January 4, 2014

12 posts written before dawn.

What a strange morning of blogging!

I see the light beginning to come up at last. Time to back away from the lit screen and absorb the soft gray of the morning.

This is the 13th post, written in the late stages of cabin fever from my remote outpost in The North.

23 comments:

David said...

You need to get out more. There are Packer tickets available for Sunday. I'll look for you on my TV.

Largo said...

When I say your title "12 posts written before dawn", the first thing that came to mind was Stan Rogers' "Canol Road". Silly.

And then I read "cabin fever". Eerie.

And he's got his cure for cabin fever now!

traditionalguy said...

From my cabin to yours keep the blog lifeline going.

Even after the snow drifts cover the roof tops in Madison we will know MeadeHouse lives...unless the posts stop. There will be no way you can be outside. But maybe we can get a Chinese Icebreaker through to Lake Mendota.

rhhardin said...

Your problem is no dog.

Oso Negro said...

I think it is fair to say your remote outpost in The Frozen North.

rehajm said...

Written strangely, early in the morning.

George M. Spencer said...

Beware the tornadic vortices, the Patagonian organs.

Meade said...

Cabin fever but, hey, cabin!

Rusty said...

I am sooooo fucking proud of you.
Now hit the shower and get some sleep.

lemondog said...

You overlooked Marijuana: Colorado Stores Make $1m In A Day

The record day took place on Wednesday and the industry is expected to generate up to $2.34bn in 2014, KDVR reported .

But many of the stores are unable to gain access to banking services due to a federal law which states that cannabis is an illegal substance


Whose mattress do they stuff it into?

Use regional banks?

Can they invest in stock market or other assets?

MaxedOutMama said...

Is this some sort of New Year's resolution? If so, it might be quite popular! Grueling, though.

John Cunningham said...

"Canol Road" is classic, along with many Stan Rogers songs. of course, having lived in Alaska for 25 years, cabin fever a common topic. "There I was in my cabin, sharpening my fighting knife for hours, just the hiss of the blade over the whetstone"....

Anonymous said...

Is Meade Still in Bed on These Middle-of-the-Night Posting Sessions?

rhhardin said...

Dawn, Delight, Dew, Dove are four of the words in the Poetic Annex to C.K.Ogden's Basic English, put out by the State Department to aid foreign students.

Richard Lawrence Cohen said...

"The late stages of cabin fever..."

I regret to inform you that cabin fever is just beginning. Report to us again in April.

Anonymous said...

Absorb the soft gray of the morning, in All Fifty Shades.

Meade said...

"Is Meade Still in Bed on These Middle-of-the-Night Posting Sessions?"

Of course. The Internet can always wait.

Meade's Old Fashioned Cabin Fever Remedy/Prevention®:
1. Go out and shovel snow.
2. Ski, ice skate, snow shoe, walk dogs.
3. Go to bed when the sun goes down.
4. Get up when the sun comes up.
5. Repeat.

rhhardin said...

If you lie down with dogs, you get up with dogs.

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Ann Althouse said...

"3. Go to bed when the sun goes down. 4. Get up when the sun comes up."

So… 15 hours of sleep a night?

I slept 6 hours last night. I love reading and writing before dawn and reading at night once it's dark. Usually I get 7 or 8 hours of sleep. You're suggesting doubling that!

Meade said...

Ahem. Read carefully, darling. Did I say "sleep"?

Kirk Parker said...

"So… 15 hours of sleep a night? "

Only in the middle of the winter.

You're supposed to store it up until midsummer when you keep the same kind of solar-based sleep schedule.

Kirk Parker said...

... i.e. on June 20 those d*mn roosters start crowing practically before the bars close!!!