I think I’m soaked in sweat from the five minutes between getting out of the shower and waiting for the bus. At least the bus is reasonably cool. Cloudy and 77 degrees in Delmar. There is a south breeze at 8 mph. The dew point is 67 degrees. Definitely muggy out and it will be getting muggier as the day progresses.

Today will have some isolated showers between 9am and noon, then scattered showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 87. Five degrees above normal. Southwest wind 3 to 6 mph. Chance of precipitation is 40%. New rainfall amounts between a tenth and quarter of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record high of 97 was set in 1988.

Tonight the sun will set at 8:35 pm with dusk around 9:09 pm, which is 24 seconds earlier than yesterday. Today will have 15 hours and 9 minutes of daylight, a decrease of 1 minutes and 6 seconds over yesterday.

Tonight will be scattered showers and thunderstorms, mainly before 11pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 69. Eight degrees above normal. Southwest wind 3 to 5 mph. Chance of precipitation is 30%. New rainfall amounts of less than a tenth of an inch, except higher amounts possible in thunderstorms. The record low of 43 occurred back in 1969.

On this day in 1981, U.S. President Ronald Reagan appoints Sandra Day O’Connor to become the first female member of the Supreme Court of the United States. That’s almost as cool as sliced bread, which is sold for the first time by Chillico the Baking Company in 1921.

There are 7 weeks until State Fair Opens when the sun will be setting at 7:39 pm with dusk at 8:09 pm. The average high temperature is 79 degrees, with a record high of 99 in 1947.

I was in a bit of a haze this morning after taking sleeping pills last night, so I wouldn’t stay awake all night in the heat. I opened the shades before bed to let in more air, but that also let in sun at five in the morning, when I first awoke then went back to sleep an hour later. Didn’t hear my alarm clock at seven, so ended up taking the local yokel bus to work. That’s fine, it would have been a sticky walk down to the express bus.

I don’t like the heat but I still don’t believe in air conditioning. I may be old fashioned but I still prefer fresh air and spending hot evenings down at the park, and hot weekends with feet in the Potholers. If I had air conditioning I would probably spend more time inside. I like air conditioning in my truck, but that’s because sometimes I get stuck in traffic in the city.

Despite buying a digital converter box to hook my computer monitor into to get television reception, I haven’t had it plugged in for more than a month. I used to like watching the PBS Newshour, but the news lately has become so much about partisan trolling, that I’m disinterested in knowing what the news is. Most of the news doesn’t really impact my life.