Caveat: Blame Siberia

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…

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