The Weather

Well, I've been seriously neglecting this blog in favor of my other, 'Turn it All Around', but there's a topic that I've been longing to cover in here for quite awhile! There was another topic I wanted to blog on as well, but as I can't remember it at the moment my first choice takes precedence.

Talking about the weather always gets a bad rap. The proverbial 'they' say that its a pedestrian topic, best left to those with nothing more in their minds than the view from the window. I unequivocally disagree with 'them'. In my [most humble] opinion; the weather is a topic that can be discussed freely and without any possibility of rancor between any two people, regardless of circumstance. Some of the easiest conversations that I have ever had have been related to the weather. 'Do you think we're going to have snow this week?' 'Wow, 50 degrees in February, must be some kind of record' 'It's so damn hot out, makes me pray for winter'. Any of these phrases can be worked into an awkward moment, with a conversational partner who differs from oneself on any level, and turn an unpleasant conversation into a lively one. Granted; no great new theories on human behavior will be drawn, no revolutionary ideas founded, but a tense moment between two strangers can be alleviated. And isn't that after all what small talk is all about?