ice ice baby
Areas to the north and west of Boston were treated to an ice storm yesterday. It wasn’t nearly as bad as some areas in the U.S., but I had to do a lot of scraping when I returned to my car after work. When I got home, Marlin and I started clearing the driveway and sidewalk. There were a couple inches of snow under the ice, which made it much easier to shovel and scrape away. We had to be alert to any sheets of ice and snow sliding off the roof. We witnessed a huge slab of snow and ice slide off the neighbor’s roof across the street, and I remarked to Marlin that it was fortunate nobody was standing next to that house. That would be a freaky terrible way to die: decapitated by a sheet of ice.
This morning, it’s a bit dangerous to walk around outside. Not only are the sidewalks coated with ice, the wind has picked up significantly and with every gust of wind, shards of ice are breaking off the trees and raining onto the ground. I think I’ll stay inside for a while.
Keeping with the ice theme, Marlin and I went to the liquor store earlier this week and I purchased a 6-pack of Smirnoff Ice. It’s quite similar to Zima, except I like the taste of this much better. It’s like drinking Sprite. It’s scary in a way, because I could see someone not accustomed to consuming much alcohol drinking a Smirnoff Ice, and really liking it, and drinking quite a few before realizing how shitfaced they had become.
I remember when Coors first introduced Zima, back in the early 90s. It was (at least amongst my friends) considered a “girly” drink. Real men drank beer. I didn’t mind the taste of Zima, but I could usually find a beer that I liked much better. It’s my impression that Zima wasn’t as successful (at first) as Coors expected it would be, but they stuck with the product and the market has finally caught up to them. The alternative malt beverage craze is taking off in a big way. Anheuser-Busch introduced Doc Otis in 2000, and Miller Brewing has announced plans to begin marketing their own “malternative” beverage this year. (I would link the brands in the last paragraph, but these sites are annoying because you have to type in a birthday to verify you are 21 … as if that’s going to stop some 15-year-old who wants to surf coors.com!)
And finally this morning, my thoughts go out yet again to poor Phil.
Ron and Marlin,
Next time you’re out in your yard, will you look for our roof that blew off from that wind storm that we sent your way? We need it back because, well…it’s our roof, you see. Houses need them, or so our insurance agent tells us.
hey ron, its josh, max’s friend who has you as Ron McLeatheregg in his e-address book. i just wanted to say that Smirnoff Ice is my favorite, favorite alcoholic beverage. if you just set me down on a nice beach with a good book and a chest of smirnoff ice i wouldnt move. my body would turn into a slow smirnoff ice to urine converter. thats all. i just think its a great drink. but i also am really big on the girly drinks.
Although I found your latest entry truly scintillating – I have come to the oracle seeking other knowlege. Pray oh great one (and his multitudes of devotees) tell me the sources of start pages of merit. I seek pages w/ news, sports (janet really), weather, tides, odd news, etc. We used to have an excite page that janet had customized for all our wants – hell it even flashed “Bush is an IDIOT” as a header! But I digress please oh Oracle (and all of Barney’s friends) answer my most unworthy question.
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No, no, no, Jack. Ron isn’t the Internet Oracle. AFAIK, he’s never incarnated as the net’s font of wisdom, like moi (guess which one). But if you wish you can ask Orrie a question by emailing him. Just remember to grovel. And no woodchucks.