Chronic Dry Eye?

Today is a Snow Day at our house. The dogs share different views of the blizzard currently blowing through the ‘hood. Molly has opted to staying in her chair, looking sullen. Kiara thinks this stuff is a lot of fun. I tend to fall somewhere in-between. Later, we will make a run to town for supplies. Daisy will get the staples at the local Safeway and I will make a dash for the liquor store. Nothing says snowstorm better than Vodka and OJ.

I awoke this morning to winds easily in the 30+ mph range and snow drifts everywhere. My wife who is from Mississippi was attempting to shovel snow with a garden shovel. It seems that the concept of swirling snow is not well known in the South. When I asked her why she was doing this, she replied that there was no clear path to our front door. I asked her if she was expecting somebody? A blank look greeted me as if this logic held no merit. We have since opted to forgo the shoveling of snow and will just wait out the storm.

Since we have abandoned (‘we’ being a stretch) the shoveling of 30 mph driven snow, we sat down to watch the Weather Channel and the View.

I don’t get the Weather Channel, I mean we get the Weather Channel on our cable service; I just don’t get the need for it. Albeit it is interesting that they are looking for ‘record heat’ in parts of the country, it does nothing to make me feel better about the weather here. I find that looking out the window pretty well tells me all I need to know. It is snowing, it is cold and I am parking my butt in the house. I do understand that the area is having a white out, a condition caused by driving snow and wind, which causes a lack of good visibility. I could take a cheap shot here at the actual diversity in corporations, but why go for the obvious.

I rarely watch the View, Star Jones, Barbara Walters and so on, but Daisy enjoys it. It seems a bit like a shouting match at my in-law’s house, with the ever-present Mah Jong game in the background. I’m sure something is being said, but I can’t really make any of it out. However, the commercials are more interesting. Granted the yeast infection products and the like did not put me off, but I found two commercials very interesting.

I was unaware that I could win a weekend with Anna Nicole Smith by entering a contest with Trimspa. I cannot think of a reason to spend anytime with Anna. If this is the best you could do for scraping up a spokesperson, I’m probably not buying your product. I hate to think anyone looks at this ‘flake of the month’ and thinks, “I want to be just like her.” If she is a role model, then the snow I see out my office window is gold dust and I should be outside bagging this stuff up.

Also this morning, I learned about a condition called Chronic Dry Eye Syndrome. Janine Turner, formerly of CBS’s Northern Exposure, apparently suffers from this condition. I guess you can’t make tears and this is chronic enough to be classified as a syndrome. However, it should be noted that the meds that help with this condition have not been tested on people with herpes in their eyes. To quote my 9-year-old granddaughter, ”Yuck, Gross.”

You can get herpes in your eyes? What position can that possibly entail?

Oh well…back to watching the snowstorm.