WIL WHEATON dot NET: 1.5: Just talk about the weather

It would be nice to have Canadian Geese here. But, I haven't seen any on the east coast ;)

Not like it matter :)

JoshAct

Posted by: JoshAct | March 7, 2002 5:40 PM

Way cool - Glad yur having a great day!
Damn I miss living in that California weather.

Dude am I first? wow Happy Birthday to me No really.

Posted by: Andie G. | March 7, 2002 5:41 PM

ok second isn't bad either- I love when I get to see different types of other wildlife around

Posted by: Andie G. | March 7, 2002 5:43 PM

mmm... halibut...

Posted by: seafoodgod | March 7, 2002 5:43 PM

Canadian Geese Eh? We have not seen them in quite some time here in Ottawa, but Spring is coming, and they will be flying overhead soon, and stopping and resting in local fields.

Posted by: Alice | March 7, 2002 5:44 PM

I live in Northern California and I know just the type of day you are talking about. Except the past several days is been pouring rain, lol. :) But I like the rain so it doesn't bother me at all. :)

Posted by: Kristie | March 7, 2002 5:47 PM

Canada geese... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAURGHH!!!!

They're EVIL, evil creatures!!

They proliferate faster than bunnies, and they're far more annoying. What's worse, it's a federal offense to kill them, so they can take over any open grassy area and/or pond and fill it with their slimy green poop and stand in the middle of the freaking ROAD and block it, even when you honk your horn at them, because they just honk back at you, and if you're walking down the sidewalk they attack you....

Of course... they're not as bad as SWANS...

*shudder*

Posted by: kendoka | March 7, 2002 5:48 PM

Nice wildlife there, but what's wrong with the weather? Seriously... talk about anything you want to say. It's your site.

Posted by: adeversole | March 7, 2002 5:48 PM

...especially swans whose wings have been clipped so they can swim around the 3-acre lake in the middle of the campus with the six HUNDRED Canada geese who never fly away...

(I was attacked by one such swan on my way to class way back when I was in college... the thing was literally as tall as I was!!)

Well... speaking of flying and ponds... it's almost time for me to fly over the really big one to our east... for 8 fun-filled days of research and photography!

Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!

I promise to bring you all back something. (;

Posted by: kendoka | March 7, 2002 5:51 PM

Do I detect a little WFS style in today's entry? :)

I'd better stop there. We know where this has gone before!

I kinda think LA can look pretty, like in early October-ish, the time frame when I last visited. But then again, I kind of liked the view from the world's largest escalator at Universal Studios, so what do I know?

Okay, maybe it was more of a entire Southern California thing than an LA thing, but it's cloudy and dreary in Detroit today, so any day with clear blue sky sounds good to me right now.

Posted by: olafandy jon | March 7, 2002 5:53 PM

omg- i like just read the story you wrote, the guy at the end,smoking a clove, I geuss peole still smoke those huh, I quit smoking i used to smoke cloves.

Posted by: Andie G. | March 7, 2002 5:54 PM

Fellow LA dweller myself. It was really gorgeous today, I agree. Very San Francisco feeling...I loved it. Glad I wasn't the only one enjoying it.

Posted by: Gen | March 7, 2002 5:56 PM

Read your article at BBSpot and I must say, seems VERY "holier than thou"

Just my opinion...

Posted by: Buntz | March 7, 2002 5:58 PM

Halibut?!?!?!?

I'm declaring BULLSHIT FLAME WAR (tm) on that!

I like potatoes!

Posted by: Rob Matsushita | March 7, 2002 6:02 PM

What??? Weather???? The weather was nice??? How dare you talk about the weather like that...we never get nice weather here. That's it. I'm starting a riot.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 6:05 PM

You know you're utterly and helplessly addicted to Wil Wheaton Dot Net when ....

.... you waste your time reading a whole blog entry about the weather in California and actally ENJOYING it.

