Good late day GH.  It is late, now after 9:00 PM.  I don't have a lot to say, but that's often the point of blogging.  The current weather conditions are a temperature of 31 degrees, and the view out the Weather Window is dark.  We had quite a bit of snow yesterday, and I have literally run out of places to pile it.  But, at least the parts for my snow blower should be arriving soon.  Since it has a four year warranty, the parts are free.  I have to ask Adam if we have any lithium grease here in the garage or man-cave that I can use to lube the gears on the discharge chute and thus repel the water/ice that builds up.  I still plan to make the flexible cover for around the discharge chute, but the grease would provide added insurance against future ice jams, I think.  I was thankful the snow blower is still partially functional, but it was still hot and heavy work.

Early this morning, a train passed with twin locomotives and multiple cars. I find the whole thing fascinating, but that's just me.

We plan to watch the Daytona 500 tomorrow, but today we caught part of the Nationwide series race, DRIVE4COPD 300, that was run today, and saw what had to be one of the most horrendous crashes on the very last lap.  The entire front end of Kyle Larson's car was sheared off and the engine and part of the suspension itself ended up in the spectator's laps.  I mean that literally.  It will take quite a bit of effort to repair the catch fence and get tomorrow's race in.  Tony Stewart won today's race, but he was very shaken and genuinely hoped that no one was severely injured.  As it turns out, there were several severe and/or critically injured people in the crowd of spectators.  I know that Hemingway said that it isn't a sport unless there is a chance of death, but I don't tune in to see either spectators or drivers die.  For those of you who are interested, just do a Google search and you can satisfy your curiosity.

I am still in search of some additional time for all of my activities, so I hope that I can get everything done.  I spent time today looking for a replacement mug that was a part of my father's 78th Fighter Group memorabilia, but so far, no luck.  Someday, my luck will change.

I enjoyed watching UP w/ Chris Hayes this AM, and I plan to watch again tomorrow, before switching over for the Daytona 500.  That will allow me to have...Tea time.  I must say that the tea tastes much better without all of the weird "goo" that was in the old pot.  So, until next time, Ciao.