:: Cold war ::

Saturday, January 10, 2004

I remember my first sub-freezing experience. I was on a family trip across the southwest, circumnavigating the states of the four corners. It was immensely fun. I recall staying at a place called "Little America" in Flagstaff, Arizona which had the overblown interior decorating of a Liberace tribute hotel. I remember having to retrieve some item of worth from our car as my dad and I ran into the icy high-desert air. When we returned to our room, we checked the weather report, which told us the current temperature was a chilly 18 degrees. I was incredulous. I didn't know the thermometer went that low.

It's 5 degrees outside right now, and with the wind-chill it's -9 (that's -15 / -23 for you metric types). What's worse, my exposure now consists of daily commutes, not 20-second sprints to the car. I didn't like it when I was 12, and I don't like it now. When will we rise up and overthrow old man winter?

Posted by morland @ 01:44 AM

:: Comments ::

Weenie. It snows here all the time. We got 2 frickin' feet last weekend, and it still wasn't enough. You don't have to live in the land of freezing cold and high humidity. The land of no mountains.

Hawaii called, they've got space. Space for you. It's sunny and warm there.

Posted by: The guy who lives in vail on January 10, 2004 02:02 AM

Word. Suck it up, Mike. Up here it's -4, and with wind, -17.

Posted by: Al on January 10, 2004 11:02 AM

i guess we'll just have to drink a lot of booze to keep warm...kind of like in the summer when we drink lot's of cold beer to keep cool.

Posted by: josh on January 10, 2004 01:13 PM

This is a call to arms, not a cry for pity.

Posted by: morland on January 10, 2004 02:05 PM

When Old Man winter defends his life againt the 'Orcs of warmth', I'll be on the side of Winterspirit.

Posted by: The guy who lives in vail on January 10, 2004 04:19 PM

hey, maybe it's winter trying to tell you something. something like, "don't lie to your friends mike. they don't like it when you make up ridiculous stories about STD's and bedwell. winter will rise up and smite you if you do it again."

Posted by: karen on January 10, 2004 05:55 PM

i apologize and rescind all negative comments. apparently, all the liars are in la.

Posted by: karen on January 12, 2004 02:29 AM

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