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The Seventh Thing to Love About Madison: Spring

March 14, 2007 4:00 AM

oddamn, it's was cold for a while. But it looks like winter is now mostly behind us. Although the official start to spring is still a few weeks away, we've had a precursor to the season of rebirth here in Madison. Where before there were huge piles of snow, there are now only large puddles, which themselves dry up rather quickly. Where before there were several frozen lakes, there are now mostly unfrozen lakes, although some idiots are still out there icefishing. Where before there were down jackets, there are now t-shirts, at least for me.

It's a great feeling to walk outside and not have the frigid air knock the wind out of you. Bascom Hill is green again--or pretty close, anyway. Birds chirp, squirrels run around freely, and the carts have returned to Library Mall. So has Crazy Orange Piccolo Guy, but you take the good with the bad.

Soon, the crazy Christian people will be down by that old fountain, hopefully sans pictures of aborted fetuses. I swear that, this year, I will diffuse any tension between the Christian fundamentalist and the UW's liberal students by preaching the power and glory of the eighteenth edition of The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation.

In any event, although I'm sad to see winter go, I'm happy to see spring take its place.



5 Comments


jbob said:

Orange Guy (tm) never left. That dude is out year round.

March 14, 2007 8:19 AM



Elise said:

omg! If you seriously go down to library mall and preach the bluebook (for at least an hour) I will take you to dinner where ever you want to go.

I will also provide you with a megaphone and a large blow up poster of a botched citation.

March 14, 2007 12:36 PM



Vice said:

The crazies with aborted fetus pictures piss me off. Not because I don't enjoy an aborted fetus as much as the next guy, but because one of the sign holders tried to attack me once when I came out of a CD shop that was next to Planned Parenthood. He wouldn't leave me alone until I shoved the CD I purchased in his face. And by shoved it in his face, I mean I literally penetrated his skeleton with Ice Cube's "Predator" album. The last track has skipped noticeably ever since I brought it home.

March 14, 2007 2:15 PM



Anonymouse said:

I expect to walk past annoying and useless piccolo guy to hear someone shouting out the merits of explanatory parentheticals and differentiating between the but see and cf introductory phrases.

March 14, 2007 10:11 PM



TheExpat said:

You guys are spoiled.

Orange Piccolo Guy is absolutely harmless-looking compared to the unwashed masses of crazy street folks in Flagstaff, and particularly Sedona, AZ. I must say I am unimpressed with your snobbery; your standards are far too high.

If you can't put up with an orange outfit (beard, face, whatever), how will you ever face the ugly prospect of being court-appointed public defenders? Hope you all do real well on your BAR exams, you preppy bastards. ;)

March 15, 2007 2:50 AM



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