{"id":9165,"date":"2015-03-22T09:34:49","date_gmt":"2015-03-22T13:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/?p=9165"},"modified":"2015-03-22T10:06:48","modified_gmt":"2015-03-22T14:06:48","slug":"another-beautiful-spring-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.morningseditionists.com\/msblog2\/2015\/03\/22\/another-beautiful-spring-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Beautiful Spring Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s currently about 14° here this morning, and after a night of relatively heavy snow (nothing too impressive for January, but rather depressing for the last week or so of March), it appears to be clearing up. We got, oh, I dunno, maybe 4-6 inches of snow by the time I went out with the dogs this morning. The place where I live was under one of those dreaded Lake Effect snow bands, so I reckon we got more than the official tally (which as of yesterday was up to 118.5″, just in case you’re keeping score). It’s supposed to remain “unseasonably” cold (highs around 20’ish, windchills in the single-digits at best) until Wednesday or so, when it will get to the mid-forties (I wish I could go back to my mid forties) and be windy and rainy for a couple of days and then get cold again. Welcome to Central New York all you NCAA Regional attendees!<\/p>\n

You’re fortunate that it’s so cold out, though, because it’s too cold for me to keep my gloves off long enough to take dog pictures. OK, well, I managed to snap a few, but I’ll spare you. The other thing I’ve discovered is that my the tip of my index finger is more numb than I thought it was – I have to actually look at my hand to see what camera button I’m about to press, which would be a really easy thing to figure out if I could feel my finger. But I can’t. I’m just hoping it keeps itself to my right “trigger finger” and doesn’t spread. <\/p>\n

Ever hear of “BlockBot?” Me neither, but apparently it’s something started by a bunch of self-righteous pricks who have developed a database to block people on social media (god, how I despise the term “social media”) that they and their “blockers” (those who submit names to them) have deemed to be offensive in some way or another. <\/p>\n

For example, they have labelled Richard Dawkins as: <\/p>\n

\u2018racist\u2019, \u2018gross\u2019, \u2018rapeapologist\u2019, \u2018childabuseapologism\u2019, \u2018transphobia\u2019, \u2018youradick\u2019<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You know, if you find somebody annoying and don’t want to hear what they have to say, then feel free to ignore, not follow, block from your “feed,” or whatever, but don’t lie about them and libel them and stick them in some database where a bunch of mindless sheep will associate them with spammers and doxers and harassers. I mean, feel free to call me a douchebag if you want, or pout, or better yet just ignore me. But don’t try and take away my ability to talk to other people.<\/p>\n

Ah, I spoke too soon. More snow. I don’t think summer will ever get here.<\/p>\n

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