I am VERY TIRED of winter weather alerts and wind-chill advisories. About an inch of snow overnight -- apparently less than predicted. Current temp is 20F, but it's expected to fall below zero by the time Penny gets off work at midnight and remain there until Wednesday morning. That's getting close to the second-longest stretch of below-zero weather in Chicago history.
I never connected scorpions to Fresno. In my mind they re more desert animals. Although in any case I find myself more concerned by wasps, if only because they are more common.
Catching up with blogging…didn't feel up to it at work this weekend past, and I was busy as the dickens all last week.
Cat--I wonder if that bumper sticker idea might have come from me. I am pretty sure that on the BBB I quoted a joke placard I saw a long time ago (appropriately illustrated with the front end of a donkey and the nether regions of a pachyderm):
"The election is over, Let's let bygones be past; I'll hug your elephant, And you kiss my ass."
Daytime temperatures here in the low 70's, not a drop of rain. This could be a record dry year, on top of two previous dry years. This weekend there were a lot more farm workers coming and going as I was on my way to work, and it looks like a lot of land is really to be fallowed.
listener--we don't bounce as well as once we did…hope you're feeling better, but it will probably take some time. Oh, good-- I see from a later post you are much better. I agree that not bothering the doctor with things s/he can do nothing about is reasonable.
Influenza has hit big time out here.
Hmmmm….Emma's wheel chair….. if it isn't a reasonable extension of some important element of the story, something like a maglev version would seem a distraction. But how about some sort of stripped-down, or minimalist, sport model? Maybe it has a cell phone interface so one can simply tell it where to go?
Sorry, no scorpions, tarantulas, rattlesnakes, bears or earthquakes (to speak of) here in Fresburg. Gotta go up into the hills for most of those things. It DOES get hot in the summer. But when the days are hot, the nights are warm rather than cold, which I prefer. (I have lived where a hundred-plus degree day might be followed by a pretty darn cold night, and I didn't like that.) Distinct shortage of lefties hereabouts, too. Valley Fever (coccidiomycosis) isn't much of a problem right around here, but there are endemic areas nearby. Lyme disease is mostly in the foothills. Republicans both in the hills and on the valley floor.
Over the weekend I read an Ursula Le Guin anthology, "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea." The introduction is lengthy and good, mostly about the nature of science fiction. The stories are largely experimental short stories, with some one-off pieces. The title story is in the "Hainish cycle" and is novella length. It requires the scene-setting of the previous two stories, which are more experimental and tentative, but boy, it's a good one! The society described is mature, stable, and very complex; the technological stuff is a way into understanding that, and exploring human nature. I am left considering re-reading the story at least once, and soon, to comprehend it better. Note-taking will be in order in at least one part. It's rare for a story to have that effect on me.
Dean's at the helm!
ReplyDeleteVT*Grand is on the premises and Grandson is coming over later!
ReplyDeleteIt's gonna be a Grand Day!!
I am VERY TIRED of winter weather alerts and wind-chill advisories. About an inch of snow overnight -- apparently less than predicted. Current temp is 20F, but it's expected to fall below zero by the time Penny gets off work at midnight and remain there until Wednesday morning. That's getting close to the second-longest stretch of below-zero weather in Chicago history.
ReplyDeleteI'm tired of the cold too. What say we all up steaks and move to Frezno?
DeleteGiven the amount of stuff in this nine-room house, it would take six months to pack. And by then it won't be cold any more.
DeleteCount me out on Fresno, Cat.
DeleteOne word: Scorpions.
LOL Bill, same problem here.
DeleteListener, scorpions? EEK! Ahem, there are always trade-offs.
I never connected scorpions to Fresno. In my mind they re more desert animals. Although in any case I find myself more concerned by wasps, if only because they are more common.
DeleteAwk, there's nothing like a snuggly kitty.
ReplyDeleteI don't really mind the snow and ice (even with my fall!). One can always add layers. MUCH better than temps over 100F and wildfires.
ReplyDeleteCatching up with blogging…didn't feel up to it at work this weekend past, and I was busy as the dickens all last week.
ReplyDeleteCat--I wonder if that bumper sticker idea might have come from me. I am pretty sure that on the BBB I quoted a joke placard I saw a long time ago (appropriately illustrated with the front end of a donkey and the nether regions of a pachyderm):
"The election is over,
Let's let bygones be past;
I'll hug your elephant,
And you kiss my ass."
Daytime temperatures here in the low 70's, not a drop of rain. This could be a record dry year, on top of two previous dry years. This weekend there were a lot more farm workers coming and going as I was on my way to work, and it looks like a lot of land is really to be fallowed.
listener--we don't bounce as well as once we did…hope you're feeling better, but it will probably take some time. Oh, good-- I see from a later post you are much better. I agree that not bothering the doctor with things s/he can do nothing about is reasonable.
Influenza has hit big time out here.
Hmmmm….Emma's wheel chair….. if it isn't a reasonable extension of some important element of the story, something like a maglev version would seem a distraction. But how about some sort of stripped-down, or minimalist, sport model? Maybe it has a cell phone interface so one can simply tell it where to go?
Sorry, no scorpions, tarantulas, rattlesnakes, bears or earthquakes (to speak of) here in Fresburg. Gotta go up into the hills for most of those things. It DOES get hot in the summer. But when the days are hot, the nights are warm rather than cold, which I prefer. (I have lived where a hundred-plus degree day might be followed by a pretty darn cold night, and I didn't like that.) Distinct shortage of lefties hereabouts, too. Valley Fever (coccidiomycosis) isn't much of a problem right around here, but there are endemic areas nearby. Lyme disease is mostly in the foothills. Republicans both in the hills and on the valley floor.
Over the weekend I read an Ursula Le Guin anthology, "A Fisherman of the Inland Sea." The introduction is lengthy and good, mostly about the nature of science fiction. The stories are largely experimental short stories, with some one-off pieces. The title story is in the "Hainish cycle" and is novella length. It requires the scene-setting of the previous two stories, which are more experimental and tentative, but boy, it's a good one! The society described is mature, stable, and very complex; the technological stuff is a way into understanding that, and exploring human nature. I am left considering re-reading the story at least once, and soon, to comprehend it better. Note-taking will be in order in at least one part. It's rare for a story to have that effect on me.
TTFN
Alan