You don’t realize how much energy you expend thermoregulating. It’s an invisible cost, because you don’t notice the effort that goes into things like producing sweat.

Yes, I remember a 3-hr daytime drive through western Nebraska in August during which I virtually mummified myself without realizing that I was doing so. Nice refreshing wind in through the open windows of the car, though.

He also gave a leg up to a number of writers early in their careers, and he never stinted with the praise when someone’s writing pleased him.

I am not posting to agree or disagree with anything you’ve written here (although it’s interesting to hear 1st-hand accounts like this, and I’d heard elsewhere that Ellison, whatever else might be said about him, was generous and open-handed, especially towards those who were struggling).

Hah. Someone remembers “Call Me Joe”.

We got some good buckle here. Mmmm-hmmm.

Yes, they’re insatiable.

Spruce Grove, man. Up there, the only law is him.

What’s the deal with shorts that are so tight and short you’re basically wearing underwear?

Trump is currently trying to put a wedge between Canada and Mexico in the NAFTA re-negotiations, proposing two separate deals instead. The Trudeau government isn’t buding on this and I imagine that the Mexicans are so pissed off by this point that they won’t either.

You can always tell. We can’t seem to suppress the audible deep breathing.

He won’t have to. Doug Ford is in charge there now. You won’t be able to tell when you’ve crossed the Niagara Frontier. A shambles on both sides.

That was pretty fine.

No, surprisingly enough, Harper went on record today saying that he didn’t understand why Trump was acting like such a berk.

Excellent point.

Wear it at all times. Even in the shower.

Said it to his face? We’d have loved to see that.

We simply hate him with an undying passion.

That’s what I thought too. He was teasing it when he thought it was unable to react. Glad that it schooled him.