The Cold Fusion Candidate

I met a would-be politician at breakfast this morning, whose main platform is getting cold fusion started in Alaska. Currently impossible, but hey, it does get cold here. Among his other goals: stopping immigration, legalizing marijuana, moving all of the halfway houses out of Anchorage (theoretically related to the next item), moving the capitol and all the other nutty politicians into Anchorage, installing year round greenhouses in the city, lowering taxes of every sort, and mandatory ten year sentences for corrupt politicians.

As a side note, I heard from someone that the governor was recently sworn in, over skype, from a vacation in Hawaii; Hawaiin shirt and all. Only in Alaska.

Speaking of Drinking...

Today I witnessed a guy getting a haircut sneak outside to swig from the Keystone light he planted among some flowers. I heard some guys talking about how you should always get your taxi to pull right up to the bar entrance, so you won't get caught taking that last drink home. The big liquor store here is called "The Brown Jug", where thirty packs are always on sale. The bar around the corner is staging a mock "intervention night" to poke fun at people's habits-- funny since apparently much of Alaska goes dry in winter to stanch the suicide rate comes with extreme cold and no daylight. I'm sure this list could be extended daily; this all came from one 24 hour period!