There are large flakes of snow out there, mixed in with the rain. Darnit, we haven't even taken out one of the air conditioners yet.

French Toast Alert Level: Low.

As Channel 4 puts it:

Snow!

OK, just a few flakes here or there, but the French Toast Alert System still needs to get the dust shaken off it, obviously.

A group of Somerville residents have organized to fight for better sidewalk snow removal in the city. Barry Rafkind recounts how his pregnant wife landed on her belly after slipping on a sidewalk in January:

... Fortunately, my wife's early contractions subsided and she carried our healthy daughter to term. Our story is just one example of how poorly maintained sidewalks represent a danger to everyone. Especially the elderly, the disabled, the young, the injured, and pregnant women are challenged by snow and ice, but even otherwise strong and healthy adults are not immune to slips and falls. ...

Via Wicked Local Somerville.

Because a lot of them don't like shoveling their sidewalks, either.

So many West Roxbury residents called the Mayor's Hotline to complain about Monday's canceled trash pickup that the city sent trucks out today to pick up the trash, ParkwayBoston reports:

My phone started ringing at 8 o'clock this morning from family and neighbors saying that the garbage trucks were in the neighborhood. ...

Cody Pomeray forwarded this fine example of Massholishness on the Lynnway this morning, adding:

The part you can't see is that this guy is also on the phone while driving the abominable snowmobile. Perhaps he was calling a friend to borrow a brush?

Iceburns took this moody shot of the Lagoon after yesterday's snow.

Copyright, Iceburns.

Mats Tolander posts photos from yesterday's "unimpressive" nor'easter, including one of an 18-wheeler whose driver suddenly realized he wasn't going to make it out of the tunnel from I-93 to Storrow Drive in one piece and so stopped just in time - but after he blew by the "NO TRUCKS" sign.

My favorite part of the Globe story on winter-weary Bostonians was the guy who got all philosophical as he brought up The Blizzard:

I'm 74, so I've seen a lot of them. Of course, nothing compares to the Blizzard of '78. If you look at this entire winter, yes, it's been really bad, but what can you do? At my age, I don't have many more of these to dig out from. Soon, it'll probably be covering me.

My second favorite anecdote was from the woman who said she blew out her transmission trying to drive through a snowbank or something, because, geez, Louise, what was she doing, flooring the accelerator for 15 minutes straight while her wheels just spun uselessly?

Cute kid in the snow.

Seems that the cancellation of today's Boston trash pickup doesn't mean a one-day delay, as with holidays, but as much as a week's delay for Bostonians not fortunate enough to live in areas with two or three pickups a week. Such as Ed Coppinger of West Roxbury, who wonders how he's going to get his snow-laden barrels back in the yard and whether he'll need to buy a new one. Also, when he called the Mayor's Hotline, the man who answered agreed he has every right to be annoyed.