2007/02/11
Extreme Cold, Movie Reviews, Trying to Keep Warm
Our cold snap continues. We joke about the cold winters here in "Winterpeg" but it really is no joking matter. Today's paper carried a story about a woman who went to take out her garbage, fell and froze to death in her back yard a few days ago. Her neighbours found her body the next day. And the surprising part? She was not a senior citizen - she was 33 years old! When the temperature gets down to minus 40 and 50, it gets dangerous.
Speaking of cold, I have a medical condition called Raynaud's syndrome in which my circulation in my fingers and toes goes down to nothing and my fingers get white. These days my fingers sometimes get so cold I can't grab anything or feel anything. It doesn't matter what kind of gloves or mitts I wear, my hands get so cold I have to soak them in hot water for a few minutes when I get indoors. I just spent two days searching for something to keep my fingers warm, but finding nothing. I went to a medical supply store, drugstores, department stores. Why doesn't somebody invent a type of glove with those bean thingys inside that could be heated up in the microwave like in the "Magic Bag?" The closest thing I found was a little bag that is meant to go into a slipper that can be heated up in a microwave. When I put it into my mitts it keeps my fingers warm for about 15 -20 minutes. I just can't be outside (or even in the car) for much longer.
This problem is just another reason why I should be moving to a warmer place like Vancouver. Although I have noticed that my fingers can get white even in the spring and fall. The temperature doesn't have to be below freezing. But perhaps it won't be quite as bad or as often.
I have been to quite few movies lately. Some thumbnail reviews: Notes on a Scandal - great acting, exploration of an evil personality and a victim. Venus - Seventy-something O'Toole lusts after an eighteen-year-old. Disturbing, unattractive, masterful job of creating an unlikeable character. Best line of the movie: (spoken by O'Toole's character) "I'm near the end of my life and I still don't know who I am." The audience knows, though. He's a scuzzy, self-centred, irresponsible old man. Flushed Away - hilarious, baby-boomer-aimed humor, puns, visual jokes, little gems satirizing movies, the kind of movie you know you will find things you missed first time around if you watch it again.
My house goes on the market one week from tomorrow! It's getting close. I had a look at some Vancouver apartments for rent online again today. So many good ones!
Keep warm! Happy Valentine's Day on Wednesday.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments: love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds. ~ William Shakespeare
Extreme Cold, Movie Reviews, Trying to Keep Warm
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Speaking of cold, I have a medical condition called Raynaud's syndrome in which my circulation in my fingers and toes goes down to nothing and my fingers get white. These days my fingers sometimes get so cold I can't grab anything or feel anything. It doesn't matter what kind of gloves or mitts I wear, my hands get so cold I have to soak them in hot water for a few minutes when I get indoors. I just spent two days searching for something to keep my fingers warm, but finding nothing. I went to a medical supply store, drugstores, department stores. Why doesn't somebody invent a type of glove with those bean thingys inside that could be heated up in the microwave like in the "Magic Bag?" The closest thing I found was a little bag that is meant to go into a slipper that can be heated up in a microwave. When I put it into my mitts it keeps my fingers warm for about 15 -20 minutes. I just can't be outside (or even in the car) for much longer.
This problem is just another reason why I should be moving to a warmer place like Vancouver. Although I have noticed that my fingers can get white even in the spring and fall. The temperature doesn't have to be below freezing. But perhaps it won't be quite as bad or as often.
I have been to quite few movies lately. Some thumbnail reviews: Notes on a Scandal - great acting, exploration of an evil personality and a victim. Venus - Seventy-something O'Toole lusts after an eighteen-year-old. Disturbing, unattractive, masterful job of creating an unlikeable character. Best line of the movie: (spoken by O'Toole's character) "I'm near the end of my life and I still don't know who I am." The audience knows, though. He's a scuzzy, self-centred, irresponsible old man. Flushed Away - hilarious, baby-boomer-aimed humor, puns, visual jokes, little gems satirizing movies, the kind of movie you know you will find things you missed first time around if you watch it again.
My house goes on the market one week from tomorrow! It's getting close. I had a look at some Vancouver apartments for rent online again today. So many good ones!
Keep warm! Happy Valentine's Day on Wednesday.
Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments: love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds. ~ William Shakespeare
Extreme Cold, Movie Reviews, Trying to Keep Warm
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