There's a giant fiery ball in the sky! WE'RE GONNA BURN UP!
Well, it finally did clear up, which really is nice. Actually, all the rain does have the side benefit of giving the streets and sidewalks a much needed flushing. It almost smells clean out there!
Had to run to lunch sorta late today. The 11 to 1 crowd downtown is pretty staid--mostly office workers, with the odd smattering of urban campers--most of whom aren't the least bit energetic enough to pose a threat. But the 2 to 5 crowd is quite different, or maybe I just notice it more since I'm the only civilian wandering around. I always try to look for the regulars, like Bicycle Riding Guy or Hi-Tech Scooter Panhandler, because I figure things are cool if they're around. The obvious strangers make me a bit nervous, though, like the scrawny short-haired gamine who was loitering on the sidewalk at the bottom of the stairs. Standing there dragging on a smoke, big sundial tatto on her upper bicep--is she really that interested in reading the cornerstone inscription?
Well, yeah, probably.
I mean, not everyone is out there waiting to pounce on chubby civil servants, you know!
I got to the bottom of the steps and she turned and walked on up the sidewalk. I crossed over to the park side of the street. Just to be safe.
Posted by Terry Oglesby at June 3, 2005 02:59 PMThe big burning thing hasn't made its way back over to us in the Hotlanta area, yet. We're still shrouded in the big, flat, grey nothing.
But the temperatures are unseasonably nice for June, and all the rain has helped out a lot with the pollen problem.
Posted by: Dougal Campbell at June 3, 2005 03:14 PMI hate to admit it, but when I went out I thought to myself, "Boy, it's HOT our here."
Posted by: Terry Oglesby at June 3, 2005 03:37 PM