We got some snow yesterday. Not as much as they got south of Buffalo, where lake effect off Lake Erie dumped a foot of snow (and counting). To quote Arlo Guthrie, “the NY State Thruway is closed, man.” But enough where I got to get out there on the tractor and plow the driveway. I’ve never had so much fun moving snow (everything’s better on a tractor, I’ve come to find out). Then I came in and played several rousing ping pong matches on the XBOX (my shoulder was pretty sore by the time I was done), and then tried my hand (and legs) at track and field. Despite having trouble because I couldn’t stop laughing (having to run in place and then jump up in the air to do the long jump and run the hurdles is inexplicably hilarious – as is running in place and throwing the javelin), I managed to win the competition against all the other computer opponents (of course, I selected beginner level opponents). The only event I bombed in was the discus, which I didn’t actually get the hang of. The big question is, do I order the ‘My Shape’ game? Oh, I think I do. In fact, I think I just did.

In other news that I’m not really paying attention to, it looks like the Republicans – after being elected to power for a scant four weeks or so, and not actually taking office yet – have managed to rescue the economy (if not the world) from the evil clutches of the incompetent Democrats.

The economy is showing new life in the final months of the year. Factories are busier, construction spending is up, and auto sales are rising. And on Wednesday the stock market had its best day since September after a report that the private sector hired the most workers in three years.

“The economy is starting to show better overall momentum,” said Brian Bethune, an economist at IHS Global Insight. “There’s a steady improvement in the overall tone.”

A private trade group said U.S. factory output grew for the 16th straight month in November as auto sales rebounded and businesses invested more in industrial machinery.

Imagine that. Two years of Obama put the economy in the crapper after years of, well, I forget who it was that was running the show before Obama, but surely they had nothing to do with the sorry state of affairs we’ve seen lately (and don’t call me Shirley), and it only takes a month of Republicans doing little more than sniffing at the seats of power in Congress to turn things around.

Of course, Republicans have God on their side.

Why, oh why, did we ever let these Jehova-fearing geniuses fall from power in the first place?