Comedy: January 26, 2011 Issue [#4197]
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 This week: There's Nothing Funny About the Weather
  Edited by: SophyBells Author IconMail Icon
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1. About this Newsletter
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3. Letter from the Editor
4. Editor's Picks
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About This Newsletter

Hi, I'm SophyBells Author Icon ~ your editor for this edition of the Comedy Newsletter. This week we'll try to find out if there is anything funny about the weather -- in particular, the never-ending winter which I am currently suffering through. *Laugh*


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Letter from the editor

Is it Spring Yet?

I was born and raised in Southern California, where it's always sunny and the temperature remains a steady 70 degrees year-round. Okay well, perhaps not completely true but close enough. Sure they get rain occasionally, and sometimes the temps drop to a "chilly" 50 degrees, but for the most part the weather out there is perfect -- that's why so many people live out there!

So why/how the heck did I end up living in Central Illinois, where the high today of 26 degrees seemed almost spring-like since the low just a few mornings ago was -5? Well yes, we were able to get jobs here, and jobs are important and all that. But our winter started so early this year (mid November, which is technically still "fall") and I just know that stupid rodent in Pennsylvania is going to pop out and predict six more weeks of this stuff on Feb. 2. So I've had it! We've already had so much snow and never-ending freezing temps, I'm about ready to quit my job and move back to SoCal and become a homeless person. My husband can come with me if he wants, of course, but he's a Jersey boy so his blood is thicker than mine. So he may choose to stay here -- that's fine, it's been a nice 24+ years together. *Bigsmile*

I should probably admit here that I am one of those "liberals" who believes in Global Climate Change -- only instead of Global Warming I'm starting to think the "change" is actually Global Cooling. Maybe not everywhere, but certainly here in Illinois. Yes, I know the sun came up two days early in Greenland this year, and that scientists are blaming that on Global Warming. But it was -5 when I got up the other morning, and there's just been WAY too much of that lately. In fact, our last few winters have been longer and colder than usual -- and this winter in particular has been the longest and coldest one I've experienced during my 21 year Midwest sojourn.

It would be one thing if we lived in a beautiful mountainous region. For instance, winters are just as long and hard in the Colorado Rockies, maybe even longer and harder, but there's something about the snow and cold there that's beautiful -- snow-capped mountain peaks with evergreens flocked in white make such a lovely scene when looking outside a large picture window with a cup of hot chocolate and a roaring fire nearby. And there's something less annoying about snow when it's useful for such fun activities as skiing and snowboarding. But here in the Midwest it's much less enchanting -- we have no snow-capped mountain peaks. The only skiing we have here is cross-country on a municipal golf course, and our snow turns dark, dirty, and ugly very soon after it is plowed to the side of the road.

You know, it just occurred to me I do a lot of whining in this newsletter. Last month I complained about Christmas, and before that I'm sure I was whining about something else though I can't remember for sure since as you know from my whining in August, I turned 50 recently and don't remember much of anything anymore. *Laugh* Maybe next month I should try to write a more positive column -- maybe something about love and romance and ... oh who am I kidding? I'll probably be back to whining next month too.

The one and perhaps only good thing that comes from enduring such horrible weather, whether it be extreme cold or heat (because quite frankly, I'll probably be kvetching about the heat in my July newsletter, lol), is that it keeps many of us indoors. When it's too hot or cold to go outside, we tend to stay in near our air conditioners/furnaces -- and without the great outdoors beckoning, perhaps we can take that opportunity to write until the cool of fall or the warming of spring lures us back outside.

Whatever you do, don't write about the weather if you take advantage of this writing opportunity. Because there's nothing funny about weather! *Wink* Or is there? See below ...


Editor's Picks

Below you'll find some offerings from other WDC members about weather -- if you read and enjoy them, remember to leave a rating/review for the member!

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Observation of spending this winter in Southern England
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Ask & Answer

Now for a few comments from my last Comedy Newsletter, "Comedy Newsletter (December 28, 2010)" Open in new Window.:

From Leger~ Author Icon
Holy crap Sophy, you ARE a Scrooge. You've perfected Scrooginess in a matter of 48 months! I so admire you... I say all the Scrooges should meet someplace warm, drink and pretend the holiday doesn't exist. That'll teach 'em!

Don't tease me Leger -- is there such a magical place? *Laugh*

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From Joy Author Icon
Happy 2011, Sophy.
If you're "in old age," then I'm Methuselah. *Laugh*
If you keep writing like this, flaunting your funny bone, I'll keep on walking around with a silly grin on my face.
If you put out a Christmas Album, I'm buying it. *Wink*

Awww thanks Joy! *Kiss*

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From billwilcox
Hey SophY, yeah, I gotta agree...too many damn Divas these days.*Laugh*

Amen Billy!

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From THANKFUL SONALI RIP BIKERIDER Author Icon
Happy New Year, everyone! And I promise to try and not to be as grumpy next time. *Wink* SophyBells Author IconMail Icon
No, no. Be grumpy. Be grumpy. Grumpy's good. Grumpy's funny. *Laugh*

Why thank you, Sonali -- grumpy IS funny, you are correct! *Bigsmile*

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From fromIllium Author Icon
hi Sophie, happy new year to and your family. Your comedy newsletter about Christmas, made my day. I am not a Christian and Christmas, is not that big festival in my country, when compared to the West, but, I totally identify with your grouch since some Indian festivals are just as stressful. And your are funny!:)

Thanks so much for thinking I'm funny! *Smile*

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From LJPC - the tortoise Author Icon
Sophy, Sophy, what are we going to do with you? At the North Pole, someone is putting you on the naughty list, and you can expect three ghosts to start hanging around your room pretty soon. However, I'm applauding the shout-out to Mariah. What she does to melodies is the same as putting a chandelier and a jacuzzi in a dog house. Come on. Yes, you can do it, but is all that really necessary? *Laugh*
-- Laura

EXACTLY (to the Mariah part). Not so much the naughty list and the ghosts, lol.

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That's all for this month -- see you next time! And on behalf of the other regular Comedy Newsletter Editors, Waltz Invictus Author Icon and Ẃeβ࿚ẂỉԎḈĥmas Author Icon remember to WRITE AND LAUGH ON! *Bigsmile* SophyBells Author Icon

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