We'd sure appreciate it! It is supposed to be less hot tomorrow so I'm crossing my fingers that that means conditions improve for containment and whatnot

Perhaps reading a murder mystery set during Katrina while keep half an eye on the evacuation orders is not that smart of a choice. Surely there's something else I can read...

starts to Google remote rain dancing I fear if I do the rain dance here we'll get it instead.

This is what always gets me about the theft of religious objects, particularly something like an outdoor yard statue, that is unlikely to have any monetary value.

I'm just watching an episode of QI, where the story was told of this priest from England who visited brethren in France, at a location where they had the arm of (allegedly) Mary Magdalene. And this priest went in to venerate said relic, and surreptitiously bit one of the fingers off and took it back to England with him.

So if ever you visit a Catholic shrine or abbey or whatnot in possession of a saint's relic, and there's a sign up saying:
KEEP BEHIND THE BARRIER
NO FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY
NO BITING

You'll know why.

Wow

That is hardcore

That's too funny, billytea.

I wasn't even thinking about relics (although you think people who believe them authentic would be really afraid to bite off a finger).

Huh. Got an alert that my company is closing the Vallejo office tomorrow, I assume because of the fire, but nothing about Fairfield which is a lot closer to the fire and seems more in danger to me. I wonder what the reasoning is there. Maybe it's some other reason, the alert did not actually say.

It would be really nice to have some rain about now.

So greedy! We just had a rare summer thunderstorm last weekend.

Which....started all the wildfires.

I wasn't even thinking about relics (although you think people who believe them authentic would be really afraid to bite off a finger).

Apparently that's only people who believe in germ theory.

Ohmigawd, today was much worse than yesterday. So hot and the air smelled like old ashtrays so we closed the windows and huddled in front of the fan. Power went out about 6:30. Scrambled around getting flashlights and candles before dark. Discovered horrible leak under kitchen sink with moldy slime everywhere. Bottom of candle box collapsed and a couple of the jar candles broke and I had to deal with broken glass while DH grabbed a wrench to put the drain pipe back together in the dimness of the kitchen.

Couldn't stand the stuffy air indoors without the fan so sat in garden enjoying the fresh oxygen in the stinky air. I think closing up the house was not the best option when it's 86 degrees.

Then the power came back and we gratefully sat down for dinner, TV and fans on high. It's the little things that are best.

Doubt the people living down here in the flatlands close to the Bay need to worry about fire evacuation, so everyone breathe easy, okay?

Oh no, people in the fire zone. All safety and rain~ma.

In (slight) meara'ing:

Dana, congrats!

Congratulations, Gud's youngest daughter! It is encouraging that she could tell you that.

Wonderful school news about Matilda!

As for me, after being on stressy test season since late June, I finally finished all tests and papers and a research proposal (that I had to conjure up in about two weeks) five days ago and get the grades needed (I think - I currently have the grades I need, but I'm waiting to hear about the grades in two other classes. As long as I have at least 84% in both of them, I'm OK, so I'm not very much worried). At work we started unpaid leave four days ago and I've been resting since then, but it is starting to be a bit boring. Planning to go to the museum today and do some cooking.