Shoot, I AM addicted to this site, it ROCKS :-D!!!

Take care Wil.

Posted by: Sabrina | March 7, 2002 6:06 PM

weather: Yeah, ours was great over here in Georgia, too. Just makes you want to stand outside in the sunshine, face upturned, arms out, taking deep breaths ... (inhales) Aahhh. ACHOO! Damn pollen.
Story: Umm... yeah, whatever.

Posted by: T'Sai Amanda | March 7, 2002 6:10 PM

PROTEST ON! I am with Pmacca01 100%

RIOT! RIOT! RIOT!

Having had to shovel a half foot snow fall this morning, some of which blew into some rather nice snow drifts, I must protest all this "nice weather" talk. How dare he... HA HA HA!

And Wil thought that this would be a safe topic. HA!

But don't grieve for me though. It is suppose to warm up into the lower 40's by Sunday!

Posted by: Keith in Montana | March 7, 2002 6:19 PM

Haha...Great article. Loved it baby, LOVED IT.

Posted by: Mugazi | March 7, 2002 6:24 PM

Warm up into the lower 40's, Montana?? Yikes!! Well, it was only, like...86 degrees here today!!! And the damn air conditioners in the dorms are broken! I was sweating all day. I hate Texas. Sometimes.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 6:25 PM

What's an Air Conditioner???

Ha

Posted by: keith in Montana | March 7, 2002 6:27 PM

Hey, It's an essential appliance in Texas. When it hits 110 in the summers, we're glad to have them.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 6:29 PM

An...'ALIBUT.

Posted by: shanna/setf/y'know | March 7, 2002 6:31 PM

Gotta love Monty Python:

Eric the 'alibut.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 6:32 PM

I just realized at the top it says "Wil Wheaton Dot Net: Where is my mind?" funny.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 6:34 PM

That's local halibut now, right?
hehehehehe... btw, the bbspot article was hilarious...

Posted by: dake | March 7, 2002 6:36 PM

yeah, well at least your weather is predictable. try living in new mexico

Posted by: kristin | March 7, 2002 6:38 PM

You dare to to piss take the Shat????

Marketplaces, Halibut???? LOL :op

Posted by: AndyT | March 7, 2002 6:40 PM

Weather pah! California doesn't have weather it has a climate. Now the British we have weather and boy do we like to tell you about it.

Posted by: Noir | March 7, 2002 6:41 PM

Houston weather? Predictable?? Ha! In the morning, it's 30 degrees, you're bundled up in your coat and mittens and head out to work. You leave the building at 4pm only to find that it is now 90. That is not an exaggeration. It can be bright and clear all day, then lightening and thunder are prominant all through the night. We'll have a drought for 2 months and then 3 months of Monsoons. Houston is far from predictable.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 6:43 PM

Oh, good ol' London weather. The only weather more unpredictable and wetter than Houston.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 6:45 PM

London weather pah. I come from oop north where men are men and sheep are nervous

Posted by: Noir | March 7, 2002 6:48 PM

Where's that, Noir? I know England like the back of my hand. Where did I get that scratch??

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 6:50 PM

You wouldn't find very many raisins round here as we drink Sam Smiths Bitter and it has a dire effect on what a sewage specialist would be interested in ?!?

Posted by: Noir | March 7, 2002 6:55 PM

LMAO.. Of course, damn northerners.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 6:57 PM

Wild Parrots?!
Is that sort of like Killer Sheep?

(insert Monty Python skit reference here)

Posted by: Gary | March 7, 2002 7:01 PM

Of course...Notice how they don't fly so much as plummet.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 7:02 PM

Wil,
Man I love the NoCal weather, that is why I moved to wine country (Santa Rosa/Napa). However we have been getting drenched the past two days!! When are the cool clouds and sun coming back up here?!? Hope you enjoyed the day, I want our weather back now, k?
-Roger

Posted by: Roger | March 7, 2002 7:03 PM

Ugh. Fish.

