I do love how they are simultaneously like "STAY INSIDE WHERE IT'S COOL!" and "BUT DON'T RUN YOUR A/C IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY!!" @@ This is why I'm glad to be at work.

Also, I think my new boss loves me, never a bad thing.

ION, the rising Hispanic population in Wisconsin has been reflected by an addition to the Milwaukee Brewers sausage races:

MILWAUKEE -- If it is possible for a sausage to strut, this one was.

A 9-foot-high chorizo, with its goatee, sombrero and bandana, raised its arms in triumph Saturday night as it made its debut in the "Sausage Race," a diversion during Milwaukee Brewers baseball games that features four mascots--a hot dog, a Polish sausage, a bratwurst and an Italian sausage.

From Section 204, dozens of Hispanic fans chanted: "Cho-ri-zo! Cho-ri-zo!" A few snapped photos on cell phones. Francisco Verduzco, wearing a straw sombrero and a green Mexican League baseball jersey to mark the team-sponsored Hispanic night, said he finally felt like a real Wisconsin resident.

"It was time they had the chorizo, no? It's hard to explain, but I feel proud of it," said Verduzco, 42, a factory worker from Oostburg, Wis.

Wisconsin has experienced an infusion of Latino immigrants, putting a new face on a region where the legacy of German immigrants remains strong. Now that the chorizo known as El Picante will be a regular Sausage Race participant, both communities can find common ground in the sports exploits of encased meat.

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Although I don't like DC's late-summer so-humid-it's-like-walking-through-soup ridiculous heat (high of 101 today!), I much prefer summer to winter. My winter clothes are all so boring; sumer is the only time I get to wear pretty skirts and dresses all the time. So I put on skirts and sandals the minute it's warm enough out, and keep them on until my toes start going numb.

I am happier murderous.

sarameg, may I tag? I just love.

I think I need to move to Alaska.

Where libkitty is, it's quite mild. Where I'm from, NSM. I've experienced 95 degree weather (and no one has A/C), and -60 degree weather (at that point, even plugging in your car does no good).

There's a reason I live in San Francisco now.

Everyone else, stay cool, please. I like my Buffistas. I don't want them to melt.

Are you calling us all wicked witches?

Yay for encased meat product inclusiveness! Not so much the Melting Pot as the Meat Grinder, but even so....

"It was time they had the chorizo, no? It's hard to explain, but I feel proud of it," said Verduzco, 42, a factory worker from Oostburg, Wis.

Oostburg! That's on the way to Green Bay and I always giggle as we pass the sign.

Feel free, juliana!

Oostburg

It is like it is home to the spikeloost!

Hi, I'm Aimee and I cannot work new technology.

I've put in the coffee pod. Put water in the water thingie. Made sure it's plugged in. Turned it on (flashing red light), and pushed the 8oz button.

No coffee.

Can someone help me with the Gevalia?