Totally OT but just wanted to share. . .

Here in the Alaskan Interior, it's below 50 below today-but I'm not sure
how much below-our thermometer only goes to 50 below and its stuck right
at that mark. According to NOAA, it's 51 below at the airport, about 4
miles away.

And what a choice temperature for us today, the 50th anniversary of Alaska
being admitted to the union! (Of course, it's only in the Interior of the
state that it's this cold-Anchorage is a mere 15 below and Juneau is 19
above. Weinies.)

Fairbanks was going to have outdoor fireworks on the university campus but
my honey and I forgot about it and didn't go. They MAY have canceled
it-but they didn't cancel the New Year's Eve outdoor fireworks and it was
high 40 something below that night too. So I wouldn't be too surprised to
hear that it went on as planned.

Anyway, happy anniversary to us, fireworks or not! Yahooooo!

KT