The Weather

Long considered a polite topic of conversation, let's discuss the weather.

Or more how I hate living somewhere that actually has "weather".  Lately it's either pouring or if it is sunny the temperature is somewhere around -32873980275832658943659 degrees.  Celsius or Fahrenheit, doesn't matter.  It's too damn cold for my liking. People around here like to point out how there are seasons here.  Oh?  It appears there are 2.  Summer and Pissing Rain/Freezing Cold. Isn't weather lovely?

I miss L.A. and its lack of seasons.  Well, people think there are no seasons there but they are wrong.  There was fire season, Live Team Coverage Rain Event Season (this is only about 9 days scattered from October through March), and June Gloom (fog until noonish). 

How can something so miserable have ever been considered a polite topic to discuss in mixed company?

Anyway.  I joined a program called Partners in Torah.  It's free and awesome.  And partly awesome because it's free. You get an hour a week, on the phone, with someone far more learned than yourself to discuss whatever issues you like be they prayer, weekly Torah portion, holidays, Jewish philosophy, family and parenting, etc.  My partner is an incredible Chassidishe woman (Vizhnitz) from Montreal.  She has 7 children and is 2 years younger than me.  She has already made me feel very inspired and humble.  She's calling again tomorrow and I am very much looking forward to this. I have everything ready.  About 20 questions I thought of during the week and my siddur.

And that's about all for now.