But it’s easy to blame the weather reporter on TV when you’re told it will be a lovely day and instead find yourself having to brave a raging monsoon, sans umbrella, from the parking lot to your office.So it wasn’t difficult for me to forgive the blizzard hysteria of last night when I woke up this morning to find what could charitably be called a “dusting” on my front porch. Despite having loaded up on ice melt and bought a new, ergonomically designed shovel, I removed what had accumulated on the porch, sidewalk and driveway with an old broom in roughly four minutes.As I was putting the broom away, I saw Murray Feldner drive up with the plow attached to the front of his pickup truck and start to position himself at the mouth of my driveway. I walked over and tapped on his driver’s side window. He lowered it.“What’s up, Murray?” I asked. It’s always best to pretend you’re friends with the people who charge you for stuff. It makes it more difficult for them to gouge you.
