Dept of Threadbare Metaphors

[randy_byers]

The blanket of snow has turned into a sheet of ice.

Didn't see any bicycles on the Burke-Gilman trail on the way to work this morning, although I saw a few struggling perilously homeward last night. There were a fair number of cars on the road today, however, and everywhere a chorus of clanking chains and the whine of spinning tires. Like a writer who has nothing to write about but the weather.

Comments

[akirlu.livejournal.com]

Don't apologize -- this is the most definitive idea I've gotten of road conditions near the U so far today. Without an idea of where our snow chains are, I will be staying home, I think.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

A wise choice, I'd say. The main roads look fine, but the side roads look not-so-fine.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

By the way, the University has traffic cams to help you see what's going on. You can get there via the "Campus Alert" notice at the top of the homepage, too.

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Well, with D West stirring again, we at least have a return of KTF LOCs.

I wondered last night whether some of the bicyclists had special tires. They seemed to be going carefully, but I would have been walking my bike, if I'd had one.

[profgeek.livejournal.com]

Mebbe I won't tell you about the 78 degree weather we're having down here...

[randy-byers.livejournal.com]

Geez, didn't you guys just get snowed on recently? Weather whiplash!

[profgeek.livejournal.com]

And it's been raining, too. I might have to mow the friggin' yard this weekend!