Cooling Down

It's a relatively late  (for me) Friday evening. My "better half" is working late at Books A Million for the unveiling of the latest book in that series of vampire romance books.  I had to run something over to her a while back, and the crowd wasn't bad. Not the size of the dozens upon dozens for Harry Potter, but surprisingly large.

It's still blisteringly hot around here. My remote temperature gauge says it's still 90 degrees on the deck out back. That's just wrong for almost 10 pm.  Even in August. Even in Arkansas.

My apologies (again) for a lack of posts. We've spent a lot of time in the past week helping our daughter move. And trying to do some things around the house. I make no guarantees that things will get back on a regular schedule, but I do know that I'm going to try! It's disappointing to see those statistics evaporate when posts aren't current.

So, tonight, in the quiet solitude of the empty house, I'm wading through dozens (okay, hundreds) of posts on bloglines. Let's look at a few together, shall we?

 Wal-Mart Corp. Warns Its Employees About The Perils Of Democrats In Office

 Wall Street Journal: Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is mobilizing its store managers and department supervisors around the country to warn that if Democrats win power in November, they’ll likely change federal law to make it easier for workers to unionize companies — including Wal-Mart. In recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart store managers and department heads [...]

 Obama, McCain, and Pump Politics

In the spring, Democratic primary voters didn’t fall for misguided gimmicks on energy policy. But if recent polling is any indication, Americans in general are so worried about gas prices, many of them are actually falling for the scam being pushed by John McCain and the rest of the Republican establishment. A CNN poll this [...]

Flying much these days?  $50 an extra bag on Delta.  Then, this:
US Airways No Longer Serving Free Water

Charging for checked luggage and legroom isn't enough for some carriers -- starting today, coach passengers flying aboard US Airways Inc. must pay for a drink of water.This morning, US Airways began charging fliers [...]

Think things are really peachy in Iraq? US deaths may be down, but living ain't easy.
 Iraq Suffers From Dirty Water, Fears About Cholera

Just months after Americans repaired a sewage treatment plant in southern Baghdad, insurgents attacked the facility and killed the manager. Looters took care of the rest. Nearly three years later, the plant remains an abandoned shell. Raw sewage is still flowing freely through [...]