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July 13, 2009

sartorial

sartorial\sar-TOR-ee-uhl\ , adjective:
1. Of or relating to a tailor or to tailoring.
2. Of or relating to clothing, or style or manner of dress.
3. [Anatomy] Of or relating to the sartorius muscle.



I've been accused of many things, but having a sartorial sense of dress hasn't been one of them.

Reminds me of a joke:

A Texan went to the doctor because of some "problems" at home. After seeing the doctor, he purchased a tuxedo and wore it home.

"What did the doctor say?" asked his wife, eyeing his unusual attire.

"Doc said I was impotent." the man announced.

"Then why are you wearing that tuxedo?" cried his wife.

Her husband replied "If the doc says I be impotent, I'm gonna dress impotent."




Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top

Uncle Jay Explains (7-13)

July 12, 2009

Molokai Strait

Another thing I want for Christmas.

July 11, 2009

gauche

gauche\GOHSH\ , adjective:
1. Lacking social polish; tactless; awkward; clumsy.



I knew this word, and have used it in conversation only to be met by puzzled looks.

They would've understood the context if I told them it was a word that describes me to a "T".

Fiery Furnace Forecast & Fair-Weather Friends

As I've written in here before, I keep my online friends and sister's weather forecast on my Excite start page. Looks like Sis will have a hot day in Denton, but I'll be a bit warmer. (which seems strange, as she's probably 200 miles or more to the South, latitude-wise) As you can see with the current temps (in dark), it's almost always cooler at night here than there, plus it's also much less humid here nearly all the time than it is in the Dallas area.

I'm just thankful I don't live in Houston where the air is thick enough to swim through.



Now for my "fair-weather friends", not in the usual sense, because they've always been great online pals, but because their weather is much better than it is here.

It looks like my friend Collee in NH will be getting a little more heat than has been usual for that area this year; just the other day I read an article from a Massachusetts online newspaper that said this was the "year without summer" for them up that way.

Also in an online newspaper, I read that New Zealand has been experiencing a cooler than normal winter. Sure wish I could send a bit of heat Annie's way, we've got plenty to spare!

Beary in Florida looks as though she's going to have a fairly nice day, but except for hurricanes, it's almost always nice in Florida, huh?

Mr and Mrs. G are also going to have a nice, temperate day in Nawth Carra-lana, just the right warmth for the daytime and great sleeping weather at night. (I'm sure they're snugglin' up anyway, bein' newlyweds and all)

It looks like an avg. day in England for my "absent" friend elle in Oxford. -sigh- I remember a time when she came to visit in August and it was hot like it is now and felt like a blast furnace when the wind blew...which is to say, it felt like a blast furnace most afternoons. She loved it, reveling in the heat, but the low humidity and fierce temps made her poor little nose bleed and the sun played havoc with her English Rose complexion.

Heard on the news last night that the local electric utility is asking us to conserve power as they're close to reaching the maximum on power generation. Hey, I'll turn out the lights, I'll shut down this computer and my TV; I'll even unplug my little fridge, I'll shoot out the street lights, but damned if I'm shuttin' down the A/C.

Yes, "damned" is right, and I mean it. Hell can't be too much hotter; I'm just worried if it'll be humid there, too.

The 70s Quiz

From the Baby Boomers Headquarters website:

The 70s was a heck of a decade. Some things happened that never happened; and some didn't... that did.

We're here to clear all that up.

For each question below, click YES if you think the event occurred in the 70s, NO if you think it occurred before or after the 70s, and NEVER if you think we made the whole thing up. When you're done, we'll tally the whole thing up.

The 70s Quiz