Jim wants new content. Good lord, you people are never satisfied. It’s a big internets, why you gotta be hacking on me alla time? Okay, fine, here’s a winter quiz for you from the fine folks at lablogs, inspired by the cold snap we’re having here in SoCal:

1. Do you own a winter jacket?

Yes. No. Sort of. I used to be a snow skiing fool back in the pre-marriage days and I’m sure I have a parka and/or ski suit or three tucked away in the garage somewhere, but on the other hand I also weigh about a Zoe more now than I did back then so there’s no way those things fit me anymore. I bought a cheap-ass coat at Target in preparation for my Chicago trip last year, so I guess that qualifies.

2. Do you like the winter mountain sports? Skiing, boarding, sledding, snowshoe, etc…

Yes. No. Sort of. Like I said above, I used to be a skiing fool. One winter, I went to Mammoth nearly every weekend of the season. Since Beth turned up pregnant with Zoe, though, we just haven’t been. First Beth was pregnant, and that whole swollen womb thing tends to get in the way during the later months of the pregnancy. Then there was the infant thing. Then there was the new famliy thing. And then later there was the out of shape and out of the habit of skiing thing… And so I just haven’t gone skiing for something like 9 years. Maybe this year.

3. Big Bear, Mammoth or other?

Yes. No. Please? Big Bear is close so it’ll do for a quick in-and-out, but it’s too small. Mammoth is king if you want a real SoCal ski experience. And if someone wants to pay for a vacation for me in Utah or Tahoe or Colorado or Alaska or Switzerland or heliskiing or something like that, well I’d sure appreciate it.

4. Favorite hot drink?

Coffee. Black and bitter, like my women.

5. Heater setting?

69. Shut up.

6. At night: more blankets, more pajamas, more heater or all of the above?

Can I request additional nubile bedmates? No? Okay, more PJs, I guess. If it’s too cold for just blankies, then putting on a T-shirt usually does the trick.

7. Do you go out and enjoy the cold or bundle up and stay inside?

I went scuba diving yesterday when the forecasted high was 56. What do you think?

(Actually, I didn’t get to dive because of the weather — but I did have an adventure on the trip over. There’s another entry in there … somewhere.)

8. Cold temps. Stay for a while or bring back the 70s?

Stay for awhile. But stop fucking raining already. Cold + drippy = sucks. And that applies to more than just the weather.