I've got a doom layover in Anchorage on Thursday. Any locals want to hang out with a very tired marine ecologist who will almost certainly be completely drained of social inertia after running two intensive workshops in Homer and Fairbanks?

a question....when sea temps rise do Alaskan crab move north to escape that sea temp rise?

Wow the older I get, the more I think, when in your situation, "Sweet, 20 hours to myself!!"

Ah, I remember my 20-hour layover at Ted Stevens International Airport. All I have to offer is a warning: the uncomfortable-looking benches that you might want to sleep on are less comfortable than they look

5 hours later... Picture?

You should take in some of the local culture

a box is being thrown into the air by a giant saw .

Alt: An image from Northern exposure, where they use a trebuchet to throw a piano across a field