Yesterday afternoon just before 6:00 PM, I notice a weather alert on my phone. I open it up because it said “severe” with a big ole exclamation mark sign.
The National Weather Service obviously needs attention.
Here’s the alert…
Severity: Moderate
Weather Event Onset: 3:45 PM (EDT), March 17, 2026
Action Recommended: Execute a pre-planned activity as instructed in the Description.
Urgency: Take action within the next hour.
Description: Less than 1 inch of snow starting after midnight. 🙄
It’s COLD — I’ll admit that.
I was freezing in the garage when the Pesky Neighbors came to give me a birthday present yesterday…
I invited them to come in — I would’ve put the hounds in a different room — but Mr. Pesky said they didn’t have time. Once they got here, I asked them where they were headed. “Home to take a nap!” was the reply.
They likely saw the same alert and are planning to take urgent action once they’re rested.
Funny memory spawned by seeing Mom sitting in the jeep with a cover over her legs…
My great Uncle Ted babied Aunt Lois to the umpteenth degree. I can remember him warming the car for her, walking her out to get in, and covering her legs with a blankie and tucking it in around her before leaving my Nanny & Pappa’s to head back home about an hour north of the Ville. Nanny told me, (and Mom later verified), that Ted also warmed the toilet seat for her. Yup. He would sit on the toilet to warm the seat up before Lois went in to do her business.
That’s a high bar, fellas. I’m willing to bet no one reading this can come close to that one.
Now you know: The last Blockbuster video store in Bend, Oregon hosted a school field trip in 2024 for first graders who were learning about what life was like when their grandparents and parents were growing up.