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🐘 The Whole Elephant - The Snow. The Gym. The Birds.

Published over 2 years ago • 1 min read

Hey Team,

So, a confession.

I am not showing up to this edition with my best game. It was a long week. Too much context switching, too many distractions.

But habit-building requires showing up. So I have on my gym clothes. Let’s go to the gym and get something in.


Snow Dreams

I grew up in snow poverty, in Houston, TX.

If you struggle to find empathy, visualize Ralphie in A Christmas Story. All he wanted for Christmas was a Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle.

All I wanted was snow.


Snow Goodness

There’s a blizzard in Boston and Cape Cod as I type. I would love to be there.

Here’s a view looking up the Charles River from the Museum of Science. The image below is static. Click play to see a real-time view. As I type this, it's a white-out view.

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Other webcam views of Boston.

Here’s a video that shows there may be such a thing as too much snow?

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If you don’t love the snow as much as the snow impoverished, the next section is for you.


Snow Removal

Airports
The Minneapolis Airport created a video of how they handle snow removal for 28 million square feet. They use a “Conga Line.” Sounds like fun.

It’s made up of plows, brooms, blowers, de-icers, and a modified Volvo station wagon.

I don't know if they offer neighborhood services.

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Rail Lines

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Roofs

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Stuck inside?

She's from Quebec where it snows a lot. Her account is incredible. Click away.

If you can't see it, go ahead and create an Instagram account. It will take 60 seconds and you'll be able to view future links anyone sends to you.


Snow plus Bird

Penguins at 5X speed. It's kinda mesmerizing.


Ok, time to end this gym visit. Hopefully no trainers were watching.

Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a great weekend!

Michael

Michael Sklar

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