One of perks of living in Utah is the snow. If you love boarding or skiing, this is your destination.

One of the bummers about living in Utah is the snow. It gets all over everywhere, it melts, it gets salt all over my car. And it’s cold. Boo.

At work, we’ve all gotten pretty sick of the sub-freezing temperatures and snow, so we’ve instituted Summer Day. We all wear shorts, t-shirts, and sandals. We then crank the heat in the office up to about 80 and have a barbecue.

Pretty much the only thing better than this is real summer.

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This morning, I sat in my freezing cold car at a stoplight, waiting for the light to turn green. It was early, and there wasn’t another car to be seen. (Except for the one fateful car in front of me.) We waited. And waited. I kept glancing at the little green walking man on the lightpole, willing him to be replaced by the friendly flashing hand. However the little green man remained in his place, pulling faces and dancing in mockery of me. If it wasn’t for the car in front of me, I would have just gone.

Finally, off in the distance, I could see headlights. The light down the road had changed, and some cars were coming. And, after several minutes of waiting for the light to change while there was no traffic going the other way, it was ironic that the light turned yellow as soon as the first car passed, so that the rest of the cars had to wait while I went through my (finally!) green light.

Now how difficult would it have been to have a green light for us when there was no traffic the other direction so that when there was traffic the other direction, they could have a green light?

I think that there is something far more sinister at work here than ineptitude. Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I think that Greenpeace has taken over traffic duties here in Provo. Their evil plot? Drive people like me crazy until we give up our cars for more eco-friendly transportation, like walking.

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