Noisy snow, with a meme

Gaacked from burningriver via galtine1

How to make a gerisullivan

Ingredients: 1 part jealousy 5 parts self-sufficiency 5 parts instinct

Method: Blend at a low speed for 30 seconds. Add a little cocktail umbrella and a dash of fitness

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Today's dash of fitness involved shoveling only half rather than all of the concrete portion of my driveway. (Plowguy does the 275-foot gravel part, I only have the last 15-20 feet or so.) Why only half? It wasn't so much the half-inch of ice on top, but the density of the 5.5 inches below. Look, ma, no chest pains. That's always a good idea. But even the time I've been putting in on the elliptical exerciser hasn't yet been enough to stop that kind of shoveling from quite thoroughly winding me. Huff. Huff. Whew.

I think it was the loudest snow shoveling I've ever done. Throwing around slabs of ice will do that, especially when they hit other slabs of ice rather than thumping onto dense snow.

The sand on the hilly part of the driveway appears to be doing its thing, though I haven't yet put it to the test by actually trying to drive up it. That adventure comes tomorrow, when I'm heading down to Hartford to see Bill Morrissey in concert for the first time. I'm looking forward to it.