I just figured out why my new boss, who sits in the cubicle next to me, annoys me so much. He's an upspeaker.

Everything crossed for you guys, Sparky! I'll repost your link on my fb today, just in case.

My poor old diabetic kitty, Swifty, was all wobbly in his back legs this morning. He was otherwise alert but it is worrisome. He couldn't jump on the couch and he kind of dragged himself upstairs. He's at the vet now. The vet tech said sometimes the diabetes causes numbness in their limbs so maybe it's that? Hope whatever passes quickly. That guy loves to jump on stuff!

My commute is now 17 miles and about 25 minutes there/30-35 home. Unless traffic is really backed up on the beltway. I miss my 5 mi/12 minute commute a lot. Mostly where I was working though. That commute could be 40 minutes on the way home if traffic was bad. I do NOT miss my commute to Columbia which ended up regularly being an hour or more home every night. That sucked. And no public transit at all! (To here I could take the subway and a bus if I really needed to.)

Awesome video of the President quieting a crying baby. Seriously cute.

the best part is the smug look he gives his wife. They are SO CUTE.

They are SO CUTE.

Totes.

I hope Swifty's ok, lisah.

I'm putting off serious housecleaning.

So Summer begins 10:16 a.m. board time. Astronomical Summer, anyway. Meteorological Summer begins June 1 and ends August 31st.

When I was a kid, it felt like Summer began when Summer vacation began, which was usually the very end of May or maybe June 1st or 2nd. School began in early September, so that was the end of Summer.

So when does it feel like Summer begins? June 21st? June 1st? The first hot day of the season? Nowadays, kids have a shorter Summer vacation - what do they think?

For me, it's June 1st. But then part of me says it's not officially Summer until the Solstice.

the best part is the smug look he gives his wife. They are SO CUTE.

LOVE THEM.

I think summmer starts about June 1 for me.

of course, as a teacher, summer begins the first day of summer vaca for me, regardless of weather! But we generally start into the 90+ degree weather in June, so...

NSM today -- it's supposed to be in the 70's. Nice!

I wish summer started at Memorial Day, but mostly it's the weather and/or late June, I guess, between the solstice and the end of school I grew up with.

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Summer = Memorial Day to Labor Day theory....

ON Memorial Day weekend, I often feel like, "It's a three-day weekend and sorta' the beginning of Summer - I should be outside doing something instead of sitting around in my apartment."

Origin of the Good Humor bar

From the Smithsonian's daily snapshot, a summery history of the Good Humor truck: "His first candy invention was the Jolly Boy Sucker, a lollipop on a stick. While working in his ice cream parlor, Burt created his own recipe for a smooth chocolate coating that would be compatible with ice cream. His daughter Ruth performed the first taste test. Although it tasted good, Ruth thought it was too messy to eat. To solve this problem, Burt took the advice of his son, Harry Jr., who suggested freezing wooden sticks used for the Jolly Boy Sucker into the ice cream as handles. He named his new creation the Good Humor bar, capitalizing on the belief that a person's "humor" or outlook on life was related to the humor of the palate. Burt immediately sent the patent to Washington, D.C. "

Now I want a Jolly Boy Sucker.