Some ground fog and chilly air this early Wednesday on California’s north coast, and although there’s a chance of rain this afternoon, we all hope the day will end like this week, so far — sunny and warm.

The white stuff, however, is at record levels. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reported Monday the US had the most snow on the ground this month than in a decade, or maybe, ever. On their chart, the NOAA found ‘…53 percent of the lower 48 states had some snow cover on Dec. 15. That topped all readings on that date since such records began in 2003.‘
And it ain’t even winter, yet.

Not much new news this AM, but I was just simply overjoyed at this — the Mega lottery was won last night by a couple of unfortunate souls in San Jose, California, and Atlanta, Georgia, and now my store won’t have to endure this delusional, immoral shit any longer.

(Illustration: Pablo Picasso’s ‘Musician, Dancer, Goat and Bird‘ found here).

Until, of course, it builds itself back up again. The last few days at the liquor store I manage has been stupid-crazy with a jackpot of $650 million, and shitheads with fairy-tale eyes and ignorant voices have streamed to the machine seeking glory.
Horrifying — if you want to witness an end to civilization, just stand behind our counter for a little while during one of these dumb-ass lottery upheavals. People are really in sad shape nowadays.

In the meantime, President Obama did try to humor himself out of crying yesterday when he met with the head honchos of the big tech companies — Apple, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, Facebook, Salesforce, Etsy, Dropbox, Yahoo!, Zynga, Sherpa Global, Comcast, LinkedIn, AT&T, and Netflix.
The meeting was about the NSA bullshit, of course, but Obama longed for a fictional DC as portrayed in “House of Cards,” unlike the reality of the real House of Assholes (via CNN):

Kicking off a meeting with tech executives at the White House on Tuesday, Obama asked if Netflix’s CEO Reed Hastings brought advanced copies of the hit web series, which enters its second season in February and focuses on Kevin Spacey’s power-hungry character, Rep. Frank Underwood, as he skillfully maneuvers politics inside the Beltway.
The CEOs laughed and asked if the President would consider a cameo.
“I wish things were that ruthlessly efficient,” Obama joked.
“It’s true… Kevin Spacey, I said, man, this guy’s getting a lot of stuff done.”

Despite Spacey’s character being immoral, unethical, a killer and only tells the truth when he talks to us in the audience. Right, “ruthlessly efficient” as it goes.
Tells us something about Obama, but what the fuck what?

And off we go into mid-week!