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Yes, it is hot enough for me, thank you

If you are in Baltimore today, I trust that you, too, are inside nursing a g&t, because stepping outside into the heat is like getting hit in the face with a shovel.

It’s a holiday and a light day, so all I’m offering, if you haven’t already been informed of it on Twitter or Facebook, is the Joke of the Week:

http://www.baltimoresun.com/videobeta/?watchId=068de951-5b4d-416a-8e64-0f0fe85d00a1

Back to the blog and the paragraph factory tomorrow.

Posted by John McIntyre at 2:33 PM | Permalink | Comments (4)

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"getting hit in the face with a shovel" may have been the best thing I've read today. Thanks, Prof.

Hopefully your gin doesn't do similar. What's your brand?

Posted by: bryanintowson | July 5, 2010 3:14 PM

I live in Texas, so I was going to say, "Yeah, right. Baltimore hot. Whatever." Then I Googled the temp in Baltimore--it's freakin' hot! It's cooler in Texas today than Baltimore, and going to get into the HUNDREDS this week! Better stock up on that G&T and ice!! (I recommend iced tea though.)

Posted by: Karla | July 5, 2010 4:26 PM

I remember as a child visiting our relatives in Louisiana every summer. One of the more vivid memories is of stepping out of the door of my maternal grandfather's house in New Iberia, and feeling the hot humid air wrap itself around me and suck all of the energy from my body.

Posted by: Hal Laurent | July 5, 2010 8:14 PM

bryan, that is one of my favorite phrases.

Hal, welcome to my world. Its usually like that from late March to Halloween.

Not today though. Its partly cloudy and 79 degrees here, and 99 in Baltimore.

Posted by: PCB Rob | July 6, 2010 1:53 PM

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