Jan 2011 14:30:22 +0000

I just had a pants-crapping drive from my home on the side of a mountain to the Amtrak station in Hudson, NY. After a tense drive that included sliding through an intersection, I missed my train and had to repeat that drive back to the home front. I should have turned around three hours ago when I stepped onto the driveway, slipped, landed on my butt and then flew into a snow bank.

Heat Wave

Jeff — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 14:17:30 +0000

One of my least favorite aspects of life in NYC was the summer. We didn’t need a heat wave to make life uncomfortable – all that concrete and glass could easily turn a typical hot day into a sweaty mess, especially if your day began by waiting 10 minutes on a subway platform. Gross.

Even though I’m just a few hours north of the city now, the weather is dynamically different. One thing is for sure, if it’s hotter than hell up here, it must be ungodly hot in the city right now.

So for all my friends sweating in NYC, here’s a little ditty from Marilyn Monroe, Heat Wave!

Daily Star Wars Weather Report

Jeff — Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:20:07 +0000

Say goodbye to Roker and start getting your weather from the Star Wars Weather Report.

Every day, you can get a Star Wars-universe inspired weather update for your town. Here’s mine for today;

It’s totally true! It really is as cold as Hoth right now outside.

The Star Wars weather report was created by Tom Scott, who I’m guessing is just a fan so you never know when George Lucas will send his Stormtroopers in to shut this unlicensed website down. Click here for your town’s Star Wars weather. You’ll have to figure out the celsius to farenheit conversion on your own.

There Must Be Some Toros In The Atmosphere

Jeff — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:26:29 +0000

Welcome to September 1 and morning temperatures in the 40s for us up here in the hills of northern Columbia County. I sure am glad I risked electrocuting myself by installing a ceiling fan in the bedroom two weeks ago. Oh well, I guess I can always repurpose the fan blades as fire wood.

Here’s my calender for September,

Even the calender looks cold

Super Happy Terrific Products: The Polite Umbrella

Jeff — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 13:25:22 +0000

This probably won’t sell in the burbs but, as a former resident of NYC, I can tell you that it is a much needed product.

Stay Warm

Jeff — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 13:12:21 +0000

I’m sure you’ve seen the commercial for the Snuggie but have you seen this?

How’s The Weather Down There

Jeff — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:30:45 +0000

It’s been a year and a few days since Seth and I left the concrete jungle of New York City and became ruralpolitans in the mountains of upstate New York. In that time we have seen a lot of strange and mysterious things, such as competent AND friendly retail workers, a mailman who knows our name, low definition (LD) television, and flying turkeys.

Perhaps the biggest shocker has been the weather. In New York City you might go an entire season without any real snow-fall. If there is a storm that leads to an inch or more of accumulation the whole city goes into a tizzy and everyone from financiers to pastry chefs pull on their gloves and join in the world’s rowdiest snow-ball fight.

Travel just a couple of hours north and everything changes. Snow is something you deal with every day like herpes or children. Up here its odd not to have a few inches of snow on the ground and everything looks like its covered in marshmallows. So while my dear friends down-state or the citidiots as we like to call them, put on their big city suits and hop in their fancy livery cabs, I’ll be here in the mountains. Bundled up and doing something strapping.

PS. The picture is the view from my living room, taken this morning.

How Was Your New Year’s Eve?

Jeff — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:30:23 +0000

I hope everyone had a great New Year’s Eve. Mine took an unexpected turn when yet another winter storm forced me to scrap my plans with the gang I’ve rung in every new year with since the 90′s. Luckily some friends in the area convinced me that I couldn’t sit home alone (Thanks again Tony and Joe!) and after an extremely perilous, steering-wheel-gripping drive, I made it to their house.

So how was your eve?

Roaring Rapids Across Chatham

Jeff — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 14:02:00 +0000

After the weekend’s biblical downpour, I’m thinking of building an ark of my own. We had so much rain on Saturday that the ground level raised to a point where the water began pouring in through our basement window sill. On an emergency run to the hardware store, we noticed that many homes along 295 in Chatham were surrounded by water. Hopefully you managed to stay high and dry and lets hope for a drier week ahead.