Life rant. Fred, we miss and love you.

Yesterday we had to lose our dear kitty Fred to cancer. Yesterday our car window got busted out and car soaked in rain. Yesterday I learned I must have major-ish surgery (I’ll be fine). Yesterday a major project at work failed. I turned 40 a week ago… I do love my life. Sorry for venting and using language but unequivocally yesterday, Life: fuck you and kiss my fetid ass. I will not allow you to bring us down.

Nor’easter? How about those Nor’westers!

http://cliffmass.blogspot.com/2011/10/noreasters-versus-northwest-windstorms.html

Look…severe weather in any form, in any location, is not fun after one day. But I’m tired of everyone foo-fooing me when I say that the Northwest gets severe weather as well.

The latest nor’ Easter, while impressively early this year I admit, reminds me of this …

The Northwest also has our weather demons…likely even worse than those vaunted nor’easters! ( but when do you ever hear about it?)

Cliff Mass, the pre-eminent weather guy of the region says….

“In general, the very strongest Northwest cyclones are stronger than the top Nor’easters, with our 1962 Columbus Day storm probably being the most powerful non-tropical coastal storm to hit the U.S. in a century. (Beware–those wily east coasters like to call their storms “Perfect” or “Storm of the Century” and get books and movies made about them. Don’t believe their propaganda–ours are bigger and more powerful).”

It’s only because we have been neglected, in the media and in federal budgets, that this is becoming apparent (something us natives have known for a long time!)

He continues…

“If a big midlatitude cyclone hits the Northwest this year we will have a magnificent view of the details using the new coastal radar. And if our models are wrong about intensity or position, the new radar will enable us to get out timely warnings in time to save property and lives. We have finally caught up to the east coast, where they have had radars looking offshore for decades.”

So what he is saying is just NOW, in 2011 (!!), are we able in the Northwest to scientifically prove that our weather is “worthy” of being bad and worthy of attention on a national scale. We finally got a weather radar for the coastal regions this year (where our weather comes from!)

Again, bad weather everywhere is no fun. Don’t get me wrong. But I wonder how many people have lost their lives in the Northwest because the rest of the country has thought that there are no problems up here other than rainy and cloudy days…

VVvvrrrooooooommmcracklecracklerumblerumble!

YAY BLUE ANGELS. It’s Seafair. I love this. Haters can just STFU for a weekend…I’m sorry their delicate constitutions are so offended because it’s the end of the world and its soooo loud and it lasts days and days and days and days….you live in a loud city! whatever!

YAY!!

I am always right: Summer starts July 5 and not a second before.

People!  Summer starts here July 5.  And right on schedule….

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is today’s forecast courtesy of  KOMO

All I have to say is that at least everyone’s bitchin’ will be coming to an end.  I’m thankful for that.

I am always right about this.  [Queue people ranting: “OH, this is DIFFERENT!!  It’s the coldest spring on record!!””, waaaahh, wahh, wahh….]

Shut up already.  It’s finally here.  It happens every year to some degree or another.  Myself I’m glad we have 3 air conditioners at the ready, with another two in backup.

Summer…disgusting.

Love, Garrett

 

“Lefse” overheard at bar

So I finished work today and was waiting for Christopher to meet me at our local bar for some drinks….but what should be overheard in the cacophony of conversations?!

“I love Lefse”

Wow! So I searched for the obviously scandinavian-oriented culprit. Turns out it was this pair of ladies who would not give me the time of day when I tried to express my exuberance for said lefse as well.

Well excuse me…just trying to be holiday friendly…

Bitches.

Merry Christmas!!!! 🙂

When a downgrade “upgrades” your iPhone…

I did like some features of IOS 4.x, but holy cow did it slow down my 3G. It became intolerable. 15 seconds to open the messages app (I timed it!) Another 5 seconds to start a new message. That’s an eternity.

So I downgraded my iPhone 3G to the 3.1 software version and viola! It’s like new again. And yes, I restored the phone, reset the thing, etc — tried all the tricks before the downgrade – no luck.

So if you haven’t upgraded — I suggest you don’t if you have a 3G! The 3Gs and, of course, the iPhone 4 will probably be OK.