Posted by: Thumper | March 7, 2002 7:05 PM

I like 'em mashed! I like 'em peeled! I like 'em fried!

I LIKE POTATOES!

Posted by: Rob Matsushita | March 7, 2002 7:09 PM

I love rain!!!

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 7:09 PM

I like rain too but its 10 past 3 in the morning here and past my bedtime. Nice talking to you see you tomorrow

Posted by: Noir | March 7, 2002 7:11 PM

Gah. Had a blizzard today. (That's "snow: fluffy white frozen
flecks of crystallized water that fall from the sky" for those of you
in Southern California.)

I can't get the "Gonads and Strife" song out of my freakin' head,
and to make matters worse, I went to William (F) Shatner's BLOG AND READ THE COMMENTS!
AAAAGGGGGHHHH!!! Do NOT put links like THAT up again!

I swear to GOD I am never, ever, ever, ever clicking on another link on WWDN
ever, ever, ever.

muttermuttermuttermutter

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Posted by: Mrs. Veteran | March 7, 2002 7:23 PM

LMAO
The comments are just as funny as Wil.
I miss Spudnuts, though. Is he coming back?

Posted by: T'Sai Amanda | March 7, 2002 7:25 PM

Even though you probably won't talking about me...thanks! I'm really funny on Sundays. You caught me on a bad day.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 7:36 PM

Canadian Geese are terrible!! I can't tell you how many times I've been chased through a freakin field by some deranged bird that could break my legs with it's wings. Those things are evil! You think the babies are sooo cute, they make their way over to you, but do not be fooled, it's just a ploy so the mothers can attack you and peck yer eyes out.

On a lighter note it's freezing cold here in good ol' Cowtown, the neighborhood animals have managed to get their tongues stuck to the metal doors and the childrens to every flag pole you can find. At least this time we realized the car was plugged into the house before backing out of the driveway.

Any Southern Californians wanna adopt me?! *puppy face*

Posted by: Sayre | March 7, 2002 7:41 PM

Now that's just a humourus sight! Everyone stuck to everything!

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 7:53 PM

totally got a michael stipe thing going in my head: "should we talk about the weather... hi... hi... hi..." which is never a bad thing.

do californians really feel the state is divided into TWO states? a whole north vs. south kinda thing? totally know this great song that is about just that subject.... but didn't know if this was something californians pontificate about (the merits of n. v. s.) or if it was just art for art's sake and for the sake of the song.

Posted by: pavegirl | March 7, 2002 7:55 PM

I love the LA weather... really. Only been out here for 8 months or so now and it's totally the biggest selling point. Last week when it was AMAZING I went up mullholland to some park and took these shots... this is why LA rules...

http://www.bonrop.net/laview/

Posted by: sean bonner | March 7, 2002 7:57 PM

In Texas, we have 4 different States: North, East, South, and West. Totally different accents too. I live in East Texas.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 8:01 PM

Guess what? It was -36 this morning when I was waiting for the bus at 7am to go to class. Got to love Edmonton AB... not.

Posted by: Zani | March 7, 2002 8:06 PM

The weather here in Jersey was pretty much the same as yours in SoCal. Beautiful! Too bad I was cooped up inside most of the day. :( Ah, well. Enjoy the nice weather, everyone! ;)

Posted by: Anne | March 7, 2002 8:16 PM

I've been to that park on mulholland on a day that was so clear you could see catalina

a very rare treat in that brown-aired city

Posted by: jbay | March 7, 2002 8:17 PM

Zani -- it could have been much worse -4 and knee deep in goose shit on the Toronto Islands this morning as I surveyed some equipment for the summer.

