Because it stops my critique group from meeting!
Again! (This is the third–count it! 1-2-3!–time since December.)
The whole reason all these blizzards are going on around the country has nothing at all to do with high or low fronts, jet streams, or whatever else might cause weather to go around.
Nope. It’s all because my critique group meets on the weekends. It’s all because we want to talk writing face-to-face.
The weather gods are evil.
Other Worlds, and This 
Yes, they are. As are coworkers who come to work sick–for a whole week.
Verification word is foidetoi. Sounds like a kind of French food snob.
Mmmm, French food.