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In the snow!

In the snow!

Captured on film! The elusive M.A. Orthofer, whose daily brilliance at The Literary Saloon constantly astounds me, offers up — could it be? — a photo of himself — with a mammoth snow sculpture! Amazing…

Discussion

5 comments for “In the snow!”

  1. BuyOrothoferSomeSnowPants.com

    Posted by Matt | March 2, 2010, 8:34 pm
  2. Someone get that man some snow pants!

    Posted by Margaret | March 2, 2010, 8:54 pm
  3. Matt – This is a fantastic idea. A campaign should be started. We can’t have this going on. Of all the people in the world who deserve snowpants, The Elusive Orthofer is perhaps the most worthy. There must be grants for this sort of thing. Exhibit A in his portfolio for said snowpant grant is staring us in the face.

    Posted by Matt Jakubowski | March 3, 2010, 12:15 am
  4. That’s right. A quick little Blogspot site, a donate-via-PayPal button, a fundraising goal (don’t forget shipping!) – quick purchase at CampMor: Orthofer has warm trousers.

    We could even get them monogrammed.

    Posted by Matt | March 3, 2010, 3:12 pm
  5. [...] effects are good. Today, for instance, over at the Literary Saloon, M.A. Orthofer (whose lack of snowpants got some fans’ attention recently) brought to light a postive change in title. He cites [...]

    Posted by The Constant Conversation | A What? By Any Other Name | March 9, 2010, 11:26 pm

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