Tag: freeze your butt off

  • Downtime

    Downtime

    Word of the Day: Downtime It’s the Labour Day holiday weekend in North America. What better time to discuss the benefits of downtime than on what is traditionally the last long weekend of the summer? Downtime is an opportunity to stop working, relax, and not do much. Sometimes, downtime is our choice, and sometimes, it…

  • Warm spell

    Warm spell

    WotD: Warm spell Winter is back again. The southern parts of Japan just enjoyed a lovely warm spell for a few days. Unfortunately, Hokkaido and the northern parts of the main Japanese island never had an opportunity to enjoy it. They never got out of the depth of winter, and now Japan will be experiencing its version of…

  • Freeze your butt off

    Freeze your butt off

    English Idiom: Freeze your butt off What’s going on with the weather, eh? It’s cold enough to freeze your tweetin’ butt off out here! Last week it was cold enough to be in the depth of winter, and now this week it feels like spring. I’m confused. Is this global warming? Climate change? Is the…