Wood-burning fireplace. You know, just a little one. Or a woodstove. Teeny. It's 53F right now, 65F projected high, 48F low tonight. Tomorrow's going to be warm--all the way up to 69F, with a 52F low. Of course then Tuesday drops to 59F projected high, but back up to 67F on Wednesday.

The first year we were here, we actually needed AC for about two weeks when the temps were in the 80s and no rain or cloud cover for that long. We've since added roof insulation, and an internal shade for the skylight, and it's been quite liveable with open windows and fans.

Denisoff was The Other in The Avengers. Couldn't see his pretty face, scruff or not, though, for all the appliances and makeup.

Denisoff was The Other in The Avengers.

I would never have known it was him, if people here hadn't mentioned it.

Aw, my uncle isn't coming this year afterall. In a pitch to avoid the heat (which I do recommend) he's going to head further north and visit my cousin in Maine, but that puts him not coming down this route. Well, that frees up that week, I guess. My loss is my cousin's gain; he's a bike enthusiast himself, so I predict they will have a lot of fun talking shop.

OK, need to go pot something. Patched a bit of the stucco, hope I did it right.

OMG you guys. I met up with some people and we went to the Laugh Factory on a lark.

Dane Cook headlined. It was the most horrific train wreck of misogyny and stupidity.

One of the people I was with said, "It was like watching a date rape."

And it was so sad because the four comics before him were really great. I was in tears laughing so hard. And apparently he's been doing this same thing at the Laugh Factory for months.

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I listened to the audience, and basically, there were twenty dudebros laughing and 6 women with low self-esteem screaming I LOVE YOU in the whole sold-out place. Other than that, silence. He told the women screaming "I LOVE YOU" to stop because their voices were grating, but they had nice tits.

I watched a Dane Cook special once. Had to switch it off halfway through.

Lee, bring on the bearded hunks.

So full on beards are okay? I thought you just wanted the between clean shaven and a beard photos. I can do that!

I would never have known it was him, if people here hadn't mentioned it.

Alyson Hannigan would never have known it was him if he hadn't told her. No part of his person, including his voice, was actually identifiable.

Allyson, sorry Dane ruined the show - and wish you had not been subjected to the sustained misogny.

Beverly, wood burning fireplaces or wood stoves placed in an outer wall warm you about two feet from the fireplace and noplace else in my experience. For a fireplace or wood stove to take the edge off, it needs to be inside the room, naturally with a stove pipe to carry off the smoke.

Also fireplaces and wood stoves are very polluting. If they are sealed units, meaning no smoke in the house, then the pollution mainly hurts your neighbors. If they are a classic fireplace or wood stove with air interchange in the room then they hurt you as well. People with wood heat statistically have more respiratory problems than people with electric or gas heat. (Coal heat causes similar health problems.)

I met a bunch of people for brunch at Table Fifty Two this morning and then went to Target for a couple of things. The Pride Parade started at noon right outside the Target I went to, so I caught the tail end of it.

It's hotter than I was expecting, so now I'm a sweaty mess. I was already feeling delicate thanks to a migraine yesterday. Man, I was a total failboat yesterday. Made coffee and didn't put the coffee mug under the drip, and I think that we all can agree that a receptacle is an important part of the coffee-making process.