Comments on: How to build an igloo

By: mig

mig — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:54:41 +0000

That’s one cool looking igloo, Miles.

By: Miles Manchester

Miles Manchester — Mon, 28 Feb 2005 06:14:42 +0000

Using the methods in my website I can build a small child size igloo/snow structure in about 90 minutes. Please check out my site and let me know what you think. There is a "contact" button on the site. The methods work and the kids love them. Here is a quote from Michael (5 years old). "Wow, this is amazing. I'm going to stay in here til spring." http://snowtubeigloo.com

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 22:41:26 +0000

And here I am conjuring up reasons to leave the shovel laying there, even after having calculated the number and density of the piles and mapped out the placement of each icicle. Maybe if I go on a flashlight-battery run…

By: mig

mig — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 11:53:04 +0000

No despair, really. Just the realization that this is how things get done, shovel by shovel. Even the most fucked-up job. Building my house took years and I never would have started the job had I realized what it would entail, but it got done, nail by nail, shovel by shovel.

Everything in my life is a metaphor for writing, at the moment, you see.

But it has begun to rain, and I fear the igloo will not be there by the weekend. And so Gamma feels ripped off. I may go out there tonight with a flashlight if there is any snow left. Oh! But I can’t! I’m going to a reception with a couple members of the 4ustri4n g0v3rnm3nt and Alpha tonight, and we’ll be home so late! Poor kid!

By: Jessica

Jessica — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 05:28:53 +0000

Yeah but how clear the driveway is now! And how buffed the builder!

My one igloo-building experiment involved a 15′ dumping blizzasrd, a grocery store bereft of all comestibles but Zima, and some scary scary icicles. And a deranged ex-fiance. Only he and the dog would climb inside, but boy that thing looked cool.

By: jilbur

jilbur — Tue, 01 Feb 2005 03:18:55 +0000

How To Despair;
How To Define More Precisely Exactly How Far You’ll Go To Please Your Child;
How To Embitter Yourself By Forcefully Confronting The Harsh Reality Behind Cherished Childhood Fantasies;
How To Stop Liking Snow, If You Ever Were Foolish Enough To Like It In The First Place;
How To Remind Yourself That Your Middle-Aged Body Can No Longer Sustain Unfamiliar Exertions Without Undue Risk Of Injury