This week has been a kind of mediocre mess. From the time of my migraine last week I still have a significant amount of tenderness / soreness. That is unusual for me as they seldom hurt this way more than a couple days. Then, Friday, I lost my dial-up connection because of some e-mail I ignored (I asked advice from a computer guy and he said it ( Read more... )

Finally we are into September and close to "non-summer". Still quite a bit of heat to endure... but this is always the marker for me... that I am close enough to the change of season that it is easier to cope. I hope by next year to have a new evaporative cooler... one more efficient and much quieter (mine has a weird thump that seems unfixable and ( Read more... )

It was a glorious 116° (F) for the high today, so, I decided that earned me one little whine.

Much better.

Good to see a little strategy in the Big Brother house. Either Janelle or Frank going home is a huge thing. I will be quite surprised if Janelle stays. She done got one hellacious blindside.