Top 10 Reasons this Unending Winter Rules

10) You can pretend your tears are from the cold wind and not life

9) No spiders!

8) All that tension is a killer core workout

7) Something to complain about besides the roads

6) Great icebreaker (ha!)

5) No one is around to hear you scream

4) Records low water bills thanks to those frozen pipes

3) Impossibly high snowbanks thwart Viking raids

2) Snuggletime

1) What do you mean “unending?” This will end, right? RIGHT?

I made a meme?

In January, on a cold blustery morning, I made up a little joke and tweeted it out.
And the Weather Network retweeted it.

A few days ago, a friend said this came up in a social media feed from an American cousin. No connection of mine whatsoever.

How do you win on Canadian Twitter? You talk about the weather.
Some more people decided to share it.

And kudos to whoever made this graphic for giving me credit. I didn't know the Internet was that honest :)
No wait, it isn't.

Your numbering is redundant! And capitalizing every word? A terrible choice!

Totally ruining the punchline.Oh well.

Wrong. Argh.
At least Al Roker liked the original gag.

And really, I'm not the first one to come up with the idea. More than one person has applied the Kubler-Ross model of dealing with grief to winter...

But maybe I'm the first one who memed it?

Weird.

Tropical Chili

Tropical Chili
aka "Fight Winter with Fire" Chili

• Half red onion
• 2 garlic pieces
• 1 can black/navy beans
• 1 package Yves ground round (or meat, if that's your thing)
• 1 can diced tomatoes
• 1 can pineapple (less juice, which you drink like a bauws)
• Handful of frozen corn
• Handful of raisins
• 1 diced red pepper
• Half jar of salsa
• 3 dashes chili powder
• 1 dash cumin
• 1 diced hot pepper

1. Dice the red onion and garlic. Throw into large pot on medium heat to sweat for about 2 minutes.
2. In the can, mash up about half the navy beans. Then throw into the pot, stirring occasionally so they don't burn, again for about 2 minutes.
3. Add the ground round and let cook for another 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
4. It's go time! Add everything else, turn on to medium/low heat and cook for 20ish minutes, stirring occasionally and spicing to taste.

That's all, easy-peasy. Chili with a tropical twist (and yes, John Conklin, you can add guacamole after to give it yet another twist).

Crystal City - Ads That Write Themselves

Not too long ago, I Facebook statused that 'you know your trip was stellar when every picture can be turned into an ad' endquote. I'm ready to back that statement up now. Behold, a few ads that might have been from my trip to Crystal City with Chantal Verrier and Chaley Voth for our CreComm Travel Assignment.