We had a Winter Storm Warning today. I rode to work on smooshy "used snow," if you know what I'm talking about, with the rippled lumpy Stupid Ice™ that sticks to the street like malevolent limpets here and there. About noon, it started snowing and everyone at work was freaking out because we were supposed to get 2-4 inches / 50-100mm of snow by closing time.

So I took the "you-say-I'm-crazy" highway route home, with a three-mile extension added onto it, and found that the snowplow crews had been there first. 22 miles, 1-2 inches of snow. I wore my new self-illuminating vest and belt, woooo, fun new toys This time I remembered wool sweaters and plastic sandwich baggies to go over the toes of my shoes (under my booties).

Oh, and about 1/4 of the way home, I found a cager trying to tighten his tire chains in a center turn lane on the highway (!) so I stopped to provide light and watch his back. Super-blinkie powars, ACTIVATE!!!