A polar vortex sweeps east across this great land. The weather forecast takes center stage on Presidents Day. And I for one couldn’t be happier as I sit by the fire reading stories like this one. It’s about a guy in Ukraine who staged a fake murder to get First Responders to come plow his driveway. Such creativity, such initiative, such drive. Utterly brilliant!
Best of all, talking heads fade into the background as the recent national unpleasantness gives way to perfect silence. That’s what comes when heated political rhetoric goes into hibernation and is supplanted by the best Mother Nature has to offer this time of year. Well, this time of year in the Northern Hemisphere at least. Now there’s a weather forecast I can get behind. Happy Presidents Day from Abe and George to all y’all – where ever you may be hunkered down.
I also get pictures from my kids showing snowfall across the globe, from the West Coast of the US to the West Midlands, UK – and Colorado in between too.
Meanwhile, back in Ukraine…
The man from the village of Grybova Rudnya now faces a fine of 119 hryvnias (3.50 euros; $4.30) for reporting a false complaint.
Now, where’s that dang snowplow?