tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270238.post113350281362933527..comments2023-06-27T08:52:55.566-06:00Comments on The Marvelous A: Light my FireAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17905923258826602899noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270238.post-1133896522041760322005-12-06T12:15:00.000-07:002005-12-06T12:15:00.000-07:00That is neat! I want one. But still, why a rat, I ...That is neat! I want one. But still, why a rat, I wonder?Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905923258826602899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270238.post-1133883827628778222005-12-06T08:43:00.000-07:002005-12-06T08:43:00.000-07:00On Saturday, we went for a drive in the Hudson Val...On Saturday, we went for a drive in the Hudson Valley, and we stopped off at the West Point visitors center to, ahem, use their facilities. At the gift shop, they had these little stuffed rat toys. Actually cute, which is why I picked one of them up. That and I was wondering what the hell they had to do with the otherwise almost entirely West Point themed merchandise in black and gold. They were filled with some kind of heat-holding pellets, and were microwaveable, these toy rats. To keep in your pockets for to warm your hands.<BR/><BR/>Neat-o, huh?dorothy rothschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13732990831552864423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270238.post-1133543715042501742005-12-02T10:15:00.000-07:002005-12-02T10:15:00.000-07:00I've done exactly the same thing my whole life. Bu...I've done <I>exactly</I> the same thing my whole life. But now there's nobody to shoo me away from the hot water register in my kitchen, so I have to practice some self-discipline.<BR/><BR/>You must be coming east for the holidays. My sister's in-laws lived in Kansas City for five years, and my nieces like to tell horror stories about the ice storms. They say they were colder there than they ever are here, which I have often said about San Diego, because it's wet. We have a dry cold that you can bundle up against. 22 is actually warm. Last week Jeff and Travis and I were pouring Clorox into one of our reservoirs at 4 below, and it was freezing on the aluminum screen we were pouring it through. My hands were so cold I couldn't move them. And I'd like to rethink my theory about how cold San Diego was.Ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17905923258826602899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7270238.post-1133512196688115232005-12-02T01:29:00.000-07:002005-12-02T01:29:00.000-07:00For context, I hopped over to weather.com in the m...For context, I hopped over to weather.com in the middle of your post and made note of your 22-degree wind chill factor. <I>Brrrrr!</I> I shall soon enough be feeling your pain.<BR/><BR/>On winter mornings when I was in grade school, I would go straight from my bed to the floor of our dining room, which boasted a furnace vent so hot you could smelt iron in it. Most days I would forgo breakfast so I could lie there fetally and steal as much heat and sleep as possible until my mom forced me to dress for school.Shepcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10435989618782168347noreply@blogger.com