don't mistake this for a complaint - holidays are always fabulous - but the monday holiday generally frogs up the week more than the friday holiday.

did you know that every raindrop has a solid core? out by the ocean, the cores may be pieces of salt. inland, maybe it's dirt or dust. every raindrop has a solid core. fascinating.

several high school football teams came to a local football camp. one of them is from barrow, alaska. it's an average of 40º cooler there than here this time of year. 40º is enough degrees to actually be a borderline comfortable temp all by itself. another difference there is that in barrow, polar bears walk off the frozen arctic ocean directly onto the football field.

look how far barrow is above the arctic circle. the solid core of the raindrops in barrow is probably ice. all year 'round.