Have you read The Policeman's Beard is Half-Constructed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racter)? (There used to be a copy in the computer science club's library but it seems from their webpage that it's no longer in the collection, and I see the copy in Trellis is also listed as missing.)

It's been pretty cold here too. I'm happily anticipating next week's warm spell with forecast highs of -15° :)