Hott in Herre
Holy mother of SHIT. That's the real temperature here in L-Town right now. I didn't doctor the image or anything. The surprising thing is that it's not too bad. Growing up in the Midwest, I've been through some heat waves (Chicago '96 anyone?) and this is, in all honesty, the nicest 107 I've experienced.
Granted, I haven't had much to do outside today, and I've been in air conditioned buildings for most of the day as well. So that's probably a factor. I had my departmental orientation this afternoon. We took a tour of campus around 2:30 or so. As scary as the prospect seemed, of walking outside in all that heat, it was really pretty nice. Warm, but nice.
In other news, the Cubs are screwing up again. That's all I have to say about that.
Tonight, departmental pot luck. I have some chicken hotdish in the oven right now. I know, I know. I bitch about the heat and I'm making something called "hot dish" in the oven. I'm a bastard, what can I say.
So anyway, send cool thoughts down our way. Looks like the week's gonna be like today.
One of the things I will NOT miss about Kansas. The weather. Too hot in the summer, too much ice and not enough snow in the winter.
I mean, DAMN. This potluck was warm as well. After the sun went down, all the smart people (which is funny when you realize that this was a gathering of grad students and professors) went outside where at 96, it was considerably cooler.