It's -11 this morning, with a wind chill of -20. I had been toying with the idea of a range trip, but after looking at the thermometer, I'm not feelin' it.
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Like many, I greatly enjoy a cup of coffee ... okay, two cups ... in the morning. But more and more, I observe that if I need a cup of coffee to wake up, then I'm probably up too soon.
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We have long noticed there are many here who begin an annual whine-fest every October: "I hate winter," "I hate the cold," "I hate snow," or some variation/combination of those. This puzzles me. Why are they here? More importantly, why haven't they gone back to whatever sunshine-y paradise they allegedly came from?
When work or love take you to a place, that's fine - go there and be happy. But if you're not happy, why hang around and inflict your obvious dislike for Alaska with the Alaskans around you? This seems not only counter-productive, but ultimately self-defeating. The more you gripe about the cold/snow/whatever, the less likely it is that we will help you dig your Prius out of the next 27" snowfall.
Everyone involved, including you yourself, will be much happier if you simply go back south.
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The current administration of Anchorage seems to be increasingly nanny-statish, and there are distinct rumblings about the current mayor needing to go. Since his term is up this year, I suspect we'll see someone new, in a few months. It's disappointing, really, because he ran as a conservative and then he and the Assembly veered sharply to the left.
Okay, to be fair, the Assembly was already left-leaning, but Mr. Conservative hasn't done anything to correct that.
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Okay, I'm done grumbling. Probably need more coffee. Heh.
URGENT CALL TO REPENTANCE: All the ends of the world shall remember and turn to the Lord. And all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before Thee. For the Kingdom is the Lord’s and He rules among the nations. (Psalm 22:27-28)
7 comments:
Coffee fixes a lot of mornings for me.
People whine here about the heat in the Summer.
It's Phoenix, it gets hot, get over it.
Or move! I understand!
Calm Gun - absolutely.
GFA - Yep. It's Alaska; what did you expect to happen?
I can't argue with these. Hope you enjoy the coffee. I am going to read your later post about the Cordova pics and see if it helped.
jh
In construction, you see the same thing. In the winter, its too cold; can't wait for spring. In spring, its too wet, can't wait for summer. Summer, too hot, can't wait for fall. Fall, its hunting season, and I don't want to work... never satisfied.
Coffee = GOOOOOOOD :-)
One thing I've noticed both times I was in Alaska was that almost every person that I met who hated and despised Sarah Palin enough to mention it to me was someone who had only been in Alaska themselves a short time, usually a college student or a transplant from the West Coast.
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