My sinuses were clear this morning. That's one of my many weather indicators: clear sinuses in the morning = low humidity and cool temps. Also, it means my daughters are out of school and were not up early congealing the air with several bottles of perfume.
I've found that in my forties, it has become easier and easier to predict the weather. Oddly, the more infirmed I become, the more alert my body is to atmospheric pressures that were nothing more than numbers on the morning news in the past.
I know I didn't feel it in my teens, twenties or even thirties. My girls are completely oblivious to weather, for example.
"It's 30 degrees," I say. "Put on a coat and take off the flip-flops."
I am met with blank stares.
"We don't, like, go to school outside, Mom," they say.
How could I possibly argue with logic like that?
I do have to admit that in my advancing age, I find that I'm addicted to the morning news, and especially the weather forecast. But it's funny to me how young all the weather forecasters are. How would they know what the weather is going to be? All they know is what the radar says and what they learned in weather school where they found out about the various types of clouds (also taught in the third grade) and how to engage in witty banter with the traffic guy. Also, how to insure that their hair is perfectly coifed in any weather.
I've discovered that you cannot predict the weather accurately until your body has aged to the point that most everything you do, from starting the car in the morning to having a regular bowel movement, is directly related to the weather. Weather forecasters on the news should all be at least over 45 in order to insure accuracy.
The ultimate would be to have a 75-year-old man give the forecast, because not only have they reached the optimum age, they enjoy predicting the weather. It's practically what they live for. I know this because I worked as a waitress in a small town restaurant when I was in college and there was a table where, every morning, all the 75-year-old men for at least 226 miles around would show up just to sit at their favorite table, drink coffee, compare ailments, and predict the weather based on those ailments.
"My back is a throbbin'. It's gonna snow fer sure," says Earl.
"Gonna be a real nasty sum $%&*#, accordin' to my knees," says Zed.
I would bet money that Earl and Zed could more accurately predict the weather than the perfectly coifed Zack and Cody's that are today's weather predictors. In fact, I recommend the Weather Channel broadcast directly from a retirement home.
Right now it's time for the evening news, so I need to cut this short because I am addicted to it as well. I especially like to mock the weather people. The one I'm watching is probably in her early 30s and wrong, of course. It's not going to be clear and cool. My sciatica says it is clearly going to rain.
- Rebecca Todd is a freelance writer and the author of the book "What's the Point?" available at booklocker.com. Contact her at btodd@tds.net.
Now that Obama has had the reins for over four years and is running amok destroying our nation, I am still confused why he was voted in for the second time.
President Barack Obama believes in the public sector. He thinks it should be made ever more expansive and entrusted with ever more complicated tasks. Its unions should be powerful. It should be hailed by all the great and good, and attract the nation’s best and brightest.
I am writing this letter to thank and to acknowledge the great and swift job that the Wayne Township Fire Department did, as well as the ambulance, in responding to a medical emergency in our household on May 15.
It is worth mentioning that more Americans were killed by the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last Sept. 11, than were killed by the recent terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon.
I hate dog movies. In dog movies, the good, loyal, lovable dog always dies at the end and I end up sitting there in the dark with big tears streaming down my cheeks.
I’ve not kept it a secret that I find people who dress their dogs in clothes to be, to put it nicely, somewhat more than just eccentric. And many friendly, helpful readers out there have not kept it a secret that they really wish I would not express my views about dogs dressed as humans.
Distrust of government secrecy has been elevated to an exceptional level with the disclosure the Justice Department covertly examined two months of Associated Press phone records to determine who leaked details to the AP about a foiled terrorist plot.
An NPR broadcast examines the question of how communities can better prepare for tornadoes like the one that struck Moore, Okla. on Monday. The broadcast features commentary from Michael Fitzgerald, who reported a five-part disaster series for the CNHI News Service.
Grilling is a simple way to feed your family well this summer. Start with a lean meat and a healthful marinade and then allow the grill to strip away additional fat for a heart-healthy and waist-friendly final result. Plus, grilling caramelizes the natural sugars in foods, which adds flavor without additional calories and fat.
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The weather can be a pain
By Rebecca Todd CNHI
My sinuses were clear this morning. That's one of my many weather indicators: clear sinuses in the morning = low humidity and cool temps. Also, it means my daughters are out of school and were not up early congealing the air with several bottles of perfume.