John Mcgregor

Posted by: John Mcgregor | March 7, 2002 8:22 PM

ha! you guys dont like the canadian geese? im canadian! i have to call those things my own! well, not mine personally...but still...you know what im saying!
and you wanna hear about my weather? in calgary...where it is perpetually winter! the past 5 days has been, like, a HIGH of minus 30 celcius! i dont know what that is in farinheight (i cant spell! what do you want from me?!?!?) but its DAMN cold! yeah...tahts all i gotta say about that...
oh well...cant wait for REAL spring...best time of the year! yay!
kay
gotta leave now...too much wilwheaton (crap...i always write that together now...) for one day!
colleen~

Posted by: colleen | March 7, 2002 8:26 PM

We don't get Canadian Geese here. What are they?

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 8:29 PM

Hey Pmacca01- what part of east tx? I've lived in west tx (El Paso) East (Ft Worth) currently north (Amarillo) and I have visited south (San Antonio) would like to go further south though,

Posted by: Andie G. | March 7, 2002 8:33 PM

I'm still waiting for real spring- wekeep getting teased :((

Posted by: Andie G. | March 7, 2002 8:35 PM

Houston. Ft Worth is NOT East Texas. Not even close. Houston is East.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 8:35 PM

breakfast is the best part of the day!

Posted by: moniker jones | March 7, 2002 8:42 PM

I prefer dinner. I'm more awake for that.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 8:48 PM

"I threw a sand dollar in the jar for Jerry's kids. For the halibut.."

Canadian Geese are essentially ill bred dogs with wings.

Posted by: T | March 7, 2002 8:54 PM

Heh, weather here in Hawaii is always the same. Hardly anyone watches the weather reports, except when there's a hurricane imminent. This is why they use attractive women as meteorologists... so people will watch.

"70's-80's with chance of rain." I hear that one all too often.

This evening is spectacular. Lots of rain means dozens of waterfalls streaming down the volcanic mountain range I pass on my commute home.

Oh MAN, I'm gonna miss this place.

Posted by: Courtney | March 7, 2002 8:54 PM

I'm in Edmonton, a little north of Calgary and the low tonight will be -30C (~ -25F). It snowed all day, till just before sunset when the sun emerged from the clouds just above the horizon and it lit up all of the falling snow. Making everything orange and red.
Very picturesque but I was glad I was inside.

Posted by: Cerberus | March 7, 2002 8:56 PM

I almost became Fred Durst today... someone shoot me!

http://www.dogbomb.co.uk/?id=comment&num=00000253

Posted by: joe | March 7, 2002 9:00 PM

Ew..how?

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 9:02 PM

If your sandwich is soggy, it will soon turn foggy.

Eat some cheese to raise a breeze.

Go 3 straight days without a potato, you'll soon lose your life in a tornado.

Posted by: Fred Fowler | March 7, 2002 9:08 PM

HEY pmacca01-dude i was just making a point how far east i lived chill out! Hey i have lived far east USA though North Carlina christmas 92 yeuch! I hate the cold and yet i always get stuck in cold weather.

Posted by: Andie G. | March 7, 2002 9:14 PM

Dude, I wasn't getting mad. It always comes out that someone's being a bitch in type. I really was in a good mood. I was trying to say it more like it was a documentary...sorry.

Posted by: Pmacca01 | March 7, 2002 9:23 PM

that's funny... i lived in texas for 20 years and never heard that it was divided into four states. guess i was out riding my horse and spittin' the tabacky...

Posted by: Shelley | March 7, 2002 9:37 PM

Wil, you think Shatner's funny talking about halibut sandwiches? You should see him host the new Iron Chef USA...

-John

Posted by: John Mowat | March 7, 2002 9:55 PM

You want weather? It's gonna be t-stormin' tomorrow, and it'll all change over to snow by Saturday, here in southern Wisconsin.

Up in northern Michigan, however, they'll be gettin' 15+ inches of heavy wet sloggy snow by Saturday morning.

Have a nice day, Wil.

Posted by: Don | March 7, 2002 9:57 PM

I LIKE POTATOES TOO!!!

My family kept telling me to go to the University of Idaho, because I love potatoes so much.

Mmmmm, potatoes.

Posted by: KJB | March 7, 2002 10:19 PM

You know what's better than potatoes?

Puddin'.

Posted by: Rob Matsushita | March 7, 2002 10:21 PM

Oh yeah, and NorCal weather is often like that. It was actually kinda like that today. Pity it wasn't all purdy yesterday... it was raining like a bitch.

I actually don't know how a bitch rains, but still.

It's an entirely different state, SoCal is. Totally different culture than in NorCal.

Bastards keep stealing our water... tee hee

Posted by: KJB | March 7, 2002 10:24 PM

Puddin' is good too. It is not clothes, though.

And don't mix puddin' and potatoes. Yipe.

Posted by: KJB | March 7, 2002 10:25 PM

Completely off topic, but I can do that, because I own this place: http://www.salon.com/comics/boll/2002/03/07/boll/index.html?CP=RDF&DN=310

har.

Posted by: wil | March 7, 2002 11:02 PM

That comic is GENIUS.

Posted by: KJB | March 7, 2002 11:16 PM

Every night as I watch the stars & then in the morning when I get to see the sun rise, I can't help but thank God for all the beauty and wonder in the world. There is so much beauty to be found around us!

Posted by: ThatGirl | March 7, 2002 11:31 PM

Every night as I watch the stars & then in the morning when I get to see the sun rise, I can't help but thank God for all the beauty and wonder in the world. There is so much beauty to be found around us!

Posted by: ThatGirl | March 7, 2002 11:31 PM

you realize you are right on with the file sharing commments in your article..."holier than thou"? how can someone who isn't a musical artist and who doesn't know the content of your mp3 files offer commentary like that? i'm just saying that is bullshit...file sharing doesn't really take away from many artists pocketbooks but that doesn't make it totally right

Posted by: Jeff | March 7, 2002 11:42 PM

Hi. I just stumbled across your site.

Don't take this personally, but, having seen your site, I think I might be in love with you.

I'm sure you get a lot of that. Sorry.

Posted by: Samantha | March 8, 2002 12:42 AM

No! Getting up with the Sun is a Bad Thing! Encouraging that sort of thing is morally reprehensible! Bad Willy!

Posted by: Adam | March 8, 2002 1:16 AM

I, too, live in the California...about 45 minutes from L.A. It has been very beautiful weather, lately, perfect temperatures, and so....but, yesterday and today were not so good...But, I hopes that maybe it will be better! Yay! ^_^

Liebe Alles!
~Gipsie

Posted by: Gipsie | March 8, 2002 1:46 AM

Have you all gone to bed? I've just got up to a beautiful day so Im going to York to get some Travellers cheques and Euros before I go skiing on Sunday (looks like too many iiii's in skiing should it by hyphenated? ski-ing I dunno looks daft either way

Posted by: Noir | March 8, 2002 2:11 AM

I am embarrassed to say that I apparently am so dull and clueless that I thought talking about the weather in my Web log would be interesting. Heh. Might explain why so few people are commenting in my Web log. Though I thought it was rather fun talking about the cats as small, portable weather stations, wireless and battery free, that bring in the weather report (and a few earthworms, which seem to fascinate them as they writhe and twist slowly on the carpet).

And apropos nothing (completely off topic), have you see US Attorney General John Ashcroft singing? I can't seem to keep myself away from this site: http://www.cnn.com/video/us/2002/02/25/ashcroft.sings.wbtv.med.html. It's a kind of horrified fascination thing.

Marina (in Santa Rosa, Northern California, where the current temperature outside is a quite-chilly 36.7 degrees F.)

Posted by: Marina | March 8, 2002 3:12 AM

Hehe, funny Shatner blog reference. Me likey.

