Have we talked about the WEATHER lately? - So Many Books...

01:39 pm - Have we talked about the WEATHER lately?

I had ample opportunity to think about how frequently we hear anthropomorphic terms in the weather forecasts yesterday, as I trudged for an unpleasant 40 minutes on a bitterly cold day with a biting wind. In fact, they're inevitably saying it'll be *another* bitterly cold day/night around here just now. So I was wondering whether it would be likely that I'd read on Met Éireann's website that we should expect "a night of hate-filled, bone-deep cold whose anger could only be satisfied by killing all of us slowly and with excruciating pain"? Or perhaps if a moderation in the cold snap ever happens, I might hope to see that tomorrow will "still be cold, but there'll be a few degrees of acceptance as it learns to let go of the bitterness of the past"?

Then there's that old favourite which tells us that "temperatures will struggle to get above freezing". Do you seriously think that I can have much sympathy with your so-called struggle, having lived with your acting out of your bitter-an'-twisted resentment? I have two words for you, temperatures: TRY HARDER.

(I'm working on a proper post, about books* for a change, but fear the functioning brain cells required to finish it are buried under the permafrost.)

*To be specific, about the Romp. The children's/YA historical fiction Romp, to be more specific.