Since 1955 it has rained a grand total of 2 times on the Rose Parade in Pasadena that is held every year on New Year's Day, or January 2nd if New Year's Day falls on a Sunday. Two freaking times. Both times, the grand marshall of the parade was a Supreme Court Justice - 1955, Earl Warren and 2006, Sandra Day O'Connor. OK, let's think about this. Two times it's rained, both times the courts have been involved. I think the Rose Parade Committee will be smart enough never to invite another Supreme Court Justice to be Grand Marshall again.
But that brings me back to my main point. It's always perfect weather on New Year's Day. Here's the thought process that probably goes on in households in the midwest on that day, where it's probably snowing and the temperature is hovering somewhere south of 32 degrees Fahrenheit."Martha!! Come quick!! They're wearing shorts again at the Rose Parade."
"I'll be damned, they are!"
"That's it Martha, we're moving to California this year!"
And the population swells again. Sigh.
But what does this have to do with the prompt for today? Nothing except to give you an idea that I don't really have a favorite article of clothing in the winter, with the exception of socks in bed. My wife wears socks all the time as she's always cold, so most of the time she wears socks. In the last couple of years, I've decided that wearing socks to bed isn't such a bad idea, especially when you have to get up in the middle of the night and walk across hardwood floors.
So yeah, let's hear it for socks - my favorite article of clothing for the winter. Oh yeah, and for the next 8 years, we're going to have a Supreme Court Justice as Grand Marshall of the Rose Parade, so you can stop moving here. We have too many people out here as it is.
