It's been snowing in Ann Arbor ever since the top of the page, and looks like it's going to stick around for a while.
Oddly, everyone is complaining. This isn't so odd an occurrence, this is winter we're in and we are all stuck in Michigan so complaining about cold, inclement weather is not unheard of.
So the weird vibe, Max? Simple: because about 8 months ago (or so) everyone was talking about how BAD global warming is. Everyone saw the Al Gore movie and was - at that moment - deeply concerned about adorable polar bears and the fate of the world on the whole (but mostly the adorable polar bear). So, here we are, experiencing what is relatively normal weather for this time of year and everyone is complaining! This is what you wanted! Good ol' normal Michigan winters!
Actually, Global Warming continues to terrify me. I heard last week that some massive chunk (23 square miles, that's 23x bigger than the Vatican) of ice broke off and melted in a few days. That's pretty scary! I've also heard that Greenland is melting really fast. While the loss of Greenland would improve the overall perspective of maps all around the world (it's always depicted much too large), it's not cool that it's disappearing. Hopefully Iceland will survive long enough for me to go and visit it.
Another thought on Global Warming: I was leafing through a Popular Mechanics from 1953 and even back then they were talking about a 'dangerous warming trend' across the world. They even used the same pictures of the same receding glacier that Gore used in his movie! Wiggy! They do, however, come short of really addressing the problem in the magazine. Every time the interviewer comes close, he veers off and starts talking about 'cloud seeding' or some other crap. Ah well.
Someone needs to remind me to upload that sometime.
Todays piece of media is the first ten minutes of what is going to be a fascinating documentary on Will Eisner. Link
Also! Today I celebrate my 1 year 1 month and 1 day anniversary of blogging on Blogger. Huzzah!
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So where did you go for the decadent meal?
Yeah, I've always wanted to go to Greenland to get some sense of how big it is; it's always looked like it was the place the mapmakers took their tucks or let the seams out in order to make sure everything else important fit. Are there polar bears in Greenland? And why is it called Green-land? Was someone being funny?
You were leafing through a Popular Mechanics from 1953??? Were you in Back to the Future?
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