Snow for Zenobia

[vovat]

I don't mind occasional discussions about the weather, but as of recently I've been hearing way too many conversations that basically boil down to: "Snow snow snow snow snow." "Snow snow snow?" "Snow snow snow snow snow SNOW snow snow snow!" Hey, I'm annoyed at the snow as well, but how much can you really say about it? I particularly love the people who make complaints like, "Isn't one snowstorm enough?" Actually, it's too much, in my own opinion, but what do you think? There's some Snow Bureaucracy that screwed up somewhere along the line, and the auditing department hasn't caught it yet? If nature operated on fairness, explain the Haitian earthquake. (No, I didn't ask YOU, Pat Robertson.) And of course there's that old standby from people who presumably are trying out for jobs as Leno writers: "So much for global warming!" Hey, I don't know all the science involved, but isn't denying global warming because it's cold occasionally sort of like saying there's no economic crisis because you know some people with good jobs? Then again, I've occasionally heard that one as well.


Also, this isn't related to snow, but last week, I found Warwick Goble's picture of Zenobia of Palmyra accompanying this post at Cal's Canadian Cave of Coolness. I liked the picture and put it up on Tumblr, and it's gotten the most reblogs and likes of anything I've posted there. Odd how that works out. Also, doesn't "Zenobia" sound like an old-school video game? Maybe just because it's similar to "Shinobi," but it resembles other titles as well. Looking it up, apparently one of the Ogre Battle games that was never released in English has the subtitle "Densetsu no Ōga Batoru Gaiden Zenobia no Ōji," or "Legend of the Zenobia Prince." I've never played any of the Ogre Battle games, but I believe they're fantasy strategy games like Final Fantasy Tactics, only predating that series. Anyway, I think a queen who successfully conquered Egypt from the Romans would be a good subject for a video game, right?

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[bec-87rb.livejournal.com]

I'm kind of enjoying the snow.

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[vovat.livejournal.com]

I guess it's okay as long as you don't need to go out in it.

[alicornmoon.livejournal.com]

I'd love it if we in California got a real snow..If other places can have freak snow, why no us for once in my lifetime?

[vovat.livejournal.com]

California is so bankrupt, it can't even afford weather!

[alicornmoon.livejournal.com]

Well, we didn't get much of it back when we were doing okay ether :\

[rockinlibrarian.livejournal.com]

I find it sort of annoying how many people are posting "I'm so sick of snow" on LiveJournal or Facebook this week, when last weekend I couldn't post ANYTHING on ANYWHERE because I had NO POWER AND/OR HEAT. I was thinking, man, I don't MIND being snowed in! Having nowhere to be, just everyone cuddle up and read? Except that we HAVE NO HEAT! And somewhere out there, somebody probably had no power/heat OR FOOD, which we at least had. So the complaining-- gots to put in perspective.

My cousin's middle name is Zenobia.

[vovat.livejournal.com]

The power going out when it's cold is another thing that wouldn't happen if the weather was based on reason.

[vilajunkie.livejournal.com]

Is that Ded Moroz, the Russian Father Frost? Sure looks like it to me!

Also, for a warrior queen, Zenobia sure is unprotected when it comes to armor. Of course, she has two leopards, what other sort of protection would you need? {grin}

[vovat.livejournal.com]

Is that Ded Moroz, the Russian Father Frost? Sure looks like it to me!

I think so. I got the image from a search for "Father Winter," and that was actually on someone's MySpace page.

Of course, she has two leopards, what other sort of protection would you need?

Sort of like Ozma having the Cowardly Lion and Hungry Tiger as bodyguards, I suppose.