According to the NYTimes, yesterday was the hottest August 13th in recorded NYC history (which began for temperatures in 1869). It was the hottest day period since August 9th, 2001, and the longest string of 95+ days since 1955.
I think I slept maybe 3 hours, and I woke up with a migraine.
It's blazingly hot here yet again (though the weather gods claim it's going to drop into the 80s tomorrow), and so I think a movie is in order. Because my window-unit air conditioner, while better than nothing, is barely making a dent in the heat.
I woke up tired, though no migraine. Last night, a friend taught me how to crack a singletail bullwhip, which led me to play with it for probably 45 minutes. And now, prdictably, my right shoulder is killing me. ("I'm sorry, Boss, I can't come in to work today -- bullwhip injury.")
Still, once you get the hang of making it crack, it's so cool. I may have to become a cowboy.
Why did it take so long?
Severe fuel shortages. Vast deficits left from the war effort. Very bad weather in the late 1940s.
Cool. Thanks, Ginger!
My goodness, I've been conditioned, haven't I -- I keep expecting something horrible to happen. Anne Bancroft takes a friends' dog for a walk in Central Park and lets it off the leash for a walk, and I expect it to disappear or get eaten or run into the street or something. It doesn't, of course -- it's not that kind of movie.
Holy crap! Root canals and caps for four teeth cost $2500! In the early 1950s? That's... crazy!
Er, maybe late 50s. Oops.
Much becomes clear about the state of British dentistry.
Nono, this was New York! It's why she couldn't afford to go to England for Elizabeth's coronation. $2500! Crazy!
K & K Mime Ministries The Founders of Gospel Mime.
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skip the intro - it's the best part.
tommyrot, I think you want this link (yours didn't go to the intro). That is... wow. I particularly like God as Monster Truck Announcer.
Speaking of hot... I bought a range, including a convection oven, which is probably far more stove than I need. Yet now I feel all home-ownerly and all that.
