Support Global Warming! Sleep with a Polar Bear!

by Eileen McGuire-Mahony | 6:02 pm, February 10, 2010 | Comments Off

Hi-ho, D.C. Bureau Chief Eileen here,

I’ve been more or less trapped inside since this time last week. I made it out long enough to stock up on coffee and Guinness. Other than that, my trips outside are to make snow angels and throw myself off balconies into snow drifts. (Seriously, it’s deep enough to do that safely. You guys are missing the best snow evah.) I’ve been watching a lot of zombie movies, writing some damn fine policy, and, as always, thinking of you, dear reader.

The Swamp, as well you know, has blown past its all time record for snow in both a single storm and in a season. Right now, we’re on blizzard numero dos (we’re selectively bilingual here at PPC). The flakes just stopped falling a few minutes ago, making it just over 24 hours of consecutive snowfall, on top of the three feet we had leftover from the last time. We also enjoyed howling winds and white-out conditions today.

I whiled away the hours with espresso and white-chocolate-chip-strawberry muffins. There’s not much for us wonks and hacks to do when the federal government shuts down. Oh, and I took pictures. I figure that Coloradans can relate to that. Just remember, kids, in politics and in weather, a single flake can make a difference.