Everybody Be Extra Nice to Jackie - Please

[tom-champion.livejournal.com]

Last night's snow emergency declaration came at the end of an extremely demanding day for my interim successor at the City of Somerville.

Mayor Joe and his Chief of Staff were down in Washington helping Michelle Obama launch her national initiative to combat childhood obesity (based in part on Shape Up Somerville).  The Mayor's office was already short-staffed to begin with, and Dep/Dir Communications Director Jackie Rossetti is trying to do my old job, her own very substantial job and generally hold down the fort.

Given everything that's going on, she's doing an amazingly well, so cut her some slack on inconsequential typos.  I got the call (on my cell phone as I sat in my new office out here in Needham) and I thought it was extremely professional.  I know I can count on my fellow DSLJers to be  supportive while Jackie -- through no fault of her own -- is required to wear so many different hats.

On a completely different topic, you know how the business world is supposed to be an overwhelmingly PC environment?  Well suddenly I'm in an entirely Mac universe.  I've got some seeeerious adjusting to do.

And finally -- and changing topics once again -- I hope to see many of you at Dracula:
http://www.theatreatfirst.org/shows/dracula/dracula.shtml ;      

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Thanks, everyone

[tom-champion.livejournal.com]

Actually, the REALLY snarky comments weren't here, but in return emails.

But I know Jackie appreciates the empathy.

And, now, on to the next question:

Where's all that ^&*%$## snow we were promised?

Re: Thanks, everyone

[benndragon.livejournal.com]

I've heard a rumor that the worst of it is still inbound, but I never would've expected to be getting rain at all up here. It's like the weather gods got Maryland and Massachusetts mixed up this winter - states beginning with M are all the same, right? ;P

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[ron_newman]

I was wondering about that too. They cancelled school (including Harvard Extension tonight) for this?

Edit: I bicycled to Harvard Square for a Cambridge Forum lecture on immigration tonight, only to find it canceled too.

Re: Thanks, everyone

[rmd.livejournal.com]

it looks like we got lucky and the pressure area to the north kept the snow from coming up much past the border of RI. at least, so far.

while a busted snow emergency is annoying, it's probably far less annoying than an actual big storm.

that said, snowfall is picking up a bit here, now. the NWS still thinks we'll start seeing accumulation later this evening.

SNOWPOCALYPSE! EVERYONE GO TO THE LOCAL MARKETS AND PREPARE FOR FRENCH TOAST AND DYSENTERY!

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[eustaciavye.livejournal.com]

"SNOWPOCALYPSE! EVERYONE GO TO THE LOCAL MARKETS AND PREPARE FOR FRENCH TOAST AND DYSENTERY!"

This. Is. Beautiful.

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[teele-sq.livejournal.com]

This big mass out of the north. It will meet up with all this moisture coming out of the Gulf... mix together at high altitudes and cause some snow.

It won't hit us here in Pittsburgh. It will push off and hit Altoona.

Re: Thanks, everyone

[ece-drihten.livejournal.com]

It's down here in DC! You're welcome to as much of it as you'd like.