Lauras 16, 29.

DIARY

- WEATHER -
Well, last week we officially melted. It was too hot for me to get much done during the early part of the week, and anyway, I was too preoccupied later on with Jess' and my birthday and our 1 year anniversary (yesterday) to pay much attention to projects. That may help to explain (somewhat) the light posting.
This past weekend the weather was perfect on the East Coast. Temperatures had dropped a dozen or so degrees to hang out in the upper eighties, the skies were blue and filled with fluffy white Cumulus clouds. Today, that has changed with a hit between moist air from the south and a cool front moving in from the northwest. So we should expect storms and humidity. Today, however, the eastern Midwest will get a break in the form of a cooler front, and that ought to reach the East Coast by tomorrow. Likewise, storms and fogs are cooling and moving along the West Coast. Inland, things aren't so swell. The Great Plains and the South are still suffering from extraordinarily high temperatures. Kansas City and environs, in particular, are baking. In the South, the cotton crop is being hit at a critical time by combined heat and lack of precipitation. Fortunately, Tropical Storm Chris turned out to be pretty weak, but another low has formed in the mid Atlantic. Over the next month, we'll enter the most active period of Hurrican season.

- TIGERS -
The Tigers just swept Cleveland in three nail-biters; in the third game they won just 1-0 against a Sabathia who allowed only six hits in seven innings. This reinvigorates their lead over the running-up White Sox to nine games. That single run was scored by Brandon Inge with the help of a sacrifice.

- AUGUST - is Kiwi month.
- HAPPY BIRTHDAY - Elizabeth Báthory and and fellow scav judge Joe A.

- NEWS OF THE WEEK -
Guardian Unlimited: Outcry after dissident dies in Iranian jail.
CNN.com: North Korea rejects flood aid offer.
Reuters: Ukraine's Yushchenko proposes rival Yanukovich as PM.
Scotsman.com: Fragile peace shattered as Tigers hit Sri Lankan army.
BBC News: LRA leaders declare ceasefire.
Reuters: President says Somalia's cabinet dissolved.
BBC News: Scores killed in Ethiopia floods.
New York Times: Oil Prices Shoot Up as BP Shuts Huge Field.
New York Times: Hostilities in the Mideast.
New York Times: The Reach of War.
Jessica turned 25. Connor turned 28. Together, we celebrated our 1 year wedding anniversary.

- QUESTION OF THE DAY -
Have you ever been in a fight, by which I mean a physical altercation, not an argument.

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