{"id":342,"date":"2014-02-13T18:31:52","date_gmt":"2014-02-13T18:31:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=342"},"modified":"2014-02-13T18:31:52","modified_gmt":"2014-02-13T18:31:52","slug":"let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=342","title":{"rendered":"Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it&#8230;.."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I think it\u2019ll be warm tomorrow, but it may be on the cold side \u2014 I don\u2019t think it will rain or snow, but it might. I think I\u2019ve found the profession for me if I decide to not be a Pirate or Brain Surgeon. I think weather forecasting is a no-lose, no-brainer occupation. Most weather forecasters on TV in the Washington area come on at 11:00 pm and tell you what the weather is going to be for tomorrow. For example, they say, \u201clooks like tomorrow will be mostly cloudy with a possible snow flurry.\u201d If overnight we get 8 inches of snow, they come on the next night and say, \u201cwell, just like we predicted, we got snow amounts ranging from 6 to 8 inches\u2026.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I know of no other profession that you don\u2019t have to even be competent to keep your job \u2014 apparently if you look good on TV and can speak a coherent sentence, then you can be at the top of your profession. Even Pirates are held accountable \u2014 I don\u2019t see many weather people walking the plank\u2026.<\/p>\n<p>So if this Pirate or Surgeon thing doesn\u2019t work out, look for me on the local TV channel\u2026.\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I think it\u2019ll be warm tomorrow, but it may be on the cold side \u2014 I don\u2019t think it will rain or snow, but it might. I think I\u2019ve found the profession for me if I decide to not &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=342\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":343,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions\/343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}