mork calling oslo

by the way, we are in Oslo. it is not too cold here actually, but you cannot tell that based on the way oslojans dress. It is as if it were freezing, of course, it is freezing, but I have given up on both the correct time of day anywhere in the world and the number the locals use to refer to the heat or lack thereof. I am also totally open to any suggestions about a truly compelling temperature metric. I think it would almost have to be based on what clothes you need outside or if certain plants will die or bloom or something. Horticulturalists have a thing called degree days, which are the number of degrees above a certain temperature times the number of days. I personally really like this system, which is based on certain chemical reactions that happen inside a plant, but people are not generally smart enough to do that math or aware enough of what might be happening inside their body to notice. plus of course, we are warmblooded. maybe we need a symbiotic creature to hang out with as our clothing coordinators.hmmmm.