Posted 10:27 AM by Rob Holland
Old Man of the Mountain No More

As a native of New Hampshire, I was distressed to learn today of the demise of the State's most famous natural landmark, the "Old Man of the Mountain," in the White Mountains not far from where I was born in North Conway. The dear old fellow apparently succumbed to frostbite, having ignored his mother's warnings to come in out of the cold.

Here he is prior to May 3:



and here he is afterward:



In a particularly contemporary twist, bits of rock from his nose and chin have now begun to turn up on eBay.

New Hampshirites are a little like South Carolinians -- not quite right in the head. The State Motto is "Live Free or Die," which comes from a statement written by the Revolutionary General John Stark, hero of the Battle of Bennington. The Battle of Bennington?