polar_vortex raze take a cold front from the arctic, toss in a friendly nor'easter, and what do you get? you get us, and right now we're colder than the north pole. a facebook friend who had to walk two miles in this weather posted a picture of her glasses with frozen lenses. a senior climatologist says five minutes outside and your skin will freeze. some people have frozen pipes and are without heat. some people have lost power. i wanted to kill the douchey landlord when he packed more insulation into this house a year or three ago instead of fixing the shitty ventilation on the upper floor, at a time when the insulation wasn't needed. now i almost feel like i should thank him. i'm still warm. a douchebag landlord, like a scrambled mayan calendar, is right at least twice a century. who knew? 140107 ... epitome of incomprehensibility Cold again after a swift dip up into rain-weather. I am in a house with walls, which is good. But you put the heat to 20 and, well, I'm sure the average heat is 20, but it feels like 23 upstairs and 17 downstairs. 140107 what's it to you? who go blather from