Posted by: Matt | March 8, 2002 4:18 AM

Yum. Sounds like one of those sandwiches that you could ONLY get at one of those outdoor stands that specializes in local fresh fish.

Pete

Posted by: Jandel | March 8, 2002 4:29 AM

Hey, Wil ! Last time I saw a Canadian Goose, it was in the company of some "pommes dauphines" sitting right in front of me in the middle of a nice plate in an even nicer fancy restaurant...well I guess these birds do have a pretty good navigational system, so they never get confused enough to cross the German sky...
I live in the Black Forest here in Germany, which is beautiful, and I really live out there in the middle of nowhere, so it's really peaceful and relaxing;I really enjoy it a lot to step outside either in the early morning or late at night (preferrably late at night, since I really love it to sleep in...) to simply listen to the sounds of nature.
I even wrote a song about this, it's called "Creation".
As for the article you wrote about Morpheus...coooool ! ! !

Posted by: Sires | March 8, 2002 4:55 AM

Hi all-
Hmm... Here in central Jersey, the weather is totally unpredictable. It's supposed to get up in the '60's today, and then snow on Monday. I've been saying for a long time what Wil said a few days ago: we, the people, have screwed up the environment so badly that I don't know if it will ever recover. Here we are having a drought in MARCH, for goodness' sakes, and all people can do is either complain about the cold or rejoice when it gets warm. It's not supposed to get warm yet! My poor daffodils are poking their heads up, and soon they'll freeze to death... it's sad. As for Canadian geese- part of the reason they hang around is because of the weather- it stays warmer longer. Also, when they are fed by people, they'll stay, 'cuz they're not stupid. Stay where the food is! :) There's a pond on my street where a bunch of geese and ducks live. It's sad, because they've been hit crossing the street many times. I saw one get hit once, and ran to my house, giving myself an asthma attack on the way, to call 911. Yes, 911 for a goose! They're people too. You know what I mean. Anyway, goosy was just fine in the end. All right, I know this is long, but I was a Wil virgin. Well, you know what I mean- this is my first time posting. I would like to invite all of you to my band's website- www.thewagband.com- where you can see me in my Starfleet uniform (I'm a total Trek geek, no apologies here) posing with "Chekov", "Rom", and the doc from Voyager. Just click on my personal page and it'll get you there, or e-mail me at allywag67@aol.com. It's easy to find me on our site- I'm the only chick! :) All right, enough already!
Love, Alicia

Posted by: Alicia | March 8, 2002 5:27 AM

Wil, I saw being the Special Guest on "Beat the Geeks" last night. It was hysterical.

Posted by: Crinkle | March 8, 2002 5:30 AM

i hate to rehash, but i'm tellin' you - to play the game correctly, you have to actually BEAT the geeks. with sticks. or a sock with an eight-track cassette jammed into the toe.

it's the only way they'll ever learn.

Posted by: hot soup girl | March 8, 2002 5:38 AM

Hey Wil,

Ever notice how no matter where you go people think their weather is really unique and unpredictable? When I lived in Maine people used to say "If you don't like the weather wait 10 minutes, it'll change." They say the same damn thing here in Michigan (and Ontario, too). One day it might be 54 degrees, the next day it's 17. The weather is unpredictable in many places, jeez. YAY for Canada Geese (and it's nice to see some people know the difference between 'Canada Geese' and 'Canadian Geese', lol. Yeah, yeah, yeah...... See ya' later.

Posted by: fenaray | March 8, 2002 6:35 AM

Wil,

Greetings from Chicago, you really don't want a weather report from here. Read your article. I have to say that the internet is great for many things but getting music or any other media is not one of them. I suggest we harken back to a simpler era when you borrow a bunch of your friend's CD's and burn them the old fashioned way. Screw Morpheus, Napster and whatever else, if you have enough friends, you have a library waiting to be built. I sympathize with those out there that may not be blessed with a lot of friends. Unfortunately, the internet is your only option for cheap music. If these sites are going to install Spyware on your system, they need to disclose that. Though you may be a thief in some people's minds, you still have rights.

