Off Switch ...

Words/phrases that, for various reasons, set off my internal "oh shut up do you even know what that means oh for crying out sideways what bullshit shut up shut up shut up" tape, and often shut off the listening part of my brain:

Tragedy
Crisis
Scandal/ous
Shock/ed
Vigilance
Due diligence*
Post nine-eleven world
Tyranny
Evil
Forces of evil
Administration
Rhetoric
Regime
Insurmountable
Terror/ism
At the end of the day
Oprah says
Dr. Phil says
*doubly so when prefaced with "do" (it's just wrong)

We've had beautiful weather all week. It got up to 19°C (°F) one day.

Stuff and Nonsense ...

Daylight:

Length of day: 13:39
Hours of dark: 9:10ish
Sunrise: 6:47 am
Sunset: 8:26 pm
Start of twilight: 6:10 am
End of twilight: 9:02 pm

Current weather: Mostly Clear. 5°C (41°F), -4°C(25°F) with windchill, humidity 52%, wind W 14.4 km/h (9 mph.), barometer 30.02 in. Hg.

Forecast:

Today.. Sunny with cloudy periods. High 11°C (52°F).
Tonight.. Clear. Low -3°C (27°F).
Monday.. Sunny. Wind SE 30 km/h (18.6 mph). High 13°C (55°F).
Tuesday.. Sunny. Low 0°C (32°F). High 13°C (55°F).
Wednesday.. Cloudy with 60% chance of showers. Windy. Low 3°C (37°F). High 15°C (59°F).
Thursday.. A mix of sun and cloud. Low 4°C (39°F). High 9°C (48°F).
Normals for the period.. Low -3°C (27°F). High 9°C (48°F).