34 thoughts on “July 6, 2012: Must Be the Heat”

  2. Kids these days and their made-up weather statistics! Why when I was growing up in St. Louie, we didn't have "record highs" because the City's only thermometer stopped at 90! Anything more than that was "Hot enough for us" and we left it at that.

    The weatherist union had it worked into their contract that there was no night shift unless there was storms. There was no such thing as overnight lows. They also had July 4th off (rain or shine), so no one ever knew exactly how hot it was that day.

    Finally, what in Sam Hill is a record highest low temp? Sounds like someone needs to get out of their mothers' basement and get outside and experience the weather themselves!

    1. Agree. And what's with these made up stats like "Heat Index" and "Dew Point?" The temperature will tell you if it's hot or cold. Maybe through in how windy it is. That's all you need to know to figure out the weather.

      1. SERISLY!!1! SUCK ITUP YOU BABYS, YOU PROBABLY, NEED EXTRAE WATER BRAKES TO, JUST BECAUSS THE MAID-UP HEAT INDEX1!!!11!! FIRE BELINDA JENSEN!!!!1!1!

    2. The basement actually sounds pretty good right now. 107° for today's predicted high. I think after tomorrow we should finally get our break, though.

      On a "high" note, our new living room furniture arrives tomorrow morning. Three of the most comfortable reclining love seats with cup holders that (reasonable) money can buy! Looking forward to my first nap in them.

    3. In editing that, I accidentally removed "Like someone was gonna stay up all night just to watch the thermometer!"

      1. As a fellow 49-year old, I can tell you starting isn't the problem, it's the finishing.

  4. Twins have their 11th different starter scheduled to pitch tomorrow. I believe that earlier in the season there was a bet as to the number of different starters they'd have this year. Am I correct in remembering that the over/under was set at 11.5?

    3. Some pretty snazzy prognosticationon my part (other than the fact that I'm probably going to get the overall bet wrong, and also a swing and a miss on the "Diamond will falter, Walters will succeed" bit.

      Nice over/under I set, though.

      1. It certainly looks good now. But just wait until they blow by it and have 19 different starting pitchers.

  6. I dont mind a hot day or two, but a weeks worth of hot and humid days is stupid. And since is hasnt rained a whole lot down here in Southern Minnesota since before Memorial Day (I had 13" for the week before that holiday, and the river flooded and all that jazz), the grass is pretty brown. And the grass is not too green on the lawns where the sprinklers have been running.

  7. I'm scheduled to have an interview a week from today at LSU's art museum. This will be the first job interview I've had in well over a year, and it's for a good job to boot. I'm excited, but not really happy with the idea of commuting from NOLA to BR.

      1. Yeah, and the way those folks drive on i-10... holy cats.

        I'll likely be able to car pool, and there is a distinct possibility that I'll be able to work a 4 day week, and I have friends who live in BR who'll put me up for a couple of days a week... I'm trying to talk myself into how this won't be a bad commute.

  8. i've finally been watching some breaking bad again, and as i was going through sepinwall's thoughts on the episodes i noticed that he's re-visiting deadwood. i've read a couple of the episodes, and apparently some of the actors are commenting with their thoughts/experiences from the episodes. so far i've seen keone young (mr. wu) and jim beaver (ellsworth).

    2. Bookmarked. Read that entry and then jumped back to s1ep1. Good stuff (and an extremely articulate comment section. Not a hooplehead in sight.)

      I rewatched the entire show this past Winter, and was even more impressed the second time through. Amazing writing and a cast for the ages. Neck and neck with The Wire as my all time favorite.

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