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1. Sigh...Kansas.

Although the good news is that the public screamed bloody murder at the State Legislature in Kansas for attempting to pass a bill that permitted businesses to refuse service to gays and lesbians based on religious justifications.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/02/14/1277718/-Kansas-State-Senators-face-Backlash-and-plot-retreat-A-Report-from-the-Capital

Mainly because it occurred to many businesses that the public outcry would result in massive boycotts. So while everyone in the US is busy pointing the finger at Putin and Russia, turn around, about face, and groan collectively at KANSAS. In short, USA, worry about your own backyard.

I love the first comment to this post - which states: Gandhi's Seven Sins: "Wealth without work; Pleasure without conscience; Knowledge without character; Commerce without morality; Science without humanity; Worship without sacrifice; Politics without principle"

I don't know about any one else, but I've grown bloody tired of people using their religious beliefs as a justification/rationalization for abusing others' rights or depriving others' of their rights.

2. Yet another blizzard raging outside. Is anyone else tired of the blizzards. The freezing temperatures. And the slush. And the navigating around the huge piles of snow that can't go anywhere? Whoever is praying for snow? Please stop. The universe heard you.

February is turning into a rather long month..ironic, considering it's the shortest.
Have a bad case of the Feb Doldrums.

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So I wrote this on Facebook:

As I watch the blizzard raging out my windows...so thick you can't see past the grill ironwork of the fire escape...I think, no more, no more. The first snow in a city is white and pristine, quiet, and soft as a down blanket. But then, alas, as time wears on, it gets pockmarked by the city. Stained by dog pee (at least I think it is dog pee), windshield wiper fluid (it's blue, so that's a guess), dirt, trash, weird red and pink dies...in short the city has a bit of fun with it. And if it is cold, it freezes and becomes hard as a rock. Then more snow comes...and more. Until we have various layers. All stacked up in piles, sometimes waist high, standing like barriers between the road and the sidewalk. Winter, I've decided, is better suited to rural areas...where things stay pretty.

My aunts took exception. Notably they are my father's sisters...

Apparently rural snow gets very yellow in the winter. Although I remember it being rather white in rural PA and suburban Kansas...but that's just me.