I've found that in my forties, it has become easier and easier to predict the weather. Oddly, the more infirmed I become, the more alert my body is to atmospheric pressures that were nothing more than numbers on the morning news in the past.
I know I didn't feel it in my teens, twenties or even thirties. My girls are completely oblivious to weather, for example.
"It's 30 degrees," I say. "Put on a coat and take off the flip-flops."
I am met with blank stares.
"We don't, like, go to school outside, Mom," they say.
How could I possibly argue with logic like that?
I do have to admit that in my advancing age, I find that I'm addicted to the morning news, and especially the weather forecast. But it's funny to me how young all the weather forecasters are. How would they know what the weather is going to be? All they know is what the radar says and what they learned in weather school where they found out about the various types of clouds (also taught in the third grade) and how to engage in witty banter with the traffic guy. Also, how to insure that their hair is perfectly coifed in any weather.
I've discovered that you cannot predict the weather accurately until your body has aged to the point that most everything you do, from starting the car in the morning to having a regular bowel movement, is directly related to the weather. Weather forecasters on the news should all be at least over 45 in order to insure accuracy.
The ultimate would be to have a 75-year-old man give the forecast, because not only have they reached the optimum age, they enjoy predicting the weather. It's practically what they live for. I know this because I worked as a waitress in a small town restaurant when I was in college and there was a table where, every morning, all the 75-year-old men for at least 226 miles around would show up just to sit at their favorite table, drink coffee, compare ailments, and predict the weather based on those ailments.
"My back is a throbbin'. It's gonna snow fer sure," says Earl.
"Gonna be a real nasty sum $%&*#, accordin' to my knees," says Zed.
I would bet money that Earl and Zed could more accurately predict the weather than the perfectly coifed Zack and Cody's that are today's weather predictors. In fact, I recommend the Weather Channel broadcast directly from a retirement home.
Right now it's time for the evening news, so I need to cut this short because I am addicted to it as well. I especially like to mock the weather people. The one I'm watching is probably in her early 30s and wrong, of course. It's not going to be clear and cool. My sciatica says it is clearly going to rain.
- Rebecca Todd is a freelance writer and the author of the book "What's the Point?" available at booklocker.com. Contact her at btodd@tds.net.
Every year you hear people saying, “If only it would get cold enough and snow enough in the winter. Then we wouldn’t have so many bugs.”
May 24, 2013
Democrats do not live the way they vote.
Now that Obama has had the reins for over four years and is running amok destroying our nation, I am still confused why he was voted in for the second time.
May 24, 2013
President Barack Obama believes in the public sector. He thinks it should be made ever more expansive and entrusted with ever more complicated tasks. Its unions should be powerful. It should be hailed by all the great and good, and attract the nation’s best and brightest.
May 24, 2013
I am writing this letter to thank and to acknowledge the great and swift job that the Wayne Township Fire Department did, as well as the ambulance, in responding to a medical emergency in our household on May 15.
May 23, 2013
It is worth mentioning that more Americans were killed by the terrorist attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, last Sept. 11, than were killed by the recent terrorist attack at the Boston Marathon.
May 23, 2013
I hate dog movies. In dog movies, the good, loyal, lovable dog always dies at the end and I end up sitting there in the dark with big tears streaming down my cheeks.
May 21, 2013
Mr. President, the buck stops with you.
President Truman set that standard, with these very words posted on a sign on his Oval Office desk.
But now, with over a thousand days left in this second Obama administration, we find a Nixonian stench emerging from the “W. House.”
May 21, 2013
Rarely has the White House briefing room so resembled the main ballroom at a meeting of the Conservative Political Action Conference.
May 21, 2013
I’ve not kept it a secret that I find people who dress their dogs in clothes to be, to put it nicely, somewhat more than just eccentric. And many friendly, helpful readers out there have not kept it a secret that they really wish I would not express my views about dogs dressed as humans.
May 17, 2013
Distrust of government secrecy has been elevated to an exceptional level with the disclosure the Justice Department covertly examined two months of Associated Press phone records to determine who leaked details to the AP about a foiled terrorist plot.
May 17, 2013
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