Every time I try to clear out all the junk that’s gotten loaded into iTunes when I’ve copied entire CDs so that I could have just a few of the songs, I get distracted because there are always songs I need to play that haven’t been heard in a long time. So nothing ever gets cleaned out, and the free space on my hard drive just keeps getting smaller and smaller, and I keep having to fast forward through those filler tracks that musicians put on CDs to get them to the requisite 10 or 12 songs (probably pretty offensive to musicians, but you know what I mean). I'm attempting it again this evening, but am not getting very far. So far I've only deleted a few Barenaked Ladies songs from Maroon that don't do anything for me. Now I'm listening to all the songs that don't have a "Last Played" date and am not making any progress.

We had a very late winter snow and sleet storm today. Not much accumulation, just enough to be pretty. If this was December. Which it is not and we've had quite enough of this weather crap for one season. Driving home on slushy roads that had not been treated (the snow plows and anti-skid material trucks have apparently all been cleaned and tucked in for the year) was an adventure.

There are two routes I can take to get home through the small town I live near. One is more scenic and winds through the woods past some of the original houses that have been around since the 1700s - it's hilly and curving and narrow. The other is a little more direct, but there are two stop signs before you get to the only traffic light in town, so I usually take the road through the woods. Today was no exception, and I navigated the twists and turns at barely 20 mph. While heading up the hill there was a VW barreling down the hill at breakneck speed. Noting the driver's recklessness on the frozen surface I glanced in the rear view mirror in time to see him (gender designation is not meant to impugn men's driving) slide off the road into a ditch. The car behind me appeared to stop to see if the driver was ok, but I doubt I would have turned around, driven back down the hill and braved the piercing rain even if no one else had been around. I would have felt compelled to inquire whether the driver always drove like an asshole or if he saved that for icy days, which probably would not have been appreciated. So I was actually showing extraordinary compassion by not stopping, right?