Grab a chair and a couple of root beers...

Dear Auntie,

I know you want to be neighborly, dear, but really, next time you see your neighbors throwing hot water over their car to melt the ice covering the windshield and back window? Don't help them. Leave them alone. Yes, I know they won't figure out why the windows keep freezing back over again with more ice, but they also do not appreciate it when you come over and suggest they try tepid water instead. They do not understand the laws of physics and won't no matter how you try to explain that cold water won't make the ice freeze harder. Nor will they understand when you tell them that if they'd just turn the car's engines on, turn their defrosters on and up a little higher than usual, and leave the car running for about five minutes, they wouldn't have to bother with the water at all. Not everyone groks science, dear. Remember... these are the same people who voted to teach "Creationism" as "Intelligent Design" in the state's schools and think that qualifies as science.

It's really kinder to just... walk away and... do something else.

With much love and understanding,

Your older and wiser Self


In other news, I'm sorry about last night's ambiguous post. I love the Husbandly One very, very much. I adore him, and I know you all know that.

However.

There are times when he just irritates the crap out of me, and last night was one of those times. That's about as far as I'll get into it. I'm sure I'll forgive him... eventually. Say in about... ten years. Give or take a few. Or maybe after this splitting headache goes away.

I'm going back to bed now.