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Burton Speaks

Irony: i·ro·ny n The use of words to express something different from and often opposite to their literal meaning.

I'm Burton from Portland, Oregon, United States. I'm 33 and live in the Portland Metro Area. I work hard. I drive fast. I play often. I'm sarcastic, appreciate irony, and find humor in even the darkest of events. I'm non-traditional. I question authority. I'm a know-it-all and a planner. And most days, I wake up thinking the world is full of fundamentally good people... and have a lot of problems when I'm proven wrong. Any other questions?

Pacific Northwest Weather

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

Well, here in the Pacific Northwest it's snowing mighty heavily. Even down here in Salem (in the middle of the Willamette Valley) we got several inches. Tragically, it wasn't enough to close Willamette University (they don't seem to close for much) though many schools in the region did close. Here's a photo I snapped of the state capitol.

Snow at the State Capitol

One of the interesting things about living here in the Northwest is that the weather is a perfectly acceptable and interesting topic of conversation. It's so frenetic that the changes *are* notable - and the weatherman is so frequently wrong. Last week the temperatures we hitting a high of freezing. This week it's snowing - though slightly warmer. A few weeks ago it was raining like mad and I'm sure we'll get a few days of sun here soon enough.

Outside my apartment

So that's the news from over here in the Oregon Territory... in case any of you were wondering.

2 Comments:

Jake said...: You valley-folk are pansies. Close schools with two inches of snow? Cripes, we don't even close schools with two FEET of snow.

/grumpy old man; 4:16 PM, January 16, 2007
Sacre said...: Ah, that gold man is, sadly, the image of home for me...; 6:37 AM, January 18, 2007

Burton Speaks

Pacific Northwest Weather

Tuesday, January 16, 2007

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