A humdinger of a snow storm and all across Ohio, people are struggling through drifts, desperate to liberate their (pick one):
- Cars
- Bird Feeders (as above)
- Barn Cats
- Children
- TV satellite dishes
If you picked #5, you know my priorities. The car can wait (nowhere to go anyway) and the kids and cats and birds can cope but if you want to watch basketball today you've got to get out there and wipe off the dish.
This is a chore I hadn't foreseen last spring when I made the switch to satellite TV. Luckily, however, I did have enough foresight not to put the dish up on the roof! It sits at the edge of the field next to my house, giving it not only a clear connection to the TV God in the Sky but also exposing it to the full fury of the weather. I cleaned it off twice last night after I noticed Jon Stewart freezing up every 10 seconds. I'm afraid to turn on the set this morning since the whole dish by now is probably buried.
If you own a tractor and blade and are excited about a day spent plowing, go to it.
For the rest of us, here are things you can do to promote the progressive agenda and keep from going crazy with cabin fever:
- Find - and clean off your TV satellite dish.
- Check out Sarah Palin at the T-Party convention (C-Span, 11:30 a.m.)
- Read GOP strategist Frank Luntz' latest Right-Wing Talking Points. http://dccc.org/blog/archives/more_false_attacks_from_the_right/
- Join the campaign to overturn the Supreme Court's ruling allowing corporations to spend unlimited money on political campaigns. www.movetoamend.org
- Bring the cats in and put the kids out.
-- David Lore
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