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We had our first 100 degree day this year earlier this week. In fact it got up to 114 the next day. The high today was 74, quite a drop from just 2 days ago. It might be a dry heat here in Phoenix, but anything much over 100 is just hot!

Yesterday, as it was cooling off the people over in the next cubicle were discussing whether it was raining yet, or not. The consensus was it was raining (they could feel the rain drops hitting them), but it was not visible on the ground, so someone said, “It’s a dry rain.”

I received this at the end of an email earlier today. I found it amusing enough to share.

“Notice: No trees were destroyed in the sending of this message; however, a significant number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
“DISCLAIMER: This e-mail is a natural product. The slight inconsistencies in spelling and grammar only enhance its distinct character and are in no way to be considered flaws or defects.”

Ken talked about his keyboard dying recently. My monitor gave out last night. It had been acting up for a while, small twitches, probably indicating a capacitor was marginal somewhere in the circuitry. Whatever gave out caused each pixel to show up as about a 1/2 inch tall, smeared, and all piled up on top of each other. Not readable at all, although I did manage to click on the right blur and shut the system down on about the 6th try. Now I’m using a 14″ with too much red. Everything on the screen has a vague pink tint to it.