Comments on: The smell of inevitability http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/ Sun, 29 Nov 2009 13:02:30 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: gaoo http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/comment-page-1/#comment-78125 gaoo Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:16:17 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/#comment-78125 Der, I mean making DO. Delayed grammar reaction. Do you remember skiing off the Koons' roof directly down the hill of snow to the driveway? Der, I mean making DO. Delayed grammar reaction. Do you remember skiing off the Koons’ roof directly down the hill of snow to the driveway?

]]> By: gaoo http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/comment-page-1/#comment-78017 gaoo Tue, 11 Mar 2008 19:01:36 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/#comment-78017 We're at 100 inches for the season. So far. Almost twice the normal snowfall. I'd like to think the snow is over, but I daren't. More coming tomorrow! We're still making due with forced bulbs around here. No forsythia yet. J's mom used to say every year, "I think it'll be an early spring this year. " I like to follow her tradition,and say it several times a day, but it's just a family joke; no one believes it. We’re at 100 inches for the season. So far. Almost twice the normal snowfall. I’d like to think the snow is over, but I daren’t. More coming tomorrow!

We’re still making due with forced bulbs around here. No forsythia yet.

J’s mom used to say every year, “I think it’ll be an early spring this year. ”
I like to follow her tradition,and say it several times a day, but it’s just a family joke; no one believes it.

]]> By: jdog http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/comment-page-1/#comment-77777 jdog Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:35:21 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/#comment-77777 Well, I wish the hell it was happening here. My entire house is sagging under the weight of seedlings, yet there is still a couple feet of snow on the ground. Grrr. They say this winter was one of the coldest in memory. Apparently it's La Nina. Doesn't it seem like, ever since they discovered El Nino and La Nina, that we have one of those every year now? I think El Nino and La Nina must be weatherman jargon for "well, this is fucked up weather." Hope was found today, though, because some patches of ground are clearing, and in one of them I found some thyme already growing (from last year--I guess it is truly perennial!) The kid proceeded to eat a sprig of it, stem and all. But it's so exciting. Life is under there, just waiting to come out. And then there will be the madness of the short summer. Well, I wish the hell it was happening here. My entire house is sagging under the weight of seedlings, yet there is still a couple feet of snow on the ground. Grrr. They say this winter was one of the coldest in memory. Apparently it’s La Nina. Doesn’t it seem like, ever since they discovered El Nino and La Nina, that we have one of those every year now? I think El Nino and La Nina must be weatherman jargon for “well, this is fucked up weather.”

Hope was found today, though, because some patches of ground are clearing, and in one of them I found some thyme already growing (from last year–I guess it is truly perennial!) The kid proceeded to eat a sprig of it, stem and all. But it’s so exciting. Life is under there, just waiting to come out. And then there will be the madness of the short summer.

]]> By: sgazzetti http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/comment-page-1/#comment-77774 sgazzetti Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:53:52 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/#comment-77774 Thanks, Roo. Your comment makes me wish there was something more emphatic than just "Approve" in the way of comment moderation radio buttons. The link you sent to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Kra%C5%A1ka_burja-Valvasor.jpg" title="Presumably from 'The Glories Of The Duchy Of Carniola'" rel="nofollow">Valvasor's image of fully-loaded packhorses being blown over</a> in the <acronym title="Or Karst">Kras</acronym> proves that even wind is, in theory, photographable, and even engravable. I've seen large trucks blown onto their sides on the highway at the windy end of the Vipava Valley, which is nothing but an updating of the same idea. I recall winters like you describe, but I thought they were as over as Britney. Thanks for nothing, Al Gore! Thanks, Roo. Your comment makes me wish there was something more emphatic than just “Approve” in the way of comment moderation radio buttons.

The link you sent to Valvasor’s image of fully-loaded packhorses being blown over in the Kras proves that even wind is, in theory, photographable, and even engravable. I’ve seen large trucks blown onto their sides on the highway at the windy end of the Vipava Valley, which is nothing but an updating of the same idea.

I recall winters like you describe, but I thought they were as over as Britney. Thanks for nothing, Al Gore!

]]> By: Roo http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/comment-page-1/#comment-77773 Roo Sun, 09 Mar 2008 13:24:15 +0000 http://isoglossia.com/2008/03/07/the-smell-of-inevitability/#comment-77773 First, thank you for using "katabatic". Second, you have the burja, we have the plain old blizzard. See, we just got dumped on with a half meter of snow (that's a couple of feet), at the so-called "end" of a winter that has seen over four meters fall in total (that's more than 12 feet, dude). Yesterday, with the help of a friend, I spent an hour and a half clearing all the snow off the garage roof to prevent it from, you know, collapsing. The pile behind the garage was as <i>high as the garage roof</i>. Mind you, it was sensational to jump into that pile. I did a forward somersault and got straight 9.7s from the international judges. First, thank you for using “katabatic”.

Second, you have the burja, we have the plain old blizzard. See, we just got dumped on with a half meter of snow (that’s a couple of feet), at the so-called “end” of a winter that has seen over four meters fall in total (that’s more than 12 feet, dude).

Yesterday, with the help of a friend, I spent an hour and a half clearing all the snow off the garage roof to prevent it from, you know, collapsing. The pile behind the garage was as high as the garage roof. Mind you, it was sensational to jump into that pile. I did a forward somersault and got straight 9.7s from the international judges.

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