Bitterly cold. The high today was around 16 F (-7 C). And yet, that's not so bad, by Minnesota standards, where the high today was apparently -1 F (-18 C) in Minneapolis. Yet we have the Siberians to blame for both of these… the same "Siberian Express" weather system drives both cold systems, half-a-planet apart from one another.
In completely unrelated news… I recently discovered that a man who I went to grade school with (and middle school and high school) is now a folk singer who lives in Alaska. I downloaded some of his songs. Not too bad.
I remember Kray Van Kirk pretending to attack other kids using his imaginary sword, in 7th or 8th grade. But he always seemed so much more confident than I felt. Although, a bit wacky, too. And now…