The One-hits...
How cold is it?
Please welcome a new addition to the Pipeline, known as the Weatherpixie. Deb at Sugarfused turned me on to the Pixie, and also told me how to insert the code to make it work. Please note the temperature. Last night was the coldest night in the Twin Cities in two years, with air temps around -20, and windchills around -35, which is cold enough for frostbite warnings. If you merely stand outside and expose skin to the wind for 10 minutes (like say, your face), you can get frostbite. That's cold. I call it "snot freezing cold", and if you've ever spent time in a climate like this, you know what I mean. Of course, there's no snow. NO SNOW! We usually have at least a foot by this time of year. Linus keeps asking when we can use his new sled. I tell him I don't control the weather, but he keeps asking.
Stay OFF The Ice!
There have been 10 ice-related deaths in Minnesota this year, including this most recent tragedy. People fall through the ice all the time up here. Why? Because these dumbasses DRIVE THEIR CARS on the ice. And then they act all surprised when they fall through. Maybe it's because I grew up in Kansas, and away from the ice and snow culture, but I'm sorry. You don't have to have a degree in Ice Physics to know that ice breaks. If I EVER hear about Linus going out on the ice, I'll freak out. I honestly will. The only real use for ice in our lives is in a drink, my son. Stay off the fucking ice!
I knew some guys from Grand Rapids, Minnesota, which is totally Ice Culture territory. And they were all matter-of-fact about falling in. "Oh ya. I fell in a bunch of times. That's why ya got to have yer meathook with you at all times." Excuse me? "Oh, sure, you betcha. You just pull that meathook out and spike the ice with it, and you can pull yerself out, dontcha know." Well, what if you slide under the opening in the water, and end up under the ice like that kid in the Omen movie? Your precious meathook isn't going to help you then, is it Eric? Freak.
Stay OFF the ice!
Debauchery Weekend
Several friends are meeting this weekend in Milwaukee for various festivities, including a pickup basketball game, and an evening at the Bradley Center to watch the Bucks play the woeful Nuggets. The real attraction is that we get to watch the game from a corporate suite, something I have never had a chance to do. I'm afraid seeing a game from a suite will spoil me for life, just like it did to Bill Simmons. (Incidentally, I'm going to permanently link to Simmons' archive on ESPN2. It should be required reading for sports fans, TV and movie fans, Boston residents, and so on.)
I've never been to Milwaukee. I have been assured by many that it's a fun town. My friend Cliff jokes that people don't brag about closing bars there, they brag about opening them. Well, I think he was joking. I'll spend Friday night in Madison, which I know is a fun town. And then I get to cap the weekend off with the Superbowl? Pinch me.
Microraptor gui
It's Like A Flying Reptile
Somewhere along the way, Linus seized on the phrase "It's Like A Flying Reptile", which he uses all the time, since dinosaurs are a big part of his life. And of course, there are many "flying reptiles" in the dinosaur group. But he always uses the same phrase to describe them. It's weird. Anyway, there has been a very important fossil discovery that may help bridge the gap between the birds and dinosaurs a bit more than archaeopterix does. They found it in China. Check it out.
We never really have it figured out, do we? Whether it's a new fossil, or discovery of a new trade route buried under the Mediterranean, or excerpts from Presidential documents, our common history continues to unfold and take new directions. Who knows what tomorrow will bring?
Other than getting crazy in Wisconsin, of course...
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