Stoopid Mpls

So on Tuesday, we get about 3 inches of snow, with the threat of a couple more inches on Thursday. The city did not declare a snow emergency Tuesday night, I'm thinking, because they thought they could roll up both snowfalls into one big plowing orgy on Thursday. Well the snow did not really show up for us on Thursday and the city decided not to call a snow emergency. Idiots. Now the bike lanes are not clear, and the side streets are all rutted and half-plowed. This will greatly curtail my bike commuting, since I don't want to navigate this stuff in the dark during rush hour. On a related stupid is as stupid does note, the Minneapolis Park Board apparently is going to charge the users of the off road trails in Theo Wirth Park a $25.00 fee for a yearly pass. These trails have been free up to now. What is annoying the off road community is the fact that it was off road cyclists, with the blessing of the Park Board no less, who created these trails. People had been bombing around the Park, tearing things up willy-nilly until a group of cyclists developed a sustainable trail system (minimizing erosion) and set down some rules for use (don't ride on the trails after a rain when they're muddy). Now in thanks for the thousands of volunteer hours, the Park Board is going to make 'em pay. Morons.

In other news, tonight is TOYH's big night. In an ancient, secretive nursing ritual whose origins are lost in the mists of time, she's going to get poked....er pinned. I'm all excited to see if they learn a secret handshake, and more importantly if she's going to start wearing one of those cute little nursing hats like Dixie did on that old timey teevee show "Emergency!" (Ahh Johnny and Roy, the odd couple of the paramedic world) The whole family is going to the ceremony to whoop it up. They are going to have treats but no beer unfortunately, even though it's a Catholic School. So drop TOYH a line to tell her she did a damn fine job getting through school. Cuz she did. We're all proud of her.