What drives me crazy is when the Heat Miser shows up in December or January (I like all our seasons here in New England). It’s (yet another) scorcher here in New England! Under blazing sunshine ...

But the two songs — the icily precise "I'm Mr. Snow Miser" and the sultry hot "I'm Mr. Heat Miser" — make it all worthwhile. You'll have to YouTube them. Then, as soon as those songs are over ...

Remember the heat miser in the Christmas classic, "A Year Without A Santa Clause"? Well, Mr. Heat Miser is on his way to St. Louis. No, it won't be wildly warm, but it will be warm enough that any ...

Marie-Helene Bertino is the author of the novel "2 a.m. at the Cat's Pajamas" and the story collection "Safe as Houses" "You two have been purveying this Mr. Heat Miser/Mr. Snow Miser schtick ...