Thanksgiving Advent, Day Eighteen: Central Heating

I grew up in Dallas, lived there for eighteen years. I don't care that my ancestry is largely Scandinavian and Swiss German; I don't like the cold. I am a creature of sunlight and warmth.

At this time of year, and for the next five months or so, you can be damn certain I am thankful for central heating, which for is the difference between living, and living in hell.


. . . now if you'll excuse me, I have to go create a conflict between a previous object of gratitude and this one, by standing in the cold for three hours or so.