Good morning. The weather should be sunny and dry with a temperature in the low 80s. But the mornings are briskly cool which is a relief. I open the windows which entertains the cats and it also gets some nice cool air in. Later when the outside temps get warmer I will close up again but the house should be cool enough that the air conditioning won't come on. This place tends to be a bit of an oven at times. I have been trying to reduce the amount of time we spend on TV. There are damned few shows we want to see and most are re-runs anyway. The news is focused on the shutdown with a few bits of other items thrown in without much explanation or analysis. Even the bloggers I follow tend to rehash things ad nauseam. What can you say when you can't find anything new to say?
Every now and then someone gives things a bit of a twist. For example, Jennifer Rubin, at THE CONTRARIAN, takes off from the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement. She uses the first several letters of the English alphabet instead of the Hebrew alphabet to list a few of our collective sins. She lists ARROGANCE, BULLHEADEDNESS, CAUTION/COMPLACENCY, DISTRACTED-ITIS, AND ENNUI. Not a bad list to start. I think we can all continue that list with more such sins.
A bit of sad news: Jane Goodall has died at age 91. I have always admired her.
Erin Brockovich reported on an ongoing problem in a small community not far from Pittsburgh: water with an unhealthy level of magnesium that is totally unusable. After complaints the state Department of Environmental Protection ordered the local authorities to send out notices to residents to not use the water FOR ANY PURPOSE. But evidently those authorities aren't providing safe water as long as the situation lasts.
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