Believe it or not, I AM an optimist. (Pause) I wanted that statement to settle in before I continued. Granted, my postal ramblings are often peppered with negative comments. But, can you blame me? Look around. It ain’t pretty out there. And, I work retail pharmacy. The only ‘positive’ is a new mandate to encourage dispensing a naltrexone emergency kit to a narcotic abuser. So when there are signs of respiratory depression from an ‘accidental’ opioid overdose, their ass will be saved. (sarcasm intended)
Oh, and that anger issue I kinda have … . Trust me, my bark is much worse than my bite. Though sometimes that unapproachable asshole aura I have acquired keeps the riff-raff at bay. It’s … nice. Riff-raff totally sucks.
I rise above it all and, more often than not, view the glass as half full. By the way, I hate that damn glass. It’s so fucking stupid. One simple catch phrase cannot determine your state of mind. Alas, I move forward beyond the emptiness of my opening rant and present the reason for this tantrum. Of temper .. ature?
As I have stated before, I’m a The Weather Channel slug. The Local on the 8’s totally rock for my weather needs. Though I must admit, my slugness stops there. I do the 8’s and … I’m great. (pun intended) A few weeks back, I tuned in a bit early and caught an advertisement clip released from Weather Underground – a weekday scheduled program. A few meteorologists present the weather and related phenomenon in a relaxed atmosphere. Dr. Greg Postel, a frequent guest/regular, is quite the climate dude. Recently, he addressed the ever controversial debate between partly sunny AND partly cloudy.
Spoiler alert: there is NO difference. Both terms refer to the same ‘measurable’ amount of cloud cover.
Temperature Tantrum: Partly Cloudy vs. Partly Sunny
"Partly cloudy," or "partly sunny" – is there REALLY a difference? Dr. Greg Postel has some not-so-happy thoughts about it in his latest Temperature Tantrum!
Posted by AMHQ on Saturday, May 12, 2018
Indulging in the cliche, Dr. Postel went, well, postal during his ‘Temperature Tantrum‘. He equated the scenario to that fucking glass. “It’s all about the … outlook,” he finally said, kicking back with a cocktail that was filled appropriately.
The presentation was rather humorous, but I have a problem with the reasoning. Imagine that, eh? Hear me out though. Semantically, partly sunny seems like the more positive verbiage. In reality, partly cloudy eludes to more sun than clouds. Yet, it’s the more negatively viewed scenario. Hmm… .
I know, I know. It’s the weather. And, these are meteorologists. One of the only professions where you can be wrong the majority of the time and no one really cares. Me, I will remain the unsuspecting optimist in the negative hypocrisy that is my relentless Tropical Storm – retail pharmacy. My recent horrorscope indicated a career change was in my immediate forecast. Hopefully my clouds will finally dissipate and I will be … mostly sunny.
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