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Okay, this is going to be short for a couple of reasons. First, there's a longer post below that sapped most of what little brain power I've managed to maintain after 9 hours at work on the 4th night in a row that I've been here. Second, I'm supposed to go home in less than 20 minutes, so I've got to start wrapping things up. Finally, it's hard to write when you're compulsively checking the National Weather Service radar every couple of minutes to see if there's been any more snow. I know of people that work the night shift that have been stuck at work by winter storms, sometimes for days on end, and I have no desire to join their elite fraternity.

Which brings me to one of my main gripes about snow, ice, and other forms of winter driving hazards: frat boys and sorostitutes. Now, it would not be a stretch to say that I loathe those in the Greek system regardless of weather (they are, after all, wasting my oxygen), but that loathing becomes particularly severe in the winter. Why? Because it is during the winter, my friends, that these distinguished individuals decide to channel the stupidity that normally results in them behaving like a herd of lemmings dressed in matching Hollister outfits into driving like something resembling a cross between a demolition derby and a 2 year old throwing toy cars around the room. It's really not that hard to drive in the snow and ice. JUST SLOW DOWN! Apparently some have heard this advice. Unfortunately, they decided this meant to take their foot completely off the gas in an effort to coast at idling speed all the way to their destination. Since this causes everyone else to brake, those other Sigma Tau Upsilon Phi Ipsilon Delta idiots who don't slow down end up slamming on their brakes, causing multiple car pile-ups and crying puppies. Meanwhile, the idiot driving at 2mph has slid out because cars have to be moving to steer.

On the other hand, because they are like a herd of lemmings, idiotic behavior such as this, while likely to get me killed, does tend to cull the herd a bit. Which leaves more oxygen for you and me my friends. Or at least it would have if this country hadn't been dumb enough to elect one of these Greek idiots to the presidency, but that's a different post for a different day.