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Hellllooo? It’s January twenty-frackin’-two. Where the hell is it?
Okay, it’s not -18° today. It’s a balmy (yeah right) +15° as of 10 am. But surely, this is relative. Relative to freakin’ Hawaii where it’s probably 78° right now.
And don’t bore me with places like International Falls up there in MN or ND or where ever, with its -42°. It’s supposed to be that there. It is two miles or so from the Arctic Circle for god-awfuls sake. What do you expect?
And what is with Billings, MT? Huh? Whose butt did they kiss with a high today of 41°? They are like 2 whole inches on the map NORTH of me. Where do they get off with rational temperatures? I tell ya, there is a conspiracy afoot. I don’t know who, but I sure can tell a conspiracy when I see one. Somebody’s gonna pay for this as soon as I find out.
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Boy, we were dumbfounded last night watching Keith Olbermann when he announced that this was his last show. No explanation. And none so far on the Internet. Some speculate, as we worried a few weeks ago that with Comcast acquiring NBC from GE that things might change. The head of Comcast is decidedly more “conservative”.
Okay, Keith could be over the top from time to time and he was a bit of an egoist, but surely that’s not unknown in the circles he travels. And he did have heart. Ed Shultz is too bombastic and sounds more like Fox than Fox at times. Not sure if Lawrence O’Donnell has the “presence” to take over as Big Daddy.
Anyway, we will miss him.
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Well, I’ve perused some nearly 200 blogs about everything under the sun, and can’t come up with much to link you to. It’s a slow day, perhaps because the WORLD has shut down in anticipation of tomorrow’s football game. You know the one I mean: Packers vs. da Bears.
I break with my President today, because I gotta sleep next to the Contrarian. There is no other team on earth but the Packers. The other game? Who cares.
(I’ll be soooo glad when this football chit is over with!)
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What’s on the stove: pork chops, gravy, mashed taters, peas.
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Existential Ennui 
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I’m with you – it’s supposed to be cold in Minnesota! But here in New Jersey, not so much. In fact, I’m wondering what happened to those recent winters when we had almost no snow and relatively balmy temperatures! I too was shocked about Keith. DH had an interesting thought: maybe he resigned to work for Obama’s re-election!
Rumors are rampant about Keith. Some suggest he will go to CNN and try to “save” it.
I was in CT in 97-98 and the winters were super mild. I feel bad for you guys getting socked in. You truly aren’t used to that crap! We may be in for some major changes in the coming years unfortunately.
ya… word is Hell has frozen over. Speaking of… this has been around for awhile…. but it’s still fun….
The following is supposedly an actual question given on the University of
Washington chemistry mid-term exam. The answer by one student was so
“profound” that the professor shared it with colleagues, via the Internet,
which is, of course, why we now have the pleasure of enjoying it as well.
Bonus Question: Is Hell exothermic (gives off heat) or endothermic (absorbs
heat)?
Most of the students wrote proofs of their beliefs using Boyle’s Law (gas
cools when it expands and heats when it is compressed) or some variant.
One student, however, wrote the following:
First, we need to know how the mass of Hell is changing in time. So we need
to know the rate at which souls are moving into Hell and the rate at which
they are leaving. I think that we can safely assume that once a soul gets
to Hell, it will not leave. Therefore, no souls are leaving.
As for how many souls are entering Hell, let’s look at the different
Religions that exist in the world today. Most of these religions state that
if you are not a member of their religion, you will go to Hell.
Since there is more than one of these religions and since people do not
belong to more than one religion, we can project that all souls go to Hell.
With birth and death rates as they are, we can expect the number of souls
in Hell to increase exponentially. Now, we look at the rate of change of
the volume in Hell because Boyle’s Law states that in order for the
temperature and pressure in Hell to stay the same, the volume of Hell has
to expand proportionately as souls are added.
This gives two possibilities:
1. If Hell is expanding at a slower rate than the rate at which souls enter
Hell, then the temperature and pressure in Hell will increase until all
Hell breaks loose.
2. If Hell is expanding at a rate faster than the increase of souls in
Hell, then the temperature and pressure will drop until Hell freezes over.
So which is it?
We accept the postulate given to me by Teresa during my Freshman year
that, “it will be a cold day in Hell before I sleep with you”, and take
into account the fact that I slept with her last night, then number 2 must
be true, and thus I am sure that Hell is exothermic and has already frozen
over.
The corollary of this theory is that since Hell has frozen over, it follows
that it is not accepting any more souls and is therefore, extinct…leaving
only Heaven thereby proving the existence of a divine being which explains
why, last night, Teresa kept shouting “Oh my God.”
THIS STUDENT RECEIVED THE ONLY “A”
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ROFL…told this to the Contrarian. He loved it! Great story Jimmy.
My nephew is visiting town tomorrow for about 22 hours. He communicated to his mother that he wanted to be sure I was there for dinner, adding however to ‘tell her I won’t be able to talk till the Packers’ game is over.”
And so it goes.
Well he must have been happy when he arrived! lol
okjimm, all depends Which Hell one is speaking of. I won’t mention the 14th century Chartres Cathedral Stone Carving of Real Hell; It’s very Catholic, unique.
Last Winter (Record Snows), and this winter: record Lows) Proves Earth Warming: Last year was Warmest in Worl History last Century.
Global Warming IS extremes of weather, in Geographic areas: Public Television Hour Program about 1992, about the New Idea Global Warming.
It’s bitterly cold here in the mid-Atlantic as well. Temperatures dropped into the single digits last night in parts of my region, which was very unusual.
I’ll be sad to see Keith Olbermann go. I didn’t agree with everything he said, but he made some sharp observations and provided (along with Rachel Maddow) a much-needed foil for the Fox News machine.
Agreed Ahab, Keith will be missed though he could be a bit full of himself at times. Seems to go with the territory. All the pundits have their moments of “please!” lol..
Ready for some warmer temps, we are going into mid 20’s this week, then back down on the weekend…but winter is moving right along at least.
Keith Oberman was “Let Go” by MSNBC, (aka Fired) in past months, for a public Political Contribution to Democratic Candidate(s). MSNBC let him Resign, out of professional Courtesy.
Sherry, January Thaws may be History, with Global Warming ealy stage.
Rachel Maddow is Awesome Proving FOX/Teabagger Falsehoods False. She furnishes the evidence,
You are so right Tony. We may well be in the midst of a serious weather adjustment as our poor planet attempts to compensative for our atrocious treatment of it.
Personal question: what’s Mauigirl doing in New Joisy in January. Giants or Jets fan? May be Both.
Y’all ever Hand-Smashed real Potatoes? Awesomely GOOD; Powder factory ‘mashed’ sucks, after.
I make an alternate which is smashed, with green onions, bacon and those fried onions in the can. Makes a different type! Haven’t eaten that boxed crap in years!