...somewhere else... please.

It's been a nightmarish week here, mostly because of the snow. Thursday was particularly bad: 8 inches (just under 1/5 of a meter if my math is right) in nearly 7 hours, with the worst of it hitting during rush hour traffic.

I don't mind snow, as long as I don't need to drive anywhere. About 15 years ago, I was in a nasty accident involving a tractor-trailer: I was fortunate enough to walk away from it with minor injuries, but I still have nightmares about swirling snow, losing control of the car, and spinning 3 1/4 times around to the left before sliding out in front of the truck (the police informed me if I'd slid another 5 inces out, I would've ended up horribly injured). Even now, I tend to panic if there's more than a 1/2 inch of snow on the road.

So it was extremely nerve-racking driving home the 20+ miles from work... mostly because the roads hadn't been plowed, and the traction was near non-existant. It took roughly 2 hours, and an extra 3 miles of detours, to make what's normally a 25-minute drive.

Right now, it's snowing again. Forecasters are predicting about 12 inches (about 1/3 of a meter if my math is right) by Sunday afternoon. Guess we get a white Christmas this year.

(I'm restraining the urge to Google Al Gore's e-mail address, taking a picture of the foot of snow on my front lawn. and mailing it to him with the title, "Global Warming, My $$%!!!" :lol: )

Anyway...

My good friend the PC-non-expert loaned me his copy of "Knights of the Old Republic" because he couldn't figure out how to play it. So far, I like it... but I'm starting to see a lazy Bioware trend here: if the instruction book is right, and level 20 is the cap, I'm almost 60% of the way through it. Not only that, but it runs on D&D rules! (3rd Edition, if I'm not mistaken... or the "everybody can be Drizzt Do'Urden" edition, as I call it).

Fortunately, if it's over too soon, I have KOTOR2 as well; plus, I'm not done with Jade Empire yet.

Also, I got "Universe at War: Earth Assault." All I can say about that is, I hope they have a second patch on the way soon: after a month and a half delay, having every third execute of the game actually run is very disappointing (especially since it's so good while it's running :o ). Everything about it says "next good (not great) fun RTS," and if the tech issues iron themselves out, I'm sure it'll hold me until Dawn of War 2 kicks the **** out of SC2.

So, if I don't get the chance to talk to you all before then, have a merry Christmas (even if you don't celebrate it, enjoy it anyway... it's not against the law :lol: ) and a wonderous new year.

OH... my graduation from college is Thursday... that's when I officially become smart enough to learn how to program computers :lol: .