My Attempt at the Artsy Fartsy

Here are my artsy fartsy type pics from the morning snow/ice fall as described in my last post. http://sammyclary.blogspot.com/2007/02/cold.html

A Tribute to Dikembe Mutombo

As I watched last night's State of the Union Address, I took particular interest in the part where President Bush paid tribute to NBA player Dikembe Mutombo. (I know that some of you are shaking your heads right now. I mean who would have thought that I have a penchant for political discourse? Seeing that sometimes my posts detour off into redneckesque frivolity, I can understand that many would think me to be a backwoods hillbilly with no greater World View.) But anyway, after seeing that President Bush had paid tribute to Dikembe, I began to wonder what I could do to pay hommage to such a great individual. Then it came to me. Why not build a snow man of similar height to honor all of Dikembe's achievements. So, thanks to our new snowfall this morning, that is exactly what I did. "Snow Dikembe" stands roughly 10 feet 6 inches tall. "Snow Dikembe" has received tons of attention this afternoon from passersby. I feel this is a great way to honor such a great man.

Debunking the Myth

So most of my southern friends have long heard the myth that southern drivers can't drive in the snow like northern drivers can. I had heard this time and time again but I had never had a chance to see it in action because I have always been in the south when it snowed. As a result, all the southern drivers that I have seen don't really know how to drive in the snow. Well this morning thanks to an overnight blizzard that dropped an inch and a half of fresh snow, I got to see exactly how our northern bretheren perform in the snow. After spending an hour to make a 15 minute trip to the hospital, I realized that both southern and northern drivers are equal in their inability to handle the frozen tundra. They truly are as bad as drivers in my beloved state of South Carolina.

Another thing I noticed was quite interesting. Have you ever noticed that there are some people who refuse to brush the snow off their car? I saw a few people drving this morning with snow still piled on their car from Sunday's snowfall. It's almost like they are being braggadocious. They are essentially saying to other drivers, "Look at me! We got more snow 10 miles north of you." It reminds me of the people that go offroading and refuse to wash their vehicle as if to say look how mudddy I can get. I just dont get this.

That's about all I have for right now. Isaac has surgery tommorrow.

A Letter to the Snowmen Purists

So some of you saw my Snow Man yesterday in the pics with Isaac and Melissa. And by now I know there are some of you out there that are upset with my representation of the Snow Man. I imagine I am going to get some nasty emails telling me that my Snow Man isn't accurate and true to "Frosty" form since mine is a four snow ball snowman and not a traditional three snow ball snowman. The people that will say nasty stuff like this are the same people who have never gotten out into the world and experienced the diversity that life has to offer. I imagine these same people would call me a heretic for saying that there are camels that actually have two humps. The reason they would say this is because all they have ever seen at their local zoo is a one hump camel and therefore have assumed that they are the only ones that exist in the world.

But back to my four snow ball snowman. He is different. He was created that way. Kind of like that cow in the Ripley's Believe It or Not Museum that has two heads. Or that man in England that has 6 toes on each foot. Or like that snake in Mozambique that had two heads. Or like that cat in Hoboken,NY that has seven teets. I could go on and on here but you get the point. It is a fact that my Snow Man is a four snow baller and that isn't going to change.(Well actually in a few days it will because the temperature will rise(from greenhouse gases) and he will die a slow wet death) So to the Snow Men purists you need to get out and live. There is diversity in the world and diversity in snow men. You need to learn to accept it and move on.

Thoughts on a snow man

Join me tommorrow for my thoughts on a snow man.

More Snow Pics

Snow Pics

Out of the Hospital

Isaac was released from the hospital around noon time today. He is feeling pretty good. He never felt bad or looked to bad while in the hospital. They mainly just had to get his electrolytes settled. He was excited to be getting out of the hospital because he was wanting to get back to the house and play in the snow. He had a blast even though he only stayed outside for about 15 minutes. We have to be very careful since his platelets are low. He basically sat on the sled and I pulled him around the yard and he threw some snowballs at us. I will have some snow pictures for all of our snowless southern friends later on tonite as well as pics of the snow man that gave me a hernia.