The Chill of Irony is In the Air

Dec. 17 (Bloomberg) – World leaders flying into Copenhagen today to discuss a solution to global warming will first face freezing weather as a blizzard dumped 10 centimeters (4 inches) of snow on the Danish capital overnight.

Copenhagen (CNN) – In a strange twist, a Washington snowstorm is forcing Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, to make an early departure from a global warming summit here in Denmark.

Pelosi told CNN that military officials leading her Congressional delegation have urged the 21 lawmakers to leave Copenhagen several hours earlier than scheduled on Saturday.

The Speaker said she has agreed to the new travel plan so that lawmakers can get back to Washington before much of the expected storm wallops the nation’s capital.

Washington Post: Before long, we will be buried by several times that amount making this a record breaking December storm. Double digit accumulations have already been reported to our south in central Virginia. This is a dangerous, severe storm with the worst still to come.

HT: David Boaz

Twilight

Twilight Years from Tom on Vimeo.

The Season of Giving

Some good points on how to spend your charitable dollars here.

Who loves the King?

I'm not a huge BK fan, but I think these Christmas card ideas are great. My favorite is "The holidays are about spending time with family and friends. See you in Januray."

Blast from the Past

 

One of my all-time favorite pictures of our kids while living in Sweden. I'm glad Madi and Bryn get along well these days. Maybe it's because Bryn's scared of the alternative.

Thought provoking commencement address

Referred to by Quentin Cook last month, I found this address insightful.

Always the contrarian

Look at this picture from my high school one year after I graduated and look me in the eye and honestly tell me that today's youth have greater challenges than I did.

Reason #24 why the 80s was the most disturbing decade to be a teenager
Reason #354 why I could never move to Davis County

That said, wearing shorts to a dance does seem legit.

The McFarthest Spot

I thought this was a cool map. It shows every McDonalds in America. The farthest you can get from a McDonalds is a point in South Dakota - 145 miles. Seems like there's not much on the west side of the map, other than the coast. I live in flyover space...

First time I've sympathesized with BYU in a fight