Porthole

Ides of September

There's a pale yellowish orange light casting a glow through the haze. It's too smoky for me to go out. I had to turn the fan off here in my room. I should shut the window but it's hot inside and I have no a/c. There's no relief in sight unless we get a shift in the wind this evening.

Weather: uncomfortable and dangerous.
AQI: 97
Temp: 28°

Everyone along the West Coast is suffering from the fires (AQI = 281 in Portland) and the Gulf is concerned about TS Sally but few are mentioning Hurricane Paulette that's poised to slam into Bermuda. Pain is local.

JayNaNoOhNo to Brian (Charity's Zoomies entry): "I'm sorry you were nervous to join. Did tell you I bite? I told her to stop telling people. I told her it would scare them off. I mean, it only happened ONE TIME. And it was more like a nip. Nobody needed stitches or anything. Seriously though, I'm glad you came "

I responded: "I now know the name of my newest wannabe vampire. There's always one... or in the case of my Blood of the Garlic stories, now 2. What's your favorite blood type?"

runningwolf04 has started a new blog "Invalid Item"  and hoping to reconnect with folks after a short hiatus. Support is always a key to good health, imho.

I received a merit badge from Davy Kraken for cracking Crack
Kraken's Code Contest.

Grandmaster

I'm proud of it because I focused long and hard enough to solve it first. My only concern is that it needs to be promoted better. Not as much fun if no one else is playing.

I usually find out about the big WDC contests too late so this time I made an item where I can actually write and enter... if I remember it. So this is for my-eyes-only: "Invalid Item" 

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