The weather patterns of Northeast Ohio fascinate me -- with the air coming off the lake (usually toward the east) there can be some rather dramatic and strangely localized snowfalls. Even Wednesday's little snow-dump barely registered on the east side of the county, or so we heard. Normally the snow belt (for the lake effect snow) is a little north and a little east of where we are. Thank heavens. I went jogging Thursday afternoon across the semi-frozen wasteland of streets and often thought I was going to slip and fall onto my ass. Fortunately, I remained upright.

Now, as for the road construction patterns of the NYC metropolitan area... that fascinates me too. And not in a good way. I remember in the old days I used to drive on the Long Island Expressway fairly often and they had just installed the overhead signs that could flash inaccurate messages about upcoming detours or lane closures. On quiet weekend mornings it would read: "Normal traffic conditions ahead." I often wondered to myself what that meant. Normal? For the L.I.E? Does that mean "Prepare to stop"? Experience showed that the meaning was more or less random.

I'm sure I'll enjoy lots of road construction excitement on the lonely drive back to Tuckahoe this weekend. I shall take note of my pleasure and bring tales of my adventures back to the blog (the only honorable thing to do).