Complaining About the Weather

     For the love of God!  When will this snowing, sleeting, windy, bone chilling dampness go away?  I try not to kvetch too much about atmospheric conditions.  After all, Oscar Wilde said, "Conversation about the weather is the last refuge of the unimaginative," and I would hate to be seen as unimaginative.  Yet, complain, I must.
     Check out this map:

This comes from a blog - http://www.eatdrinkandrun.com/about/ 

     I think this is an ingenious way to break up the USofA, weatherwise (and otherwise, in the case of California).  There is however the New Jersey anomaly.  In the Garden State, you can experience almost all zones of suckiness.  Our winters are cold, and we have three ski resorts in the state.  No natural snow?  No problem, they make it.  Like the Pacific northwest, we have lots of rain.  The moss in the lawn and the mold on the siding are proof of that.  Though our summers are not as long as southern summers, they still suck.  Summer is a season of 90º temperatures with oppressive humidity and lots of mosquitoes.  It's off the subject of weather, but New Jersey also sucks for your wallet.  It ain't cheap living here.  On the bright side, this is a good place for plants.  Nothing beats Jersey tomatoes and Jersey corn.  Did I mention blueberries and cranberries?
     There are two times each year when nothing sucks and all is right with the world.  Those times are spring and fall.  Spring is just around the corner, and I can't wait.