Still waiting for Godot

Well, yesterday's "storm" produced a total of less than 1" of snow. Just enough to make the roads dicey, inducing Wife to request chauffeur service out to the nature center and return (both cars have AWD and ABS, but she prefers my winter driving skills to hers....) Yeah, that doubles the mileage, but it's cheaper than wear and tear on her nerves. We're only talking an additional 12 miles here.

Snowing again now, with forecast of 4" - 8" accumulation. Or maybe mixed precip -- depends on whether we're in the mountains, the north, or coastal this time. Plate tectonics rules!

One thing about light fresh snow: you'd be amazed at the amount of overnight cat traffic we get around here. Tracks everywhere.

Skis waxed, snowblower fueled.

Do we _really_ wanna make it a three-way?

(Not talking sex here.)

Okay, the Sunni and Shia have such a cozy, loving relationship in Baghdad, it seems a shame to add a large chunk of Kurdish military to the household. I mean, both of the current sides in the catfight are going to _so_ welcome another occupying power.

And that's how the Arabs and the Persians are going to see Kurdish forces. Both of them regard Kurds as semi-simian. That means the Kurds have no incentive to act nice. They have good reason to not love either side.