Tag: blizzard
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The Boston Yeti.
There are things I don’t like about Boston. Like the Patriots and…well, just the Patriots, really. The Boston Yeti pretty much remedies the city–just goes to show you there’s no limit to what one man, or one Yeti, can accomplish. It is things like this that undermine my goal of absolute misanthropy. I’m dangerously close…
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The Weather-Tainment Industry
It’s snowing outside–actually, it’s not–but I could have written that a day ago, or on almost any day in the young year of 2014 as we slog our way through the coldest, snowiest winter in recent memory. As of Wednesday, Feb 11, we have enjoyed just 2 days with temperatures above freezing, both of which…
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West From Chicago…excerpt from another old story
*this is the final excerpt from what I’ve called the “big truck” series–an abandoned, unfinished road trip novel I lost interest in 17 years ago and recently revisited. I added it partially in response to posts by our friends over at the excellent Great Plains Trail blog–where they’re building something awesome. The Great Plains are…
Old Road Apples 