To all of you who aren’t NY State Employees (or postal workers), Happy Holiday! Here in NY, Governor Snotball has made it clear that we need to get our asses to work today. Though, judging by how empty the parking lot is, maybe he didn’t make it quite clear enough. Anyhow, the wife and I are at work today, and I’d planned on taking Monday and Tuesday off, but since some asshole decided to make promises on my behalf (and without my knowledge), it appears that won’t happen. Plus the other person I work with is on vacation the week after that, so I’m looking at three or four five-day weeks in row. And since he’s the one that knows stuff, I’m looking at a couple of pretty shitty weeks.

Hopefully the weather this weekend won’t suck, because I have a lot of shit that needs to get done after last week’s monsoons. Parts of the area got so much rain that one good Samaritan who was trying to help a woman push her car out of waist deep water got sucked into an open manhole and disappeared, They finally found him in the sewer yesterday, a few miles away. What a terrifying way to go.

Anyhow, if you’re off today (or at least this weekend), have a happy holiday, stay away from yahoos with explosives, and watch out for open manholes.