my boogers are frozen

folks, when i woke up this morning, the thermometer in the kitchen window was at 29 degrees below zero.

let me repeat that, in case you thought you read it wrong - negative 29 degrees farenheit!

now, i've lived in some cold places (gunnison, co; jackson, wy), but nothing compares to this. i've experienced 10, 12, 15 below zero, but when you start approaching negative 30, that's a whole different kind of cold. it's offensive!

i walked outside to start the cars at about 8:30, and my feelings were hurt. (thank you, i'll be here all night)

seriously, though - i had gloves on and my fingers were almost numb in about 4 minutes; it hurt to blink - my eyelids felt like sandpaper; and it feels like there's less oxygen in the air when it's this cold.

the yampa river, which runs at about 40 degrees in the winter, was putting off so much steam that driving on the valley floor was like navigating through a pea soup fog.

there's ice inside the first floor stairwell of bristol hall, where i work. ice inside the building!

okay, i'm done ranting. link o' the week:

even though college students worldwide overuse wikipedia, it is still an awesome free resource on the internet. check out the thorough wikipedia entry for my favorite band ever, the stone roses. (timmy, read the last bit about reformation - very interesting)