Respect for nature or cop-out?

AAAH TEH FROZEN SKY-WATER ATTACK!

So yeah, at 10am, when they were saying icy conditions during the early afternoon, I opted out of going to church and RE class. The drive up looked to be fine, but I was concerned about the return trip - snow, not so bad; ice, bad. So I went grocery shopping with the Dear Spouse instead (who was really not keen on the Pregnant Lady Driving in Snow idea).

Now they're backing off a bit on the ice - we're down to 1/10 of an inch expected, instead of 2/10. Bah.

People flip out around here about snow. Part of me says that the smart thing to do is to stay home and chill out - to not be the person who refuses to admit that any mere force of nature can keep them from their appointed plans. Part of me says, "The roads are fine. What's your problem? Don't let a little snow run your life."

Hrmph.

The deadline should be feared, should be feared

Work on L'homme armé continues and is tentatively wrapping up. It's... not quite the effort I wanted, but it's something to perhaps revise in years to come. I wasn't able to match the AAA rhyme scheme of the verse, resorted to a good deal of approximate rhyme, and... well, the verses I added aren't particularly novel, let's say. OTOH, that will make it easier to memorize it, if the fighters take a shine to it.

( Singable translation, two new verses. )

Nyah... this is what I get for humming the tune without the music in front of me. That rhythmic switch at "The armed man should be" is messing with me; thankfully, there's a midi file which may straighten me out by the deadline Thursday. And I want a decent drum accompaniment for it by then.

I didn't make it to the library yet, but I actually do have a good reference for this song (harder to find that I'd thought - most of the work is done on the multiple masses it inspired) and I should be able to lay hands on it soon, or even today, now that my alumni card has arrived. We'll see if reading that demands a reworking of this.