Snow Wall in Columbus, Sno-hio

If you didn't hear, over Friday night and Saturday morning, 20 inches of snow were dumped on Columbus, OH. That made driving a little rough Saturday, but the main roads cleared up substantially Sunday. Nevertheless, nearly every school is closed today and Ohio State sent out an e-mail warning people that parking might be a little hairy today.

So, I came to work early this morning not knowing what to expect. After previous big snow weekends, the parking lot would get a little smaller because the plowed snow gets pushed to the edges of the lot causing it to contract. However, as you can see, the lot really looks very good:

So, where did all the snow go?! Well, if I turn 180 degrees around, here's what I see:

Now, I walk a little to my left:

So, you're probably thinking that they just plowed all the snow to one end of the parking lot. However, I'm leaving out a big part of the story. If I KEEP walking, you see this:

and this:

and this:

In other words, they've put a SEVEN FOOT SNOW WALL in the MIDDLE of the parking lot, separating one LARGE parking lot into two smaller lots.

Happy melting!

Gator... BAIT?

I've heard Florida Gator fans chanting, "If you're not a gator, you must be gator bait!"

This is a silly chant. After all, the noun "bait" is defined as (using Merriam-Webster):

• something (as food) used in luring especially to a hook or trap
• a poisonous material placed where it will be eaten by harmful or objectionable animals
• LURE, TEMPTATION

So they're saying that OSU is a lure, a temptation, meant to catch and possibly poison or kill the gators.

Well, okay. I'm fine with that.

Oh, southerners...

Go Bucks! Beat Gators!