Category Archives: weather

THE PRETTIEST GIRL IN NORTHERN MAINE by Peter Nolan Smith

March 21, 2012 – 4:31 pm

Bing Crosby couldn’t have sung WHITE CHRISTMAS on December 25, 1990. The sidewalks of New York were bare of snow, sleet, slush, and ice. The city entered 1991 equally whiteless. The month ended without any storms from the north and people were celebrating the end of winter. Few of us had heard of global warming. [...]

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Spring Has Sprung

March 21, 2012 – 2:58 pm

Snow has been absent from New York since my return from Europe. A few snow flurries have dusted the sidewalks of Fort Greene and the city experienced a cold snap in February, but otherwise this winter has been extremely abnormal. Today’s temperature reached the mid-70s and tomorrow is predicted to hit a new record for [...]

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White Tornado

March 14, 2012 – 9:55 am

White people think racist jokes are funny. They laugh about kinky hair and the color of people skin without ever looking in the mirror. If caucasians checked their DNA, they would be surprised to discover more than a little tar in their shed. Yesterday a white friend living in Saudi Arabia sent this email; Black [...]

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Go Neanderthals Go

February 28, 2012 – 11:09 am

The Neanderthal dominated Europe and Asia for almost a half-million years. This species of Man vanished from the Earth 24,000 years ago. Anthropologists once blamed the fall of the Neanderthals on their stupidity, while recent studies have revealed that the ancient men had large brains than their homo sapiens descendants and were stronger and taller [...]

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- 8 Centrigrade in Luxembourg

February 1, 2012 – 5:57 am

Last evening Madame l’Ambassador drove from Oxford to Luxembourg in frigid temperature. The interior of the Porsche Boxster was well-heated and I dozed off several times in the passenger seat. Upon waking each time I asked, if she wanted me to drive. Thankfully Madame l’Ambassador refused every offer, as the Porsche ate the motorways of [...]

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