January 9, 2004

• Our Favorite Local Newspaper Columnist

  
  

   

  
  

  Mike Doogan writes funny stuff, always with a wry touch of bald truth.  Greyfox reads him every day and often reads him to me.

  
  

  Today’s column meshed so beautifully with Greyfox’s and my latest blogs, that I wanted to share it.  Here’s a little excerpt, and a link to the whole thing:

  
  

  
  

  …it’s no surprise that what Alaskans like to complain about most is the weather. It makes no difference if you are a Fairbanksian complaining about 50 below, a Valdezian complaining about 30 feet of snow or an Adakian complaining about winds that can snatch the hair right off your head. What you really are is someone bragging about being a Real Alaskan. Because only Real Alaskans can withstand — nay, flourish in — the kind of weather that would send Outsiders screaming for their mommies.
  

  …you can’t be a Real Alaskan unless you’ve frostbitten something.
  

  So you won’t hear me complaining about the weather this winter. Or at least this week.
  

  But did I tell you why I didn’t win the Iditarod last year? You’re not going to believe my bad luck.

  
  

  Anchorage Daily News | Mike Doogan

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