Quddus Snyder: Darwin Awards

Sound decision-making has never been my greatest strength. Sometimes I question whether my writing career is best served by this column. And then I pick up the paper and come across a story in which Fryeburg Selectman Tom Klinepeter hands the Daily Sun a “Darwin Award.” And this, confirmation that I’m still on the correct path.

Here are the facts. Following a major winter storm event, many large trees fell over roadways across New Hampshire and Western Maine, among them, a gargantuan pine along Route 5 in Lovell, Maine. Our publisher, Mark Guerringue, happened upon the scene, telling me, without further elaboration, that “I had places to be.”