On days like this, even "normal" people want out of this!

It was butt biting cold when I got up this morning. Two whole degrees with a windchill of -11. It's a little past 4 p.m. and the sun has been shining brightly all day and glaring off of the 12 to 14 inches of snow we got yesterday... and it's colder than first thing this morning! With a whopping -4 with a windchill of -27! Figures.

Everyone I know that had a choice in the matter stayed put and did not venture out. I don't plan to head out until at least Monday if at all possible. It's supposed to get quite warm by then.

Highs are predicted to be 20 above!

Reminding myself to put it in perspective... Alaska, Canada etc. are easily in the double-digits below without windchill... but it's also in the mid to high eighties in the south so I can rag if I want to.

All right, enough ragging.

I have come across a couple of new smartass, dark humor lines that I get a kick out of. There is a TV channel I get on my cable provider that has started showing a crime drama out of Canada by the title of Da Vinci's Inquest.

It was a little odd at first but I've become accustomed to the cadence, accents and how the characters interact with one another and I've really gotten into it. (It's not nearly as bad as the movie "Fargo" accents and cadence of speech but it's slightly similar) The show centers around the Vancouver Canada Coroner and Police Services. Hence the line that I think I'm going to have put on a t-shirt...

"Our lights go on, when yours go off." spoken by the lead Homicide Detective.

Followed up by, "Half the people in this city haven't got a pulse. It doesn't mean they're dead." spoken by the Chief Coroner.

I really think the first one is the best. I can just imagine hearing some cop friends saying something like that. You know what they say, "For a good time call S.W.A.T." I don't remember what I did with that t-shirt... I should look for that one.

I joined one of these "Videos mailed to you" services with a well known outfit. I'm certainly loving it. Especially on days like today. Open the mailbox, all right!! Dvds to watch! Screw the weather! It's also great for nights like tonight when there is absolutely nothing on that isn't a repeat! I hate when that happens. I'm also fresh out of new books. Worked a bit on mine but I've just been too distracted since I got back so I'm stepping away from it for awhile.

I'm trying to decide on a supper choice... and it's a dilemma of sorts. I can pick a big honking salad, (what I should have) tomato soup and grilled cheese sandwhich (always a cold day favorite!) Wheat Chex (a definate possibility in the "I don't-care-and-refuse-to-expend-any-energy-to-actually-make-something" catagory)

My dilemma comes from the fact that I had Wheat Chex for breakfast, salads for the last four days in a row (the mere thought of lettuce makes me have to swallow hard) there's no cheese for a grilled cheese sammie because I used it up on the salads and lastly I'm out of eggs so I can't even use that as a fall back choice.

I guess Ill have to cruise through the cupboards once more and see if I can't find something. Hopefully I'll be able to cobble something together and then hit the store as soon as the weather isn't deadly for my lungs. Somehow I'm prettty much thinking I'll be having Wheat Chex. Why not? I need the fiber!

Say warm! (Insert manical laughter here.)