Is it just me, or do kids get out of school all the time? When I was in grade school (a scant decade ago), we had to go to school Every Day. Sometimes, we had to go more. Just for kicks.

But if the weatherman sneezes on the air, they cancel schools.

Personally, I think it's living in the litigious society that we do. Parents suing school systems for letting kids travel in busses on icy roads. But that's just one man's opinion.

It snowed today in Middle Tennessee. We've got about five inches or so on the ground. It's pretty. It's clingy, and it's on all the trees. Makes things pretty.