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Nothin' Doin'

It's hot here. Really hot. Mid-90s hot. With two 10,000 BTU/hr. air conditioners in the house, the temperature doesn't get much below 80. In fact, the thermometer right here on my desk says the current temperature is 81.9. Yuck!

Katy and I hosted Debra for the past couple days, and she's now off to Georgia, where she will apparently spend some time with family. She has already driven north from Houston, and she arrived here by way of Dallas, Topeka, Omaha, and Chicago. May the wind be at her back.

Two of Debra's siblings are also on a road trip, but they're in California, having recently left Hollywood for San Francisco. Note one of these siblings in John, who has left his two-year-old son in the hands of the (working) mother for no particularly good reason. I stopped caring much about what goes on in their broken, dysfunctional relationship, but hearing about him going on an indefinitely long road trip (he's already been gone at least two weeks) instead of staying in Houston and working really bothers me. That's John, though: no responsibility, no care for his own child, and future to the wind.

Meanwhile, I'm still doing kidney stuff, magnetic inductive power transfer stuff, and World of Warcraft stuff. Inside. In the dark. Where the temperature is now 82.1 degrees.

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Nothing doing? Are these the dog days of summer? Congress is going to be out for the summer. The Supreme Court is in recess until October. It's just plain hot, day after day after day. I imagine that you are enjoying the World of Warcraft. I've heard you talk about it a couple of times. I'm sure it is a great way to wallow away the lazy days of summer.

My car just said 102!

I'm so sorry for Darren. He didn't ask to have such a bad dad.

And...drink lots of ice water!

luvya, me

do you think that the heat inspires travel?
nice and cool in seattle. my travels will soon include abandoning the cool northwest for damn hot dallas. suck!

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