Cynthia

…well of sleep, anyway.
I’m beginning to think that somebody up there (or maybe down there) thinks sleep is superfluous. Last night around 10:30, faced with a choice of going down the studio and finishing up a sculpture or going to bed, I…actually went to bed. Snuggled in under the covers, I drifted off by 11, [...]

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My most avid commenter, Gary-the-fusedlight-Brown, now has his own blog and I think I’ve the honor of being the first person to comment on it. And wouldn’t you know it: Just as I’m getting fed up with the whole dual-party American system and ready to start my own political party (we can’t let the French [...]

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Here’s an interesting physics problem:
You have a flat plastic container full of virgin olive oil and one dozen jumbo green olives stuffed with feta cheese. The container measures 4×6×1.5 inches. The oil has been chilled to approximately 36 degrees, increasing its viscosity.
You drop the container from the second-from-the-top shelf of your refrigerator, at a height [...]

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Somebody up there was listening to me…it’s raining.
Not only raining, but I woke this morning to thunder and a flash of lightning. According to the National Weather Service, we have an unprecedented summer storm moving in and it’ll rain (and thunder) a surprising amount over the next three days.
Yummy.
BTW…free dinner next time you’re in town [...]

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At 3pm today my thermometer measured a cool 104 degrees and if a cloud has graced this sky in the last week I sure didn’t see it. At 6 pm the temperature finally broke…to 99 degrees.
Sheeeeeeeesh. If I’d wanted weather like this I’d have stayed in central California.

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