No, I did not give Tommy T his cold. That was an exercise in blame shifting. I prefer shape shifting myself. It’s not my fault even if I do have a mild version of the crud. It’s cruddy but I’ll survive, just like the country will survive the misrule of the Insult Comedian.
I’m on the record as hating New Years Eve. I also hate the cold weather. It was 26 degrees when I awoke this morning and it’s still below freezing as I write this. It’s going to be colder than a polar bear’s ass all week as you can see from this image stolen from WWL-TV.com:
That may not sound like much to those of you in the frozen North but our houses are built to deal with the heat, not the cold. My house is about 100 years old with high ceilings and it’s raised to allow air circulation during the summer. We have a lot of summer here. As a result, we’re ill-equipped and downright whiny when it’s this cold. Our hardwood floors are as cold as a Foreigner song but they keep us cooler during the summer, which is our severe weather season. So it goes.
It’s frigid and sunny right now which means this tweet is in effect:
The two word phrase for the day is radiational cooling. Enjoy the sun cos we're paying for it tonight.
— Shecky (@Adrastosno) January 1, 2018
The best thing about the new year is that Carnival commences in five days with Tweflth Night, which means I am finally allowed to fly my Spank freak flag at Adrastos World HQ:
Today I plan to huddle on the couch with the space heater cranked and watch my LSU Tigers play Notre Dame in the Citrus Bowl. Using mascot logic, we’ll win: a Fighting Tiger should be able to maul and eat the Fighting Irish. I hope it doesn’t lead to either indigestion or a second-hand hangover but ya never know. It’s time for Notre Dame to lose one for the Gipper.
Here’s hoping that 2018 is a better year than 2017. The rotten weather means it’s a good time to read about last year this year in the Best Of Adrastos 2017.
Let’s close on an optimistic note. The last word goes to Bryan Ferry singing a Bob Dylan classic:
it’s minus 1 here in Buffalo. Cry me a river about the cold. On the other hand, THE BILLS ARE IN THE PLAYOFFS FOR THE FIRST TIME IN SEVENTEEN YEARS!! If that doesn’t warm the cockles of our collective frost-bitten hearts, I don’t know what will.
Happy New Year & I hope you both feel better.
I think it got down to 23-24 last night over here, and tonight’s supposed to be worse…like your place, this isn’t designed for cold weather, and I’m extremely worried about the pipes. Am dripping the faucets, of course, but no telling with the level of cold expected tonight. Keeping my fingers crossed.