Mountains of Ice

It is almost impossible to convey the size of this mound of piled snow at a local shopping center.

It’s two thirds of the distance between Barnes & Noble and Five Below (which was behind me), and it covers the parking spaces that run along the parking lot divider/sidewalk that run between them. And, in places, it even covers the driving aisle between the covered parking spaces and the next row. (Which made navigating a bit difficult.) It’s an absolute mountain of ice and snow.

I expect there will still be remnants of this come Memorial Day. Piles of ice from the 2010 double blizzard lingered to June in Baltimore.

I did not buy anything at Barnes & Noble. Or Five Below. I considered buying the Rubik’s Cube Connected X at Five Below, but do I really need a Bluetooth-enabled Rubik’s Cube with an app? No, my friends, I do not.

(I may change my mind within a week and get one just to see what it’s like.)

Published by Allyn Gibson

A writer, editor, journalist, sometimes coder, occasional historian, and all-around scholar, Allyn Gibson is the writer for Diamond Comic Distributors' monthly PREVIEWS catalog, used by comic book shops and throughout the comics industry, and the editor for its monthly order forms. In his over fifteen years in the industry, Allyn has interviewed comics creators and pop culture celebrities, covered conventions, analyzed industry revenue trends, and written copy for comics, toys, and other pop culture merchandise. Allyn is also known for his short fiction (including the Star Trek story "Make-Believe,"the Doctor Who short story "The Spindle of Necessity," and the ReDeus story "The Ginger Kid"). Allyn has been blogging regularly with WordPress since 2004.

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