Single model and far too early to draw anything from it aside from pure speculation, but the 12Z GFS hints at not only this weekend's storm, but a slug of precip next Sunday, and another plausible the week following. So, 5 in a row since mid-Jan if things pan out. 🥴 Come on groundhog, do your thing!

Current view from my desk: The breakfast cereal tax has yet to be paid...and they're waiting. 🥣🐾🐾

The hashtag remedy to doom-scrolling: #sqrlpix 🐿️📸

I'm not saying that this is the horror which awaits us; however, if this weekly storm pattern does continue, it's going to be hard not to be worried about a repeat of January-March 2015. (The attached snowbank photo was taken March 25th!) #NSStorm #NSwx near #Kentville

Here's a look at preliminary snowfall amounts from ECCC stations and @CoCoRaHS volunteers. A general 20 to 40 cm for much of N.S. and southern N.B. with greatest amounts in the Annapolis Valley to southwest. 5 to 15 cm central New Brunswick/western P.E.I. #NSwx #NBwx #PEwx

A plow... The day after a snowstorm... In my rural subdivision... I don't know what we've done to have such a great honor bestowed upon us! #NSStorm #MrPlowThatsHisNameThatNameAgainIsMrPlow

Storm total: 38cm (usual sheltered measurement spot), 34cm (avg around yard given wind and drifts). -7.7C, light blowing snow, visibility poor with wind gusts. #NSStorm #NSwx near #Kentville

First cleanup done. Close to 30cm down and it's again snowing heavily. Hoping the second slug of snow overnight underperforms. ~~ Can't help but get that twitchy eye sensation that we're headed for another early-2015 winter stretch with a big storm like clockwork each week. #NSwx near #Kentville

Found Charlie gnawing on a blanket, not because he has a taste for fleece, but his antler chew was wrapped in it. Being too lazy to pull it out, he decided to chew through the blanket instead. My dog is one of those kids that runs around blind with a bucket on their head and rain boots indoors. 🐾🪣🙈

Snow has picked up again; now as deep as a chihuahua is tall. That means the kids get to run leash-free during their pee break. 🌨️🐾🐾 (Currently: ~28cm, -9.9C, moderate snowfall, occasional light gust of wind) #NSStorm #NSwx near #Kentville

26cm and still accumulating. -11.7C, extra fluffy snow, wind calm. Cleanup should be fairly easy later. ❄️🪏🤞 #NSStorm #NSwx near #Kentville

Set aside Red Dead Redemption 2 for another time -- too many buttons for my feeble, middle age, Sunday afternoon brain. Instead, giving Thank Goodness You're Here a go. Odd?! ...to say the least. 🎮 #PlayStation5

Can Red Dead Redemption 2 be played as a "cozy game"? I'm about to find out. 🤠🎮

Nope! 🐾🥶 Currently -15.8C, breezy, light snow squall. #NSwx near #Kentville

Some people play serious RPGs or action-packed first-person shooters. Me... I roll katamaris! 🎮 #NowPlaying "Once Upon a Katamari" for #PlayStation5

🐾😇 🐾😈 #LifeWithChihuahuas

This is an excellent analogy, because my recollection from grade school is that the pen on the right looks fun and exciting, and then you play with it for a few minutes and realize it's not actually useful for anything and in fact makes some tasks more cumbersome, and never think about it again.

Achievement unlocked: 1000+ upvotes in a Reddit thread; aka, the dice-rolling effect of replying early to the right r/AskReddit thread.

Bought a dehydrator to make dog treats; instead, we've gone down an apple chip rabbit hole experimenting with varieties: Cortland = homey like apple pie, Golden Delicious = practically candy, Red Delicious = meh (don't bother), Gala = fruity potato chips. 🍎🏜️ 1/8" thick, 9 hrs drying time at 135F.

After 13 hours, life resumes again. 🔌

Shoulder-high on a chihuahua of fresh, heavy heart attack snow. That's as scientific as I'm getting this morning. Power has been out for several hours and, for once, I don't entirely blame NSP. #NSStorm #NSwx near #Kentville

🚨🚨🚨 Hey, hey, hey... There's someone walking down the street. OMG! Someone. Is. Walking. Down. The. Street! 🚨🚨🚨 #LifeWithChihuahuas #FiveAlarmChilli

Disco instrumental begat soul harmonica which begat rock saxophone which begat electronic drum kit which begat singer+rapper duet which begat millennial whoop which begat "Kids these days... Turn off that infernal racket!" -- My lifetime pop music memory in a nutshell as I listen to a 1991 countdown

Good day to stay at home in the valley if you're able: Multi-vehicle collision on the 101 near #Kentville -- up to 10 cars involved -- highway is closed between exits 12 and 13. Local chatter suggests that secondary routes are dangerously slick too, plus whiteout conditions in snow squalls. #NSwx

And just like that, from cloudy with the sun peeking through to a veritable blizzard with snow blowing sideways and visibility so low that it's hard to see across the street. Gotta love snow squalls! #NSwx near #Kentville

As Enya - "Boadicea" turned up on the ambient music station I'm listening to, my brain immediately jumped to Fugees - "Ready or Not", and then to the Internet rabbit hole known as www.whosampled.com -- What samples are in song X? Who has song Y been sampled by?

