Temperatures have been wintry recently, and a bunch of my co-workers have been complaining that it is cold. Well, my standard response it to say “this isn’t cold! Cold is the temperature I saw on such and such ski trip.” I was just thinking that maybe that was not the correct response. What I’m really objecting to is their implicit statement that cold is unpleasant and they want it to go away. What I really should say is “isn’t the cold awesome! That means winter is coming, ski season, snowmen and sleading, beautiful blue skies with sparkling frost, winter parties with friends and hot tubbing, and goregous clear starry nights. What is there not to like about a good cold day?”