A bit of prep for St. Patrick’s Day

Two packages came. I opened mine; it was a shirt.

This shirt:

What do you think is in Der Bingle’s package? UPDATE: Der Bingle tells me LZP said they were the last two in the store. Der Bingle also announced that he’d be hanging up the shirt at work for people to see on St. Patrick’s Day. He said he thought that would be better than going around pulling his shirt open and his tie up to flash folks. And besides, it makes his getaway easier if he has to fade into the crowd if the Notre Dame fans get to revved up . . .

We have a wet snow outside. That means we have heavy snow outside, which is not technically heavy water, but feels that way. It is going to be 48 degrees on Sunday and in the above-freezing 30’s as it works up to 48. So, shovel again? Well, I think we should take it under advisement for a few days, be certain we are making the correct decision.

I will probably call a meeting in a couple of hours to start analyzing the situation; we’ll be gathered around the fireplace, munching on snackie foldovers, sipping sodas and going through our options. We do have one young person here who is looking at the shovel with the idea of exercise, so we’ve suggested he make a narrow path along the main sidewalk and the little sidewalk up to the door. He says the snow is “light, not packed”  – he is not old enough to realize any snow is lighter when it is not packed down and that this is, actually, heavy snow. I suppose he will learn in a few years. Right now we are, some would say, taking advantage of his naiveté.