As your editor updated the blog during last night’s snow/trafficpocalypse, I found the time to piece together this little timeline, marking our cranky meteorologist’s evolution from a humble stick figure begging for some pleasant weather to the unapologetic curmudgeon he has become. We love ya, Davy — don’t ever change.

All right, all right. We’ll admit that we may have been jumping the gun slightly when, ten days ago, we called the evening’s winter weather advisory our “last chance” for snow. But c’mon! It was already March, and beautiful weather was just around the corner. We were sick of hoarding bread, milk and toilet paper; tired of wondering what the hell “liberal leave” meant; and weary from the toll exacted by churning out an…

When DCist talks, the Washington Capitals listen. We’d like to thank the Caps for taking our suggestions to heart at the trade deadline. We’ll certainly have more advice for them this summer, when free agents become available. Now if they can just slide down two or three spots in the standings, they’ll be one of four teams in the lottery for the first-overall pick. They’ll have a great chance to avoid picking up a couple…

Continuing our extensive coverage of Deluge ’06, we bring you this Photo of the Day by Flickr user JamesCalder. We can’t do this with awesome MS Paint images alone, people, so thank you James, for artistically covering the Umbrellas Drying Outside Doors angle. Additional thanks go to Flickr users birdcage for reminding us that Patio Furniture Gets Wet In Rain and maxedaperture for the heartwarming story of Panties Washed Up In Tree. Keep ’em…