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Snowzilla

Alaska is the last American frontier. It is also the stage for a showdown between a 25 foot tall snowman and the city government of Anchorage.

City officials this year deemed Snowzilla a public nuisance and safety hazard. A cease-and-desist order was issued. The city tacked a public notice on Powers' door.

City officials said the structure increased traffic to the point of endangerment and that the snowman itself was unsafe.

You know darn well that I'm not the type to go on a pseudo-libertarian rant about Garrett Hardin's famous paper and public roads or something like that. I mean, I think we can all agree that I have a right to make a gigantic snowman in my yard. And I think we can all agree that this guy's neighbors think he is an asshat and we would all hate to have that kind of traffic on our own street. And sure, it's an interesting dilemma when those two are at odds.

But that's not what I want to talk about.

No, I'm just here to note that I wish I had some snow here in Virginia, and to note that there is always somebody who is able to make a buck off of any bizarre news story or cultural, um, phenomenon. And God bless that person, who in this case can be found here.