The Journey of Gus and Sam

So, I get up to go to work and what doth my eyes behold but SNOW!!! I was so happy to see the stuff. Yet, the radio reports were full of cancellations and warnings. With what? A half inch of snow???

I was booking down the freeway without a care in the world until... I got to the overpasses downtown. I felt my truck fish-tail as I immediately slowed down to fifteen miles an hour. There was ice everywhere! One truck was spun out completely blocking an entrance ramp, trapped between concrete barriers.

No salt trucks anywhere... how we take that for granted in Wisconsin.

Today, it was 59 degrees.

Valentine's Day is around the corner, and how could we miss it with all the jewelry commercials on TV? Don't forget the tiny teddy bears and single roses invading our grocery stores' shelves?
The pressure to "buy" and "do" something special can be overwhelming.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not against love or romantic gestures of love...on the contrary, I'm pro-love.
But I have to say, "Bah humbug to the commmercialization of love!"

Websters defines Valentine's day as this:

Valentine's day: a holiday for people who don't love one another the other 364 days of the year; arbitrarily chosen date of 14 February selected by department stores to boost sales after slump of Christmas holidays.

If you don't believe me, look it up yourself.