Remember earlier when I said it had gotten all warm and melty<\/a>? Yeah, well now it’s gotten all cold and frozeny again (see WeatherGirl’s Station<\/a> for the details). Can you say slippery? I can say “Ouch!”, as well as a few less printable things, from falling on my keister. The hazards of spring are upon us, even though it’s only January…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Remember earlier when I said it had gotten all warm and melty? Yeah, well now it’s gotten all cold and frozeny again (see WeatherGirl’s Station for the details). Can you say slippery? I can say “Ouch!”, as well as a few less printable things, from falling on my keister. The hazards of spring are upon … Continue reading “Not so melty any more”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p90sy-J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":42,"url":"https:\/\/UnhinderedByTalent.com\/Phi\/archives\/2005\/01\/24\/we-got-the-gecco-paper-off\/","url_meta":{"origin":45,"position":0},"title":"We got the GECCO paper off","author":"Nic McPhee","date":"24 Jan 05","format":false,"excerpt":"It was a long weekend, but Ellery and I got our GECCO paper submitted, even with a few hours to spare. 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