Not So Hot

 Starting off much better today with clouds again, northeast wind, and light rain. Yesterday it did not get as hot as forecast because of persistent cloud cover. Anything to get relief from heat. I'd hate to live in the desert Southwest. Arizona, Nevada-- they are baking. Payback for all the fossil fuel consumption, and all the greed. Nature takes no prisoners and has no mercy. And I like that, I guess. The laws of physics are inexorable, inescapable, implacable, and exacting. Attempt to defy them and you pay the price. Ignore them and you could easily die-- just as humanity will die, trapped in the mass extinction event that human beings created by breeding like rats and gobbling resources as though they were infinite, as though greed had no consequences. 

Maybe their worthless gods will beam them up. HAHAHA! That's a joke, folks. 

Not As Hot Yesterday

 But above 100 F, still, as the heat goes on.  The weekend might be more endurable. Amazing the temperature extremes we've had in the past few years, from near zero F in the winter to many days of temps above 100 F in the summer. The worst of both extremes. Heat domes compete with bomb cyclones and polar vortices to make life miserable, or at the very least, uncomfortable. You can burn or you can freeze. Name your poison. You'll get both.

It's nice to see, finally, over-the-counter birth control pills. How about cheap and non-prescription morning-after pills? How about more sense and sanity? How about REAL freedom?? Freedom of conscience? Freedom of choice? How about killing off male domination? Patriarchy? How about freedom FROM religion? How about taking your religion, whatever the hell it happens to be, and shoving it up your ass, where it belongs? Keep it to yourself. Fuck off, in other words. 

Record High

 110 F was a record high for the date yesterday. It was bad but not the worst, which was 114 sometime in July of 1995. It's a rough July, for sure. 

I ordered a small appliance from AMAZON and it appears to be a defective piece of crap. Fortunately, it didn't cost that much. If I can't get the damn thing to work, I'll just charge it off to experience. Screw AMAZON. I don't have time to go through the process of trying to return it and get a refund. From now on, for any such item, I shop locally. The reviews were generally good, but I suspect they were all fake. Made in China. That didn't help. What isn't made in China these days? Buy a Chinese product and I suspect you are aiding and abetting slave labor. 

Very Hot!

 Off to a warm start today! I got some outdoor work done early, to avoid the heat to come. 

Looks like it'll be a rough July, but yesterday's rain was terrific. I took a little drive in it to exercise my windshield wipers. HA! The playa lakes are still looking good, and despite the heat, the recent rains have kept everything green. 

Lots Of Rain!

 It rained quite a lot over the nighttime and early morning hours but it looks as though conditions will be very hot and very humid for several days. Unusual. Tropical conditions are not the norm for us, at all. It'll be uncomfortable but I can see the likelihood of much more rain during this period.

I'm not quite sure how much stock to put in forecasts though. Strange changes seem to be the norm. I ventured into the hinterlands yesterday. It was a pleasant drive but I saw a lot of evidence of psychosis among the people living out there. I won't go into details, but various signage signified loss of contact with reality. I guess loonies and the boonies go well together. Too much meth? I really don't know...