Today, here on the Buzzyblog let’s talk a little snirt. A semi-official definition of snirt is given by the FluentSlang folks as follows:
To lay a word on it – snirt is officially a portmanteau i.e. a word derived from two other words. (Think “smog” “brunch” or “sitcom.” The word “blog” itself is also an example in that it originated from the term “web log.” I guess then, by extension, the “Buzzyblog” is a portmanteau of a portmanteau.)
After the several inches of snow that we had a couple weeks back, Duncan Lepper was good enough to clear out the Buzzy Parking Lot for me. In doing so however, he left Buzzy’s with a pile of snirt shown here:
No complaints from me, as I am very grateful to Duncan for all his snow removal efforts. However, it did make me wonder just how long that snirt hill is going to be around. Three weeks of freezing weather after the snowfall and the Buzzy Snirt Hill hasn’t shrunken a bit.
So tell me what you think about this idea.
Once we fill up the Buzzy’s Friendly Super Bowl Pool, and there is no more football left to gamble on this season, let’s conduct a “Guess When the Snow Part of the Buzzy Snirt Hill Will Be Completely Gone” Pool. I recognize that that title is way too long, so how’s about a “BSG Pool” as in Buzzy’s Snirt Gone Pool perhaps? I’ll work on that title along with other pool logistics and rules. For starters, here are some tentative “BSG rules”:
- The objective is for you to pick a future date when you think that the snow in Buzzy’s Snirt Hill will be completely melted away. Obviously, the dirt will still be around, but once the snow is completely melted, I’ll ask Dunvan to spread the dirt out too. The pool’s winning entry will be whomever comes closest to predicting the official Snow-is-Gone-Date without exceeding it.
- A select team of Buzzy Snirt Ref’s will officially determine when the snirt hill becomes completely snow free. I am thinking Duncan should be our Head Referee since he can get to the bottom of the pile with his front end loader and verify that the snow is definitely all gone. I may draft some other folks to act as Buzzy Snirt Refs too, such as a Line Judge, Side Judge and a Back Judge. If anyone is interested in filling those positions lemme know. I would say that these folks should not participate in the BSG Pool to ensure their impartiality. However, that stipulation does not seem to be doing much for the NFL and their ham handed refs, so let it roll. (Hopefully, any ref rulings on the Buzzy Snirt Pile will not be as controversial as were the NFL’s.)
- Should we get more snow in February, which is always a possibility given that February is our snowiest month, we probably should have a rule that all pool entrants have a one-time opportunity to amend their initial pick(s) i.e. extend their snow gone guess dates.
Lemme know what you think about these and any other suggestions/ideas for the overall BSG Pool. (Other rules to consider. Do we limit the number of entries per individual? Can folks pick the same snow-is-gone date(s) that someone else has picked?)
Turning to music matters, after my mentioning Sly just yesterday here on the Buzzyblog, I had to laugh when I landed on the following just now from the 29 January “On This Day in Music” site:
To read how Sly made out with the lawsuit (click here.) (If you don’t feel like clicking on the link, know that Sly got awarded $5M. Bet there was some dancing to that music!)
Here he is performing with his Sister Rose. Great line at (1:33) “You can’t cry because you look broke down, but you cry anyway cuz you’re all broke down.”
Temps are forecasted to be back up in the 50’s the next couple of days and should help send January outta here like a lamb. And to think I said all those bad things about how much I don’t like January and all of its frigidly cold weather.
However, as I alluded to above, February can also be a nasty-ass month weather-wise. Therefore, my suggestion is that you get outside and enjoy this little respite from the freezing temps because, as one of Billy’s witches said to about-to-be-King Macbeth “something wicked this way comes.” (Note that here I am talking weather-wise while staying away from any other Macbeth/current political comparisons that may or may not be relevant. That’s for you to ponder via the old Google machine.)
Meanwhile, start thinking about the demise of the Buzzy Snirt Hill. For starters I’ll predict May 11, Mothers’ Day. Not wise to go against Mother Nature you know?