So, we've got a snowstorm bearing down on us here in Chicago. Being Chicagoans, we sort of collectively oscillate between "oh no, the whole city must shut down" and "eh, I'll believe it when I see it"*. Nicely, my work has already closed the office for tomorrow, so we're planning out a day of being snowed in. I ran outside just now for a couple quick videos and photos.

There's not a lot of accumulation yet, but it's blowing pretty hard:

Hard enough to rip awnings off of buildings:

Driving seems to be pretty hairy. People are hesitant to go even when the light turns green:

My friend Bryan tweeted the following photo and said:

No zombies yet, & I refuse to say "snowpocalypse" till I see zombies

Happy now, Bryan?

Update: Erica and I actually made it around the block on the next day and took some photos.

* Erica calls this latter attitude "crying sheep".

It is, in fact, unseasonably cold here in Chicago.

It's almost election day, and so time for me to harrange all my friends to a) vote and b) vote out some judges. In Cook County we get to vote whether to retain our judges, but it's a reasonably obscure process and there are a lot of judges (70, this year) and so it's very, very rare for a judge to be voted out. But there are a couple of really terrible judges on the ballot this year, so if you live in Cook County please check VoteForJudges.org, read my Metblog post on the subject, and vote No to Cynthia Brim, Robert Kowalski, and Amanda Toney. (Or just do what I do and stick it to The Man and vote No on all the judges.)