And now, after extensive warming up and coaxing the Accu Arbor weather forecasting machine to life ...
utilizing two cups of Starbucks brand "Holiday" coffee (pre-ground, dammit, a Christmas present from Aunt Vicky, but good coffee nonetheless), a C-Boost fruit smoothie (vitamin C in honor of the sunshine state) - 20 oz., two bottles of water to stave off dehydration due to the contrary effects of the severe cold sudafed ingested to keep the Accu-Arbor forecasting extravaganza in fine tune, and of course several trips to the restroom.
So she is humming now.
A couple of facts about Windermere's weather patterns:
1. The bad news - January is on average the coolest month in the year.
The good news - Cool, to Floridians, is a high in the mid-70sF
2. The good news: the wettest month is June, opposite the Geezers.
The Bad News - No rain means PU climber will not be washed for the
duration of the comp.
And now to the forecast, cause the drugs are mighty powerful, and it took the me,er, the Accu Arbor forecasting machinamania almost 15 minutes to type that pitiful intro.......
The forecast for the 2008 Geezer's Lorax Challenge
Contestants, Judges, Techs, and even T.C. will awaken on the morn of January 19th to a crisp foggy scene, reminiscent of one of the scenes in that movie
Gettysburg , but the mist will rise to the glory of the sun, led partly by a hair-raising rendition of the now infamous "greet the sun" exercise by the inventor of the Accu Arbor forecasting machination.
At high noon (and for some, it might really be high noon), we will break for food, and the old and weary, I mean, contestants will relax in the shade of the palm trees or rubber plants or whatever it is that they have in tree size down there. The temps will be steadily climbing to a high of 68 on Saturday, and while some of the Floridians might gripe, it is prime weather for one of our Northern Comrades to flash a banana hammock or three. (Tree Rat, I'm hoping it's not you).
At night, supposedly there will be a bonfire, and we can all throw into the fires the symbol of our greatest fear on earth that we all carved before coming on this journey, and that will symbolize the fact that you are done with that fear, once and for all. I am carving out a picture of a math book. Ever since Karl Rove told me that I was entitled to my math, but he solely owned "the Math", I don't know what to believe in, I know that I am terrible in math, and it has been a solid 16 years since I have had to honestly figure out a math problem that was more complex than could be worked out on the calculator that I keep in my truck for those occasions when I have to add or subtract numbers.
So get carving.
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