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Defiant Snowmounds Shake Filthy Fists at Spring's Awakening
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John Del Signore
Published Mar 7, 2011
Modified Mar 7, 2011
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John Del Signore
Published Mar 7, 2011
Modified Mar 7, 2011
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The sun was out (albeit briefly) this weekend, and layers of clothing were being cast off all over town Saturday as the high reached a heavenly 61 degrees. But it seems some people aren't getting the message—and by "people" we mean the depraved, filthy remnants of this snowy winter which we've anthropomorphized as a desperate coping mechanism. Laughing Squid and Improv Everywhere's Charlie Todd both took note of dead-ender snowbanks clinging to power around town this weekend. And this morning, even after all that rain yesterday, this resilient S.O.B. was still flipping New York the bird. We've dubbed him the Moammer Gadhafi of snowbanks, and are calling in the napalm strike.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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