Posted by: JeffC | March 8, 2002 6:45 AM

Sounds like a nice morning. I usually get up with the sun as well. It's nice because I can stand and look out the back window while I'm waiting for my kettle to whistle and watch the sun ascent over the mountain. It's more beautiful everyday.
Yesterday was lovely here as well. I spent most of the afternoon outside sitting on a rock by a grove where all the chickadees and nuthatches nest. I have one thin chickadee who follows me everywhere I go when I'm outside. Not five minutes from when I sat down did he come and land on my shoulder. Heh... I love those birds.

Have a good weekend

Posted by: RavenBlue | March 8, 2002 7:01 AM

Did you happen to the lesser spotted mongolian budgie on your travels?? I hear its native to the Los Angeles freeway system and enjoys nice weather.

btw, did you see who it was that lifted the fog? I might have a fog lifting job going here at the moment. Tell him to give me a shout.

Posted by: Jimmy Johnson | March 8, 2002 7:20 AM

Please ammend my previous piss-take with the following substitute for paragraph 1

//
Did you happen to SEE the lesser spotted mongolian budgie on your travels?? I hear its native to the Los Angeles freeway system and enjoys nice weather.
//

Posted by: Jimmy Johnson | March 8, 2002 7:22 AM

Fun with weather...Seattle and most of Western Washington got dumped on by snow last night and this morning.

Dumped on. Tons. Fouling up traffic all over the place. Accidents, people abandoning their cars and walking - it's causing all sorts of problems.

Absolutely _dumped_ snow all over the place.

Like...

...an inch. Two? _Maybe_ three in some areas?

As an ex-Alaskan...I'm quite amused.

Walking to work and passing 2 buses and about 75 cars on my way into downtown from Capitol Hill was fun. Driving is such a time-saver, isn't it?

Ah, well.

Fun with weather, indeed.

Posted by: djwudi | March 8, 2002 8:17 AM

Of course, I do have to qualify that by saying that 1> Anchorage, Alaska doesn't have the ridiculous hills that Seattle does, which _are_ pretty horrible in snowy/icy conditions, and it really doesn't take much to get there, and 2> Alaska in general is more prepared to deal with snow than Seattle is. So I actually can understand why something like this causes such havoc.

But...

...I can still be amused. :)

Posted by: djwudi | March 8, 2002 8:18 AM

Wil you are truely blessed to be living in an area with such nice weather. This morning I awoke to a temperature of -32C with a wind chill of -42C. Today is the day you hope the antifreeze in your car can pass the mustard. Yuck, I hate winter.

Posted by: Bleu | March 8, 2002 8:25 AM

Hmmm. Well, in San Diego yesterday we had CRAPPY weather. Overcast and raining off and on all day. And night. Depressing weather.

No, while there is a little bit of blue sky today, it's supposed to be crappy this weekend.

Amazing what 100 miles can do.

Vickie

Posted by: sarcastic cheese | March 8, 2002 8:28 AM

Loved the article, love the weather. Here in San Diego it's a little more rainy though. Have you ever noticed that people seem to love weather that's rare? I love cloudy rainy days... but then again, we only get rainy weather about.....5-10 times a year here. Well, I'm going to prove my own theory false, I don't love snow and it certainly never snows over my house.

Posted by: Antika | March 8, 2002 8:37 AM

Antika, bite your tongue. If it snows here now, I'm going to personally hunt you down!!!!!

:P

Posted by: sarcastic cheese | March 8, 2002 8:45 AM

Halibut sandwich? Did your copy editors approve that for you?

heh heh ..

Posted by: TheCharlie | March 8, 2002 8:54 AM

Miramaneeeeeeee!

