Tag: weather

When the lights go out in your building, I will call you saying, “Are you sleeping yet?”

8 August, 2012 (12:00) | Pittsburgh

On July 4th, 2012, Gulf Tower debuted the new light display on the top of the building.  Many people didn’t realize that the light had indicated the weather since the 1970s, and it was all controlled manually by the receptionist.  There’s a Rick Sebak documentary that highlights it well.  Along with the weather, the new […]

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Kallie in Cali – A lonely husband’s log – Day 6

26 December, 2011 (00:26) | Personal Update

Merry Christmas! Still doesn’t quite feel like Christmas without cold temperatures and some snow or frost.  I think there are less public decorations than normal too.  I haven’t noticed many street lamp signs or flags or trees or lights.  Maybe I just need to get out more. I got to sleep a bunch today.  I […]

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Winter

10 February, 2011 (12:00) | Wax Poetic

White fields where three white-tailed deer trot, And the snow covered branches of 2 trees that used to hold a cot. How can so much liveliness cease to make a sound? How can the snow flake silently touch the ground? The country house door flies open as 2 bundles of youthful life run out. With […]

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feeling hot hot hot

13 January, 2011 (12:00) | Poll the People

Which would you rather be?  Extremely cold or extremely hot?  I can’t stand the heat.  I get sweaty, tired, and irritable.  Also, when you’re hot, you can’t do much to cool down.  When you’re cold, you can run around or something to get warm.

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Tried, Tired, Tiring of trying

26 November, 2010 (12:00) | Wax Poetic

dry eyes dry hands white skies white lands winter weathers falling like feathers So familiar, nay, known So family, called home.

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