Tuesday, January 3, 2012

Cold Start

Today I overheard someone proclaiming today to be the coldest day of the year.  While this is true, the year just started, so that title probably doesn't have much weight.  Still, it was indeed quite frigid this morning while waiting on the elevated subway platform.

Using a term such as "coldest" so early in the year made me realize that we can get away with many phrases with superlatives like this at the beginning of the year.  Aside from coldest, I can also say today was the windiest day of the year.  Or how about driest?  It doesn't even have to apply to just weather.  Today was my busiest day of the year; he's the happiest person I've talked to this year; or she's the wealthiest lady I've met this year.  They might not hold the title for that long at all, but it was nice for that brief moment at least!

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