I remember back in the day (my childhood days), I hated thunderstorms. Always terrified of them, at the age of six, I would change my clothes whenever I saw lightning. Why? Because I thought the electricity in lightning was going to look in the windows and find my metal buttons and "get" me much like the alleged "boogey-man". While I never really got over that fear.. I realize that sometimes in life, we have to trust that our surroundings are okay.
Case in point? In just a couple of weeks, I am going to hop on an airplane and go on my favorite vacation ever (at least this far in my life)! How do I know that it's my favourite? Well.. dammit, if you must know... it's because I am not letting my former spouse get in the way of me expanding my horizons, any longer. Plus, I believe in the power of positive thinking. Except that for a living... I forecast airplane turbulence. There are MOUNTAINS between here and California. I'm queasy.
At my former job, who is affectionately know in my life henceforth and forevermore as 'WeatherBarn', there was one of those computer voice deals, that is widely known in the weather industry as "Igor". You might have heard this voice if you have one of those weather radios. Once, someone called up the weather service in White Lake, MI and asked if they would get an American to read the weather. Flustered, the forecaster said it was a computer. "Oh," the lady said "it sounded like a Packastani..." Anyhoo... we usta-could make Igor talk, at the 'Barn.... and our favourite thing for him to say was about our beloved manager, Jim (or in Joey-speak, Jimb): Flash-flood waring for Jim's Pants!
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