Actual Snow!

Florida gets hurricanes, California gets earthquakes and threats from Rob Reiner that he'll run for Governor of California (the Governator must be planning to run for another term, which had to give Reiner some serious 'All in the Family' flash-backs, so now Reiner is going to try to get the already bankrupt state to pass another ballot initiative they can't afford). Wisconsin and Minnesota get snow and a cruel and unusual amount of Public Radio, Alaska gets the midnight sun and a night longer than the NBA playoffs.

Around here we get nasty summers, but not as nasty as Arizona or Texas. We get bitter winters, but nothing to compete with North Dakota. We get fall, but nothing people would drive out to see like New England or Colorado, and for that matter, those between seasons are schizoid affairs, with sleet in May and 85º days in November. When it snows, it usually just makes the roads slick enough to provide illustrations that while four-wheel-drive helps you accelerate on slick roads, it does fuckall for breaks and steering. Witness the Grand Cherokees, H2s, and Exploers in ditches and high-centered on traffic islands.

So this kind of actual snow is kind of remarkable. Keep in mind, I mowed up leaves on Thanksgiving Day...