Alphabet meme

[altivo]

Taken from doug_taron's Gossamer Tapestry blog.
A is for age: 56 (for a few more days)
B is for beer of choice: Dos Equis, but like Doug, I'd rather have wine.
C is for career: Librarian/Network Administrator/Writer.
D is for favorite Drink: Tea, hot or iced.
E is for essential item you use everyday: A hairbrush
F is for favorite song at the moment: If "song" means vocals, I'm rarely captivated to the extent of having favorites.
G is for favorite game: Can't think when I last played a real game
H is for hometown: Not sure I have one. Born in Detroit, but I no longer have roots in any town.
I is for instruments you play: Flute, keyboards, and some guitar.
J is for favorite juice: Just about any
K is for kids: None unless you count dogs, cats, and horses
L is for last kiss: Alas, it's been a while
M is for marriage: Not
N is for name of your best friend: My mate and partner Gary
O is for overnight hospital stays: 1953 for tonsils, 1974 for hepatitis, 1999 for fall from a horse
P is for phobias: Claustrophobia, acrophobia
Q is for quote: "What do they teach them in school these days?"
R is for biggest regret: I didn't move away from urban areas soon enough.
S is for self confidence: Adequate in most things.
T is for time you wake up: 5:00 AM
U is for underwear: Boxer briefs.
V is for vegetable you love: Most of them, but especially tomatoes.
W is for worst habit: Self-absorption
X is for x-rays you have had: Chest, ankle, head and dental
Y is for yummy food you make: Home made from scratch pizza
Z is for zodiac sign: Sagittarius with Virgo rising

Still puzzled about the weather thing. Obviously some places were indeed hard hit. At my house, we have perhaps 4 inches of snow. It's still falling, but not that fast. However, the library system offices in Rockford were closed, deliveries canceled, and the school district in Harvard where I work has closed for the day. My boss just called to say we will not open the library either. What seems oddest to us is the fact that no snowplow has passed yet. We are on a county road, usually they are going by repeatedly by this hour in the morning. I wonder if they'll kill our mailbox when they finally get here. (They knocked it down three times last year.)

The weird thing though is this: In all the years I've worked in Illinois, the only days missed because work closed for snow were in the late December blizzard of 1978, the one that swept Jane Byrne into office because Chicago handled snow removal so badly. We've had storms with nine inches of snow but I never got a snow day from anyone, not even Columbia College (a commuter school that really should have closed down sometimes) and certainly not from Harvard. Now we get an ordinary winter snow storm and everything is closing. What am I missing here?

Comments

[hellmutt.livejournal.com]

Did I hear birthday soon? Many happies!

[altivo.livejournal.com]

In a couple of weeks. Thanks.

[cabcat.livejournal.com]

"Now we get an ordinary winter snow storm and everything is closing. What am I missing here?"

The dude in charge wanted a holiday?

A birthday ay? What does one buy horses for their Birthday? I usually give "Oaty treats" or those fancy new horse shoes from "Hoofers" the Brushed titanium with chrome edging.

[altivo.livejournal.com]

Oatmeal cookies are good. :)

Thanks

[doug-taron.livejournal.com]

Thanks for doing this one. I'm new enought to the whole blogging thing that this is the first meme that someone else has picked up after I've done it. Hope your Thanksgiving went well.

Re: Thanks

[altivo.livejournal.com]

It was good even just for getting the time off work. Likewise the snowstorm last week, though spending two days shoveling out didn't exactly let us make any advances on other tasks.

I trust we'll see you at the Sagittarius Party?