This just in from Zoltan Toth in Toronto:
Hi Tom,
I stumbled upon your site a few weeks ago and have enjoyed browsing through it on my coffee breaks on an almost daily basis. I live in Toronto where we just got hit by a rather sudden cold spell, complete with a few inches of snow. This morning on my way in to work I caught a headline in Metro, the city’s free commuter rag: Old Man Winter Strikes Again!
Why is winter old? And why is it a man? But who really cares, can we just banish this tired old phrase? And while we are at it, can we throw in “2 inches of the white stuffî too?
Ah, I feel so much better now — thanks.
Glad to oblige!
I like 2 inches of the white stuff. My only concern is how we might confuse visiting Colombian drug lords.
Saffel has a point. I would like to include romance novelists to those who might not immediately think of snow.