Gack. Snow hit last Thursday, and got another dose this morning. Living in a city of hills not exactly a lot gentler than San Francisco's, and smearing the whole thing with a week of compact snow & ice w/ fresh snow frosting...makes life intriguing, even a bit more so out in the flat lands.

Of course, that we don't see anything resembling real snow here much more than every 7 or 8 years just vastly improves the snow driving skills of the average grunt...and doesn't exactly cultivate a good recollection of which hills are "snow-safe" - as I discovered when I ended up taking one sideways and ripping the sidewall out of a front tire.

Fun, fun.

Essentially the city is shut down for the duration, barring emergency services, masochists, and old-fashioned nimrods. Ah, well.