These days I take special delight in noticing, and then the realization that I have noticed, those moments that make me pause and think, "Only in Alaska." These are becoming more and more rare for me... I rue the day they no longer happen.

Posted on the bulletin board in the arctic entry of a local coffee shop (and paraphrased here from my recollection):
It happened so quickly...
You: Carhartts and Xtra Tuffs.
Me, exiting the men's bathroom, black hat, black fleece, beard.
Spark?
And a phone number. I laughed out loud. No, it wasn't me. But I guess it could have been...
But only in Alaska would this
not be about two men. Although it could have been...