Is This True??

 If it is, that would probably explain why he's a god among white trash, especially evangelical white trash, where I think child sexual abuse is probably a popular cult activity.  Nothing would surprise me about the sorts of things evangelicals get up to, within their smarmy cult. 

So I'm going to hope that this is just a smear. Then again, as I say, I would not be at all surprised...

And sexually abusing children strikes me as a very "evangelical" thing to do. Don't they brag about being sinners, and don't they constantly admit that they are "powerless over sin"? So whenever they are caught red handed they fess up and rejoice that they're SAVED, despite the evil shit they do. 

Quite Cloudy

A norther is on the way and it will greatly moderate the heat we have experienced over the past week. It is a preview of what is to come, with greater and greater frequency as August fades into September. I like seasonal change. I rather enjoy the seasonal temperature roller coaster. 

I have actually begun to stock the foods I want to rely on this winter. I'm looking for easy storage and long shelf life, and solid nutrition, and easy preparation. Nothing complicated. There will be fish in this diet but not much else in the way of "meat". Unless I decide to buy beef jerky. I might do that. Grains! Cereals! Nuts! Dried fruit! Powdered whole milk! High protein pasta! I have plenty of rice and lentils, plenty of spices and seasonings, plenty of olive oil and canola oil and sesame oil. Plenty of flour and corn meal. Plenty of Asian chili paste! Canned tomatoes and tomato sauce! Canned mushrooms! And so on. Oh, yes, canned red beans, for these make a wonderful vegetarian chili. And so on. I want a well-stocked survivalist pantry. Oh yes, dehydrated potatoes! And so on. Pretend it is WWIII, wheee, for it might well beeee! 

Changes Are Coming

 The first significant front of the year approaches early, much cooler Monday and Tuesday. Today it is mostly cloudy and change is indeed in the air. I still work outdoors in the early morning. Seems like there is always something to do. Rain today would not surprise me, but tomorrow rain is more likely. 

The Heat Is Real

 Real enough, at least. Change, too, is in the air. I can feel it. 

The Heat Continues

 August is normally quite hot here. 

August

 The heat is in "full swing". June and July were really not so bad but I knew that August would be a killer. And so it is. Dry air continues, we continue to have a bit of a breeze, and mornings are not bad at all, and days are becoming noticeably shorter. I remember reading Raymond Lully years ago, and I recall that he made much of what he called "equilibrium", imagining that an equilibrium state was necessarily so precarious that an act of will and focused thought could disturb it. Of course that is not necessarily the case. Most of what we see is very stable. On the other hand the effect of a small disturbance can sometimes be amplified over time but then the results are generally quite unpredictable. Most of the systems that appear so stable are actually only metastable. The solar system is only metastable. The possibility of a chaotic excursion is always there. If you think in terms of a trajectory in phase space, it takes time for a chaotic departure from a pseudo-stable state to develop. But when it does, watch out!

Into The Heat!

 But humidity is low and we still have breezy conditions. And the mornings remain quite cool and comfortable, so I have at least two hours to work outdoors when I must, before the heat is excessive. I get out of bed early, at four, DST, but I don't submit to the DST idiocy, so for me it's five when I rise. Early to bed and early to rise has been my routine for many years. It works! I wish I could have done that for all of my life. But it simply wasn't possible back in the dark ages.

Coffee on the patio was very enjoyable this morning. I look forward to wine on the patio this evening. 

Torrents Of Rain!

 But very isolated. I got one of those torrents night before last and another one yesterday afternoon for a total of four inches. But mostly in my neck of the woods, and not much elsewhere. It could happen again! Cool enough this morning, even with triple digits in the forecast for me to do many many things outdoors. Well pleased was I, to accomplish so much and even to have a bright idea that allowed me to solve a problem with negligible cost and effort. A bonus! 

Heat Relief And Rain

 Today and tomorrow mere seasonal temperatures and last night I got heavy rain. If there was any thunder or lightening I slept right through it. Nice to wake up to cool temps and everything soaking wet! I did a lot of work outside yesterday, taking advantage of the comfortable temps.

Tonight could be a repeat of last night!