It is what it is

It is what it is.

That’s a favourite saying of my brother’s. It’s useful in that it encapsulates in one pithy expression a great deal about life and, well, not an awful lot at the same time. It’s the c’est la vie and shoganai of the football fan or the news junkie.

It’s meet-the-new-boss-same-as-the-old-boss acceptance of the status quo.

Meanwhile, the ice keeps melting.

It is what it is.