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Posts tagged skiing

Wind chill, metrics, and the romance of being cold.

According to weather.com, it’s just a smidgen below zero degrees Fahrenheit outside, with a wind chill of -14°F. Sometime tonight, it’s to drop down to -23°F, with a wind chill of “oh my goodness that’s cold”°F. On Friday, we had a high of 37°F. Vive le difference, or however it is they [...]

On January 5th, 2004, this was the truth. | (Tags: , , , , ) | Comments Off

To All Whom It May Concern,

This is the abridged text of a mass-email I just sent out to everyone on my email list. I am recording it here for posterity.

Hello again. Some of you may be new additions to this mass-mail list. If so, welcome—I don’t use this list very often (this would be the second time [...]

On August 17th, 2003, this was the truth. | (Tags: , , , , , , , , , ) | Comments Off


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