/tags/cold/ Recent bookmarks tagged #cold Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:24:55 +0000 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/21/garden/21cold.html "SERIOUS cold, Justen Ladda said, is when the sponge in the kitchen sink feels like wood or the toothpaste freezes or the refrigerator turns itself off, as it did one particularly frigid day last winter. Not that Mr. Ladda, a 56-year-old sculptor who has lived heat-free in his Lower East Side loft for three decades, is bothered by such extremes. “Winter comes and goes,” he’ll tell you blithely, adjusting his black wool scarf and watch cap. (Along with fingerless gloves, long underwear and felt slippers, they are part of Mr. Ladda’s at-home uniform when the mercury dips.) "<br/> <p><strong>Tags:</strong> #cold #madness #utilities #weather #winter</p> Fri, 22 Jan 2010 16:15:55 +0000 linkding-ssg:bookmark:12748 cold madness utilities weather winter