The Aerie
Well we've survived another January. February is not so bad - it's only three days shorter, but those three days are psychologically important. No matter how dreadful the weather, the thought is "Hah! Do your worst.. you only last 28 days!"
According to the local press this has been the warmest winter in 160 years, which doesn't surprise me in the least. Local weatherpixie Paul Douglas labelled this month "Juneuary," a worthy title.
The other day someone exclaimed about how 'wonderful' the weather has been, and I said, "I dunno, it makes me a little nervous. I mean, if the sun rose at 1:30 a.m. would you exclaim about what a nice sunny day it is?" Then I realized that there actually are places on the planet where the sun rises at 1:30 a.m., but my point had been made. Whatever it was.
Posted by Albatross at January 30, 2006 10:27 AM | TrackBackWhen I was working up in the oilfields in Alaska during the summer the sun never set. It just traveled in a big old circle in the sky. Combine that with 18-hour work days and I sometimes couldn't remember if it was 9 o'clock in the morning or evening. And one 4th of July it snowed on us, so I even had trouble remembering it was the middle of summer.
Posted by: Brad at January 31, 2006 10:03 PM