Quick post...

January likely to end very cold as another "polar vortex" drops in on us next week.  Winter ain't done.

Midweek mirth...

In case you've been hibernating, the current cold wave is supposedly caused by a "polar vortex".   Nothing technically incorrect about that but also not too interesting or unusual.  There's been plenty of cold outbreaks of a similar vein.   However, the MSM is having a heyday...

The antidote, humour: