Saturday, June 23, 2018

Checking in

Too much fun stuff has been happening of late.

First, I just finished hosting a nice lady whom some would call a 'shirt-tail relative'.  In actuality, she is my great-nephew's maternal grandmother, and she has just spent a week out here staying with me to get away for awhile.  She is now back home and overall it was a nice visit.

Second, the heat is definitely on (h/t to the late great Glenn Frey):

Currently we are under an excessive heat warning until tonight, but word is temps will be back to pushing 110's or better next week.  Ah yes, summer in Sin City.  

Could be worse I suppose...I'm lucky I'm not in Phoenix.  Or even Laughlin ;-)

Or even worse: Death Valley (screengrab from NWS)


So in the meantime I am trying my best to stay cool and comfy, or relatively so.  Usually after a week or so of 110+ temps it usually settles down to the usual 100s during the day.  Then next month of course I have to brace myself for the monsoonal flow leftovers coming up from Arizona and New Mexico that will make things sticky and hot.  By now I am used to it but it's never easy.

Finally, I bring you as a kind of a teaser preview before Peter's wonderful Sunday music selections, some interesting music vids courtesy of the Danish National Orchestra.  They provide a nice take of movie themes from the classic spaghetti westerns of Sergio Leone



And, being a Trekkie at heart, they also did a suite of Star Trek themes:





Am chilling at work for now, prepping myself for a long marathon session of work for tonight through tomorrow.  Hopefully more to come later.

Sunday, June 3, 2018

Some funny stuff overheard on the police band

(h/t to CWBChicago.com)

10:33PM — Up at Montrose Beach:
Dispatcher: “I’ve got a ticket for a female trying to carry her heavy-set intoxicated friend to a car. Can I get a code for that?”
Sergeant: “Yeah…She needs to start working out or get better friends.”

😏