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You know what I love about geography? There are deserts in the ocean. Literally. A desert is defined as an area with little precipitation and consequently little vegetation, greatly limiting the food supply for wildlife and creating a hostile, difficult environment. This describes an ocean gyre perfectly. You have little precipitation in the stagnant central section do to the wind flowing around it rather than into it, and the currents follow the wind, meaning nutrients aren't moving into this central section. So it's much harder for move marine life to survive and thrive, because you don't really have much food. So you have what can be fairly described as a desert. In the ocean.
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You are all no doubt worried for me in the "heat wave of the decades" here in California.
It is 74. I went for my walk. I put on a hat.
I believe I am OK.
*glares hatefully from 120 degree Phoenix*
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It only got up to 82 degrees and the storms have been pushed back to overnight so looks like someone is staying up late to keep an eye on the radar (Dane county is known for tornado siren failures).
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"Wait, am I supposed to do something" - The General playing Skyrim.
Her first time playing a video game since Grand Theft Auto 2.
Pea Bear is already exasperated. :-)
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Ugh. It is hot and muggy and nasty today. (High of 86) The kidlet ended up with heat exhaustion after jujitsu class. I was eventually able to get him cooled down enough to go take a cool shower and have been bugging him to drink more water every few minutes, so he's doing a bit better now. Muggy heat and heavy gi is not a good combination apparently.
And now we have severe thunderstorms rolling in. But no tornado watches or warnings yet. So that's something.
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I'm definitely having a cranky day.
It's not like anything actually awful happened. It's not really a no good very bad terrible day. But everything is all blah and grr all day. Feel free to ignore the whining. Better to complain here and get it out of my system is all. :P
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I know heat exhaustion! You're doing a great job!
I always wondered why those places are so hot.
You must be getting the storms I see building to the southwest.
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I'm definitely having a cranky day. ** spoiler omitted **
It's not like anything actually awful happened. It's not really a no good very bad terrible day. But everything is all blah and grr all day. Feel free to ignore the whining. Better to complain here and get it out of my system is all. :P
I hate those days.
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I'm definitely having a cranky day. ** spoiler omitted **
It's not like anything actually awful happened. It's not really a no good very bad terrible day. But everything is all blah and grr all day. Feel free to ignore the whining. Better to complain here and get it out of my system is all. :P
Here is your cheese and crackers that you ordered. When you are done with this whine, then I would suggest a good Port whine next.
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I hope that your weekend gets better, lynora.
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"... And then for Thanksgiving he ate the trick-or-treaters!" - Tiny T-Rex making up the end of a scary story at bedtime.
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I know heat exhaustion! You're doing a great job!
I always wondered why those places are so hot.
You must be getting the storms I see building to the southwest.
Oh my gosh! The first thing that any one should think about when opening a martial arts school is a very, very good air conditioning system. Because you get a bunch of people in a small room and have them training so hard they're literally drenched in sweat ....what did they think was gonna happen??? It's like a sauna in there. In the waiting room too. And we're not even gonna start to talk about the smell....*shudder*
What we've learned from this experience is that he needs to take off the gi jacket as soon as class is over and we might need to bring a towel or something that he can wet down and put on his neck on the ride home. Also that I need to get him a bigger water bottle. The one he has is pretty big, but not enough for summer conditions. :)
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I'm definitely having a cranky day. ** spoiler omitted **
It's not like anything actually awful happened. It's not really a no good very bad terrible day. But everything is all blah and grr all day. Feel free to ignore the whining. Better to complain here and get it out of my system is all. :PI hate those days.
Hugs!
Thanks. :)
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Slowly getting used to the finger sticks for testing my blood sugar. Found out that there's fewer nerves on the sides of the fingers. Fewer nerves means less jumping / kicking reflex action.
You get used to it pretty fast. You won't even think about it pretty soon.
Of course, I sew so I had a head start on getting used to getting stuck with sharp objects beforehand. :P
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What i've learned from Fargo today.
You don't want to have Stussy as your last name.
And if you do you should definitely avoid glass, glue and petite Asian dudes wearing trendy jackets and ear buds.
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Second lesson learned from Fargo today.
Don't f*@$ with semi-professional bridge players.
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It is a dark and stormy night.