Weather It Is (The Weather Starts to Feel Cooler)

Good Evening:

There was a nip in the air today; yet, the air is going to get a lot nippier soon.  Temperatures are headed downwards as our next storm begins to take shape in the eastern Mediterranean.

The problem: we're not really sure just exactly how this next storm is going to develop.  There will be a slight chance of showers on Shabbat, and then the energy associated with the next storm will move into our area early next week. Still,  it's not clear how much phasing of the northern and southern jet streams will take place.

Some of the Global Ensemble members are showing quite a lot of phasing and a lot of cold air streaming southward.  However, there is no trend yet in the overall ensemble so we can't really commit to any type of scenario just yet.  The less said, the better.

In fact, my wife was quite pleased when she heard that the doctor told me to try "not to speak," as I am suffering from a bit of laryngitis. She didn't really say why, but she seemed quite sure of herself about this.

It's interesting: the "whole" point of feminism was to give women a chance to be more than just a homeowner, much more, in fact.  One consequence was that the husbands should take on the "womanly" tasks like cooking, wash, etc.  Yet, it doesn't really seem that my wife is too pleased that I took my mother and sister's encouragement to be pro-feminism, and I wonder if this is simply because I have invaded her "turf."  After all, did women (who were queen (or is that king?) of the kitchen really want to share their domain with someone else?

If so, why in one of my nicknames "Maetzben?"  (Something bothersome, for those who don't know this word.) I seem to get this a lot when I try to help in any way other than taking out the trash or cleaning the dishes.

It's tough to be a husband in today's modern age, but I have to admit that I can put up with the criticism in order to be a little creative in the kitchen.  After all, I can make the perfect pizza even if I can't make the perfect weather forecast.

Chanukah Samaech,

Barry Lynn