body heat controls the iPod

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          I made a discovery.  Probably not an earth-shattering discovery to those of you who think about things, but interesting to me, nonetheless.   Today, it is more windy than I have seen in Moscow.  There is a bit of snow coming down, too.  I’m running along and the Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me podcast finishes (because I can play podcasts a double speed—really convenient).  I try to switch to my ‘running’ playlist. Pull out the iPod, gloves off, fingers freezing. 
I keep hitting the button/line/space to select the playlist and nothing happens.  I hate it when this happens—always at the time when it is the coldest (I didn’t realize this little gem until after I had made my discovery).  Frustration ensues.  Casting demons down on the iPod—how ridiculous is that?!?  The thing works great…I use it daily…but because it won’t work right, I am ready to mentally throw it in the snow bank.  Just ask my dad, I am a firm believer in mentally giving gifts.

            I thought, “Man! It’s ****ing cold out here!”  I knew that I cannot select the functions when I am wearing gloves, so that is another reason it is cold.  Body heat  Why that idea appeared in my frontal cortex, I don’t know.  So I blew on my fingers, hoping to transfer the heat from my breathe to the finger, to the iPod.  No luck, the wind was whistling through the side street where I was standing.  Finger in the mouth!  Yes!  Water in the form of spit is certainly warm.  OooRah!  From now on, I will have no problems selecting different functions on the iPod in ANY weather!  

            You may think those times up there are poor.  I don’t.  It was very slippery out there.