I got this in an e-mail and thought it funny enough to post.  It is interesting to note, for our Southern friends out there, that there are rednecks everywhere...

It's in a Jeff Foxworthy style, but I am unable to actually figure out it's source.  It probably started as a chain, went back and forth a few times, while folks added their own lines to it.  We had to add the last line.  :-)  Unfortunately, our employers don't truly understand the meaning of Powder Day.  Well, here goes...

You are a Coloradoan if...

1. You switch from 'Heat' to 'A/C' in one day.
2. You know what the 'Peoples Republic of Boulder' means.
3. Your sense of direction is: towards the mountains and away from the mountains.
4. You're a meat-eating vegetarian.
5. The bike on your car is worth more than your car and you have your own special bike lane.
6. You're able to drive 65 miles per hour through 13 feet of snow during a raging blizzard without even flinching.
7. You take your out-of-town guests to Casa Bonita even though you would never go there otherwise.  (I haven't been here yet!!)
8. You think your major food groups are granola bars, tofu and Fat Tire Beer.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costumes to fit over a snowsuit.
10. You think that sexy lingerie is wool socks and flannel PJs.
11. You know all 4 seasons 'almost winter, winter, still winter and spring blizzards
12. You've been tear gassed in a riot to celebrate a CU/CSU victory.
13. You know the 'correct' pronunciation of Buena Vista or Salida.
14. Your car insurance costs more than your car.
15. 'Timberline' is someplace you have actually been.
16. You know what a 'Chinook' is
17. You know what a 'Rocky Mountain Oyster' is.
18. You know what a 'fourteener' is.
19. ...But you don't know what a 'turn signal' is.
20. Your golf bag has a 9-iron, a 3-wood and a lightning rod.
21. You have surge protectors on every outlet.
22. You can never figure out why your out-of-town guests faint from altitude sickness on a picnic to the mountains.
23. When you visit friends at sea level, you can drink a case of beer and not get a buzz.
24. People from out of state breathe 5 times as often as you do.
25. A sudden loss of cabin pressure is not a big deal.
26. Having a Senator named Nighthorse doesn't seem strange.
27. Thunder has set off your car alarm.
28. You have an $800 stereo in your $300 truck.
29. You think a red light means 3 more cars can go.
30. Where we're going, we don't need roads!!
31. You know where the real 'South Park' is.
32. You can recognize the license plates of all 50 states on sight.
33. Driving directions usually include 'Go over_________ Pass.'
34. You've checked for ticks.
35. You've dressed in shorts, sandals, and a parka with a hood.
36. April showers bring May blizzards.
37. You've gone snow skiing in July and... You've played golf in January and... They were in the same year!
38. You've urinated on the Continental Divide just so it could run into both oceans.
39. You get a certain feeling of satisfaction from knowing that California and Texas are both down stream.
40. You know what a down slope and an up slope weather pattern is.
41. You actually understand these jokes and send them to your Colorado friends.
42. You can drive over a 12,000-foot pass in 4 feet of snow, but can't get to work if there are 4 inches of snow.
43. You (and your employer) knows what "Powder Days" are.

Hope this made you laugh...

In recent news, Teresa and I celebrated Teresa's birthday with a trip over to Lyons, CO, doing some snowshoeing in Colorado's Rocky Mountain National Park, and visiting Oskar Blues for some outstanding blues music and phenomenal beer.  Watch for photos, and maybe a more detailed post later...