Just when we thought we were done with him for a few months, Snow Miser has pulled us back in! Radios and Televisions across Maine crackled to life with 30 second spots of the ice imp taunting Mainers about the heat, and asking us if we missed him as we melted under the Summer sun.
Modern Philosophers, you know how much I hate Snow Miser and the details of our long running feud, but today was a really low blow. I don’t wear a cup under my toga, and definitely needed to on this day…a day that saw me sweat through three togas!
I’ve never been good at estimating temperatures, but I’d guess it was about 125 degrees around noon when I dared to leave the safety of the air conditioning and venture outside. To the left, is one of the pictures I took of the view outside my office. Notice how unrelenting the sun looks. Shortly after that photo was taken, my camera melted. Luckily, I had already uploaded the shot to my laptop.
Snow Miser must have spent a fortune on all his little commercials, but money is obviously no object to a celebrity of his magnitude. I’m certain nothing brings his frozen heart more joy than knowing that I’m grumbling about him under my breath during the Summer, a season that has always been devoid of the white haired weather terrorist’s presence.
To make things worse, they are doing construction work on one of the bridges that connects Bangor to Brewer, which meant there was actually traffic on the commute home. I took the photo on the left with a camera I borrowed from a friend.
As you can see, traffic was wicked terrible and as we crawled home under the scorching sun, we had to listen to Snow Miser mocking us on our camel radios!
Good news, though, Modern Philosophers. While I have been writing this article out on the porch of The House on the Hill, the skies have darkened and rain has come to cool off the desert. The thunder and lightning from the storm is messing with radio and TV reception, so Snow Miser’s message is not transmitting as clearly as it had been.
So in the end, it looks like we’re getting the last laugh. Here’s a photo my neighbor just took of me as I celebrated the storm and Snow Miser’s defeat.
What a glorious feeling! I’m happy again…
How about you, Modern Philosophers? What are you doing to stay cool this Summer? Has Snow Miser taken over the airwaves in your neck of the woods? How does one get sweat stains out of a toga?
Remember, Deep Thoughts are a great way to keep your brain cool…
The Return of the Modern Philosopher 
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THAT SNOW MISER!!!!
Funny thing…there actually ARE SAND DUNES in Maine!!!!! 🙂
I know! Today, they were right outside my office. So weird…like something out of a Stephen King novel. Or a Modern Philosopher blog… 😉
I’ll take sand dunes and heat over being cold any day 🙂
I suppose I would, too. Just as long as my camel can make it through the dunes and get me back to The House on the Hill, I’m fine… 🙂
We will have to import some camels 😉 Cuz the Snow Mizer can stay put for along time as far as I am concerned. It’s always cold in NY I live where we get the most. That’s it I am getting a camel lol 🙂
I might start selling camels online…
LMAO 🙂
I live for fall and spring. Not only that, though I don’t particularly like being cold, I’m one of the rare people who finds it much easier to stay warm in winter than cool in summer. That being said, I LOVE Snow Miser! I even have his song on my ipod, if you can believe that! And the guy that did the voice for him (Dick Shawn) was a greatly under appreciated talent. He also portrayed “the guy who played Hitler” in Mel Brooks; The Producers. And now I think I have bombarded your comments section with enough useless trivia for today!
Brig on as much trivia as you want. If it inspires or is the product of Deep Thoughts, it’s welcome here. 🙂
You’ll just have to challenge Snow Miser to step out into the hot sun with his taunts.
But then I’d have to worry about his brother Heat Miser being there to ambush me…
Yikes. Whatever happened to “Maine: The Way Life Should Be”?
Those two aren’t Mainers. They just like to hang out here and make life the way they think it should be…
love this! you are very funny, sir. I am glad the heat hasn’t taken away your sense of humor.
Thank you. I hope you will hang around for a while and check out some of the other silly offerings… 🙂
you got it, Captain Awesome!
You’ve turned me into a superhero? How awesome! 🙂
Two words: Iced. Coffee.
Go to hell, Snow Miser! You were around WAY too much this winter…..
I don’t drink coffee. I did have some iced tea, though. Snapple, of course. Still waiting for them to sponsor this blog…
Here, the hot weather is going to begin on Friday. We will then sweat like mad demons until mid September. As for the stains….just buy new togas. That’s my solution!
Okay. I’m just worried about ruining my awesome tie dye togas, so maybe I’ll only wear those when I’m inside and safe from the heat…
lol, tie dye togas! Now there’s a visual!
I know, right???
That Snow Miser is a real piece of work. Maybe he’s lashing out because he’s lonely?
You need to read my older posts on Snow Miser. This is a decades long feud, which dates back to my stealing his girlfriend when we were in high school…
You know its funny…weather forecast keeps saying we’re raining but I haven’t seen a drop of rain yet…its been like that for the past 24 hours and forecasted for the next 24 hours! LOL!
All the rain in the world was apparently in Maine last night. I cannot believe how hard it was falling! Sat out on the porch and just watched it in amazement…
No Snow Miser here– just Rain Woman. Normally we have summers that are plenty sunny, but our summer so far has been punctuated by rain and temperature drops. Monday dipped down to like 65F, during the day.
I, um, I blame Seattle. Yeah, that’s convenient.
Cooler weather would be nice. It’s been a bit sticky and icky here…
Happy you made it back alive to your oasis on the hill
Thanks! It was a close call…