Baby It's Cold Outside

I don't think I'm spoiling anything, when I say, Oh my goodness, is it cold outside!  This so called polar vortex (I'm still not sure where that name came from) is turning us all into polar bears.  I've avoided going outside until absolutely needed, worn so many layers I looked like a marshmallow and declared, I'm going into hibernation until Spring.  This is ridiculous!  Aside from not being able to feel my toes, there are some funny stories coming out of this mess, as long as you look past the many different photos of car temperature gauges that are popping up all over social media.

One of my favorites was the story of Michael Bay's mini-meltdown at some conference caused by his tele-prompter not working.  One clever journalist dubbed it "Strictly speaking, he's having a bi-polar meltdown", which made me laugh quite a bit more than I suppose it should have.

Another is the photo that's been making the rounds all day of a light house on Lake Michigan, completely encrusted by snow and ice. Apparently, after quite a few hours of hard-hitting investigative journalism, it was found that the particular picture that everyone had been sharing wasn't even from this 2014 arctic blast.  It was from last year's arctic blast and therefore shouldn't be used to illustrate how cold it is during this vortex.  

The dueling political parties seem to be having a go at the weather's expense as well.  One joke I saw on Facebook today: "It's so cold Governor O'Malley is sticking his hands in his own pockets for a change."

Then of course, there was my personal favorite.  Apparently, during bouts of cold weather like this, it becomes a thing to take various hot beverages outside to see if they'll freeze.  It would seem that some of these experiments were less successful than others, because a handful of people all over the states, have been taken to the hospital with minor burns caused by throwing their warm beverages in the air to freeze.  Really?

Hopefully laughing will warm us up a bit so we can all survive this long cold snap we're having.  And of course, if that doesn't work, summer is officially 5 months and 14 days away, thank goodness!