Posted by: jbay | March 8, 2002 8:56 AM

Oh GOOD LORD, now I've gone and clicked on JOHN ASHCROFT SINGS!!!!!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHH!!!

Damn you, people!!! Damn all of you!!!

On the good side, "Gonads and Strife" is no longer running through my head.

On the bad side, I now have JOHN F***ING ASHCROFT singing about
an EAGLE SOARING running through it.

Thanks, Marina. Thanks a lot.

I am now never, ever, ever, ever looking at the comments pages on WWDN!

:-)

Posted by: Mrs. Veteran | March 8, 2002 9:01 AM

Oh...er...um.

Sorry about all the caps.

But, I mean, you have to understand: I *clicked* on the "John Ashcroft sings* link.

I'm feeling much better now...

We now return to our regularly scheduled Canadian Geeze and halibut.

Posted by: Mrs. Veteran | March 8, 2002 9:03 AM

You guys are lucky...It rains here in Amsterdam all the time, and they have dug up my street to lay some gas pipes, so I am walking on sodden sand, and planks to get in and out of the apartment, and my neighbours won't wipe their feet - is that too much to ask FFS - and there's all this soil & mud & sand trodden into the carpets, and the street is going to remain like that until December. :(

Hey Wil, wanna swap houses ? Shit, I'll even re-sow your lawn for you, and you get to live in "lively" Amsterdam.........

Posted by: Kenny Fogarty | March 8, 2002 11:42 AM

Days like those are plenty here in North Cali....it rained and poured and the clouds were dark but an hour later it was sunny and the clouds were streaming along in the blue sky... days like these are one of life's small pleasures.

Posted by: glittergirl | March 8, 2002 12:10 PM

I'm from Calgary. The weather fricken SUCKS. It's too cold! I can't sit outside in neon shorts and a tank without hypothermia and frost bite. What kind of crap is that? Now I have to wear a sweater over it and I STILL get the damn frost bite. I didn't need my toes anyways. =D

Like I said before, anybody willing to adopt me?! Pleeeeeeeaaaaassssseeeeee????!!!!!!!

Posted by: Sayre | March 8, 2002 12:49 PM

wow! thats the best comic ive ever read! holy macarel! (once again, i cant spell...but points to me for keeping up the fish theme! yay!)
on in 50 million kids...so great!
collene~
(ps...isnt it great that i know how to spell my own name? isnt it?)
colleen~
(pps...there...thats better)

Posted by: colleen | March 8, 2002 8:09 PM

Well, writing here from rainy Toronto, I guess I can't complain. But seriously, Wil, if you truly love talking about the weather, consider becoming a Canadian, or even an honorary Canadian (you know, just say "eh" occasionally and order a Labatt Blue or something), because we love talking about the weather here. It's more than a pastime, it's a national obsession. And can I interest you in some really good hail....

Posted by: duchess | March 8, 2002 8:17 PM

Choose Pepsi....

FOR THOSE WHO THINK YOUNG!

Posted by: wil | March 8, 2002 9:07 PM

okay first thing, about the weather in southern cali... SHUT THE FUCK UP! i hate snow, and right now, we're having a GD blizzard. i so need to get out of michigan, and really soon at that.

and i love pepsi wil, and the slogan is kinda catchy, but i really think that britney needs to die... or at least get caught lip-synching at a major awards show, and laughed off-stage never to be seen again...

hey, a girl can dream, right?

peace, love, and bubble-gum,
Ronda LOU

Posted by: ayngil | March 10, 2002 12:12 AM

I am on holiday in Vancouver, and it has rained, snowed, hailed, you name it in the last few days since I arrived!!!

Although I must admit it sort of added a really nice touch to the evening the other night when I was walking back along Robson street from the restaurant and the snow was really heavy........ I don't know, maybe made me realise that it IS kinda cool, cos we don't get that at home.

Anyway, enough of me rambling.... enjoy the weather where ever you are..... cos someone else would probably appreciate it if they had it!

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