Sorry. I should have written up something somewhat interesting for today. But I didn't. I was writing other things last night (when I wasn't napping on the couch in front of the Vanderbilt vs Florida game), and then when fatigue finally began to settle in, I didn't feel like writing much.
And then we learned (rather late) that my kids had a two hour delay this morning for the winter weather storm that wasn't. The 2-5 inches that was forecast for the area turned into 2-5 flakes. At least in our part of the county. To be fair, when I drove to work, the "no appreciable snow accumulation" turned into "a very light dusting that you could almost see if you squinted in just the right light".
The public schools in my county, not to be outdone by trifles like "roads with no ice or snow" or "really no ice or snow anywhere on the roads" and "wow, did the forecast miss badly...again" not to mention "safe driving conditions", decided to delay the start of school for two hours. They just, apparently, decided not to tell anyone about it. Watching the news this morning, there was nothing on the crawl at the bottom of the screen. We didn't get a phone call from the automated service (at least, we didn't hear one if it came through). It was like some vast secret.
To that end, I have to skate out of work early today (oh, wow, does that suck...) to make sure that there is someone home to meet the kids when they get off the bus. Because, you know, we feel kind of bad leaving an 8-year-old to mind a 5-year-old...although I'm fairly certain that my daughter doesn't know the "fill the gin bottle back with water--they'll never expect" trick just yet.
Who knows? Maybe. She's a bit of a prodigy.
Except when it comes to fractions.
But, I blame that one on the schools.
Anyway, a quick post. That's what this was supposed to be.
I like to rag on Adam and Jamie's "scientific method" on Mythbusters all the time. What? One data point is enough to either prove or disprove something? Certainly! That's a win for science!
Anyway, I remember watching an episode where they decided that you can't get electrocuted simply by peeing on something carrying an electric current, either an electric rail, an electric fence...fill in the blank.
Apparently, this poor man in Washington didn't get the memo. The poor guy skidded off the road in his car and hit a pole holding up power lines. He survived, was uninjured, and called for help. However, apparently, while he was waiting for help to arrive, he needed to take a piss. He ended up pissing accidentally on a downed, live wire. The urine stream connected him to the current and he was killed. Hopefully (for his sake) instantly.
Perhaps the worst part? From the article: "there will be an autopsy, but burn marks indicated how the electricity traveled through [the victim's] body."
Hands down. Worst. Death. Ever.
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