As soon as I left Alaska to attend college and interact with non-Alaskans, the vast majority of whom who have never visited my home state, I've found myself often acting as an ambassador educating people that Alaska is not a gigantic sheet of ice or completely dark for half the year. My homeboys can relate to this I think. However, I received an email today from my father that only reinforced those stereotypes people have of Alaska. He writes:
"We're having good summer weather this year. The down side is something we seldom come across. Two baby moose calves were devoured by a black bear in front of the mom moose on the front lawn of some people on O'Malley road in plain sight of the neighbors and in broad daylight. It was on the front page of the Daily News. We all felt bad since we are visited by these critters every summer."
The NY Post gossip columnist Cindy Adams signs off her entries wih "Only in New York, kids, only in New York."
I'm going to conclude this entry with "Only in Alaska, kids, only in Alaska."