Tuesday, January 07, 2025

Two very separate things to comment on today...

  1. Sex and the City
  2. Plows and Driveways

I fully understand how seeing the word plow might make you think they're related.


Topic 1:  I've started to rewatch this show on Netflix.  Yes, there is that little on that interests me.  I know it's not quality, but I need something on that makes me want to fall asleep and it works well.

I didn't recall how insane Carrie is.  She just plain tortures Big with her insanity.  No wonder he doesn't want to marry her.  Was I really that blind to this when I was younger and watching the show?  I've also noticed the subtle sadness that is behind Samantha's mask of promiscuity.  It really is a sad -- and probably even more accurate today -- portrayal of dating pressures.  While exaggerated, I can see the truth in the situations (e.g., Miranda wondering what is wrong with a guy that is so eager to get together after meeting her, Charlotte failing to follow her own rules to establish boundaries).  Don't watch it, it's awful, really.  Worse still is when they comment about being 30-something and you feel incredibly old rather than thinking they were so much older than you.


Topic 2:  We finally have a decent amount of snow.  Scrolling facebook, likely due to the different things I follow that demonstrate I'm officially old, I see PennDot's post about how to shovel your driveway so you don't get snow dumped in it.  Um, yeah, right.  I'm still traumatized from the house in Johnstown and I've been gone for 8 years.  They looooved to come around that corner scooping up slop and fill my driveway with it.  Note that I say slop - that freezes right up like concrete.  There were times I couldn't get out w/ my 4WD even after digging and digging.  Then you come home at the end of the day and they've filled the driveway again.

All that to say (once again) I love it here.  Not only do we not get as much snow as I did in Johnstown, but by like magic the plows here clear the roads without plowing me in.

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