Willingly trading cookies and cake for homemade dehydrated apples and bananas... I'm turning into one of those health hippies, aren't I? 🍎🍌🏜️☮️

#ListeningTo Wang Chung vs the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, because...why not, right? 🎸🎶🎻🤷 www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoJe...

News from a few days ago: Disney+ to introduce vertical videos mobilesyrup.com/2026/01/08/d... Glove & Boots predicted "Star Wars: The Skinny Edition" 15'ish years ago. Have we learned nothing?! Listen to the puppets; they speak truth "Vertical Videos: They're No F&#@ing Good." vimeo.com/313458699

Wife is in a quiet meeting. Pups want to sit on the couch and bark at the neighbourhood. Ergo, everyone gets pulled into my office...to sulk.

Recent discovery: Not only are you supposed to test your smoke detector quarterly and change its batteries annually, you're supposed to replace the entire unit every 10 years! -- Suffice to say that I have new smoke and CO detectors throughout the house now as of this afternoon. 🔥🔊🙉

Remember the old days when websites weren't all preload, reload, refresh, wait, cookie notice, security warning, half-broken, bloated, stale cache, MFA code on another device, redirect, third-party asset, privacy exception...several minutes later maybe...finally...able to view the page you requested

Two emails and nothing in Teams -- Coming back to work after the holiday break when you're the lone remote worker in the unit. Aka "easily forgotten". 🙈

The floors have been chilly with this recent cold snap, so my wife made Charlie a new pillow yesterday. I believe he approves. 🐾💤

World may be a little more messed up this morning, but at least my dogs are happy: First batch of sweet potato chews turned out well -- at about a quarter of the cost of a bag, retail. 🍠🐶🦷

Not only does our new dehydrator sound like a jet engine, but our basement smells like rotten apples and sweet potatoes. At least the dogs will be happy with their fresh treats tomorrow.

~5cm wet, sticky snow has fallen so far. Trees are heavily laden. Had a couple power dips in the last hour. Currently: 0.1C, 89% RH, 988mb, wind calm, snow has stopped. #NSStorm #NSwx near #Kentville

De-Christmas-ing complete: Indoor decorations and tree came down yesterday. Outdoor decorations came down between snow squalls today. Not that the holidays were bad; just ready to get on with it. 🎄🤔🌲

Missed the sunrise, but my security cameras did catch the pinkish-orange zombie apocalypse hue that fell on everything for a few minutes around 7:45am. Wife and I have headaches. Dogs are loopy. Good luck with today's mess, and possible (inevitable) traffic snarls and power outages! #NSStorm #NSwx

As a rural chihuahua parent, there's nothing quite like finding fresh coyote tracks in the yard: A flashlight and whistle during evening pee outings it shall be.

Looking at the automatic captures from my PS5, perhaps the reason why I often have no one to play with is my rather eclectic taste in games: Lego Horizon Adventures, Procession to Calvary, Plague Inc; and received a copy of Once Upon a Katamari for xmas. 🎮🙈🤔🤷

Sugared out, so it's a fresh batch of slow-cooker party mix instead: * 10c cereal, pretzels, nuts (1-2c each) * 0.5c melted butter/marg * 1T Worcestershire * 1t seasoned salt + 0.5t garlic powder (or 1.5t of seasoning blend to taste) 3hr on Low; stir every 30min. Then 30min uncovered at the end.

December 26th: A day to (literally) digest one's overindulgence, and regret the copious volume of leftovers in the fridge. 🤢

This is wrong, and this is abuse. I know people don't see it as such, they see it as a prank with no harm, but you're using someone's medical condition to fuck with them, and that's not okay. When people with dementia have to be redirected, sometimes with fibs, that is different.

Looking for a non-traditional yule log? Try the Holidays with the Hangman. www.youtube.com/live/Jun6ZLs...

What are the chances that someone has a spare Mary Brown's bonus points code kicking around? #Festivus is fried chicken day in my household and I'm just 371 points shy of the next redemption tier. 🍗🤏 #AiringOfGrievances

www.facebook.com/100067941913... Found the door to one of the parcel slots on my own neighborhood superbox flapping in the wind this weekend. Thought maybe someone had merely forgotten to latch it. Perhaps I was wrong. 😡 "People... What a bunch of bastards!"

Thoughts and prayers to my wife who has ventured out this morning for our last grocery run before the holidays. 🛒🧑‍🎄⚔️🤪

In today's episode of WTF-was-that?!, caught part of "Xanadu": It's like someone did copious amounts of coke while watching "Saturday Night Fever", "Singing in the Rain", and "Logan's Run"; then thought to merge them into a new movie...but with rollerskates! 🪩🛼🎥🙈 www.justwatch.com/ca/movie/xan...