Jimmy Carter Vs. The Swamp Rabbit
It’s a very odd anniversary in the history of the U.S. presidency. Today in 1979, President Jimmy Carter got into a fight with a rabbit.
Boston’s Mayor Once Wanted To Clear Snow With Flamethrowers
On this day in 1948 of the mayor of Boston, James Curley, wrote to the president of MIT, asking that the school's top engineers find a way to get rid of the huge amounts of snow, maybe with flamethrowers. Seriously.
Winnipeg, The Slurpee Capital Of Canada
As we get ready for the official start of winter, it's worth noting that some of us deal with this time of year in unusual ways. Like the people of Winnipeg, Manitoba, who spend their cold, cold winters drinking Slurpees.
Winter smiles
Freezing cold and heavy snow can't stop this guy from smiling!
Sledding
The sledding was good, the laughs were many, the boots occasionally flew off in mid-course.
The Great Wall of Snow and Other Things We’ll Remember From the Blizzard of ’13
If this really was a storm we'll talk about years from now, then this is the story I'll be telling people about the blizzard of '13.
Unfinished Business
We're starting 2013 with the stuff we didn't get done in 2012