The Cure for What Ales & Just How Much of a Looser am I

The past couple of weeks have been tough for a ski addict up here in the upper midwest. All the early season snows that taunted us melted, then we got rain. Now ignoring the climatic upheavals that cause rain in MN(oops looks like we killed our planet - or at least it's ability to sustain a large biodiversity), this has the more immediate effect of sucking the motivation out of the average skiers soul. Last year when this happened I sold my soul to Triathlon, I am now much less pissy in December and infinitely less wealthy for that decision. However I still love the winter and when there's snow I love to be out in the woods dancing that strange nordic dance. Fortunately I have had two brief excursions into Winter this year. Once on Xmas Eve when I drove from my inlaws up to Ironwood, MI for 3 hours of outstanding skiing. They had 1 foot of snow on the ground, which is actually less than they typically have, but is more than enough for good skiing. Then there were 6 days where it was so warm in the cities that running seemed a better option than skiing, and then magically as it always happens a storm stalled out over the western burbs and we got 5 inches of snow. At least for just now we have decent skate conditions, I can't remember the last time we had good classic conditions in the Twin Cities so I am happy with what I've got. I am in Omaha/Lincoln through Friday, and if the snow in the Cities lasts that long then I will spend the weekend remembering why I have spent a significant portion of the past 9 years of my life tracking every single storm to pass through the Midwest during the winter time.
Oh and how much of a looser am I? I got frostnip from an ice pack I was using ice down my achilles tendon!!

Beer of the Blog: No question about the best beer I have drunk in the past couple of weeks La Roja from Jolly Pumpkin Brewery in Michigan. A Belgian style Bierre de Garde this beer had outstanding charecter. Good body and undertones of oak/sourness, unfortunately the spice charecter was a bit overpowering. I suspect that would lessen as the beer ages, nonetheless this was one nice beer.