The dark-eyed junco.

I didn't have the presence of mind to grab the camera and take a picture of the globular gray bird with a white belly, perched on the de...

God — "one of most popular words in urban dictionary."

"Did you know that the word god has over 500 definitions?" That's definition #6 (of 647, as of just now). 1. God 1805 up, 42...

"WHO EVER READS THIS IM IN THE DARK AS IM WRITING THIS I'M DIEING – Im 28 yrs old my name is Mike."

"I had to break in your house. I took blankets off the couch. I have hypothermia. I didn't take any thing.... I hope u can read thi...

Staten Island woman cries out to Chuck Schumer: "We are going to die."

Reading the headline at Breitbart , I thought I was going to see someone who had become hysterical and irrational, but watch. It's been ...

"[B]asically hallucinating... he kind of reached out to me, kind of in a zombie-like fashion."

"At that point, there’s not a lot you can do for somebody that’s dying and frozen to death." On Mount Everest, last Saturday, it w...

Under the "Adopt a Vortex" program, Mini Cooper paid to have a cold front named "Cooper."

But now the cold front has caused many cases of hypothermia and frostbite and at least 100 deaths.

"My hands are so cold, I can't even blog."

"I'll be right back. Can't afford to lose any more followers." This Samsung ad that got my attention: Notes: 1. Bloggers d...

11/11/11!

What will you do with all the eleventosity today? Something special at 11 a.m. and 11 p.m.? Are you going to keep talking about turning it u...

"This is snow, it's not going to kill us. What they're doing to us will kill us. What they're doing to our world."

Winter comes early to Zuccotti Park , where — as the apparently editorless New York Magazine puts it — tents "are explicitly forgiven....

"Ice? I don’t hate ice."

"It’s just that when these Americans hand you a can from the freezer, and it is already so cold that just touching it practically turns...

The clown is not amused.

I love the array of characters in this picture (by me, from yesterday's Tea Party/anti-Tea Party protest). Enlarge . The girl in the Buc...

"People my age don’t want to put hats and scarves on in their homes..."

Old people in Britain are cold. Ironically, I read that while wearing mittens. I've been trying to warm up my hands for the last hour. I...

Cyclocross is a fall/winter sport, so they can absolutely do it with snow on the ground

Cyclocross National Championships here in Dane County, Wisconsin, in January. In cyclocross, riders compete along a rugged course with obsta...

25 Best Places to Retire.

They all seem to be college towns. But where's Madison? I went through the list looking for Madison, and on seeing each new place, I th...

"Arctic air blast."

"40°." "Should we be freaking out?" Conversation overheard in the men's room at the Alamo Drafthouse on South Lamar,...

We've now endured the shortest day.

Enjoy the long night.

Anti-frost-bite tip: Put duct tape on your face.

Yes. You guessed it. I am now in possession of "Going Rogue," by Sarah Palin. It has lots of pictures. Including one of Todd Pali...

"I vowed to lower the thermostat at night by one degree — not two, as often recommended by tree-huggers."

From an article about easily accomplished energy-saving around the house. An illustration depicts a guy turning the thermostat from 70° to...

"It's going to be tough, because I'm used to keeping it at 78."

Suffering with the thermostat at 65. Staying warm in the winter is imperative, and facing increased heating bills is hard, but why are peop...