I wish Sam could just stay home for a few days and eat grilled cheese with me.

In this post: Ice and gridlock.

Our weather couldn’t rank any higher today on the Winter Shittiness Scale. Right now Weather.com tell us it’s 31° here in the Dallas area with FROZEN FOG, LIGHT SLEET and FREEZING DRIZZLE. Nobody can explain how they’re different but it probably doesn’t matter since they all suck. If you’re interested, the only reason I’m addressing the subject of weather is because Sam is flying to California on Wednesday and we’re expecting an ongoing “ice event” here that may affect his outbound flight. And if that’s not crappy enough, A MAJOR FREEWAY SHUTDOWN in Los Angeles — already nicknamed “jamzilla” by the press — will impact traffic around LAX all weekend.

Holy crap. Sometimes you just can’t win. It might be a better idea for Sam to just stay home for a few days and eat grilled cheese with me except I know he’s looking forward to a nice visit with his mom and would gladly brave lousy weather and gridlock traffic for a chance to hold her hand and watch “The Price Is Right.” He’s so damn adorable.