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ellarienToday I scanned my passport, filled in an application form, and walked about a mile in 106-degree heat to FedEx Kinko's to get a bad photo taken and send off for my Chinese visa, then walked back to the office. (On the way back, a young lout on a bike came up behind me and snarled, which was a bit disconcerting.) I also lectured to the summer students, bought a copy of Black Powder War to replace the one presumed lost in New Mexico, and did some work for the meeting after next.
We're down to the hardest bit of summer, the brutal heat and barely-double-digit humidity that drives most of the casual population out of town. In a few more weeks, if all goes to schedule (which it doesn't always, and didn't last year) we'll start seeing the clouds building up thunder-pillars in the afternoon, and eventually the monsoons will arrive with a shattering thunderstorm and a brief respite from the heat.
We're down to the hardest bit of summer, the brutal heat and barely-double-digit humidity that drives most of the casual population out of town. In a few more weeks, if all goes to schedule (which it doesn't always, and didn't last year) we'll start seeing the clouds building up thunder-pillars in the afternoon, and eventually the monsoons will arrive with a shattering thunderstorm and a brief respite from the heat.
