tevas&socks, heat, and red sox

okay, so this morning, in oppressive heat (see paragraph below), i walked 12 blocks to and from a biosecurity talk at the national academies. 'twas interesting, etc etc, but as i sat there amongst distinguised experts in the field, i noticed one thing (maybe due to the fact that i was still sweating from my trek over): it's late july, sweltering, and everyone's in suits, women included. blegh! why do we value our "professional dress" over comfort (and common sense, for that matter)?? it's retarded. if we were all sitting around a conference table dressed in t-shirts, sneakers/sandals, and shorts, would the amount of respect we have for each other lessen? well anyway, one of the dudes -- a cute, grumpy dude who obviously knows his stuff -- had on a white dress shirt, brown slacks... and tevas&socks. hahaha. though i can't say that it's the best style sense, he was comfy -- so kudos. :)



yucccckkk. "feels like 101" at noon. this heat wave is not cool at all.. but apparently, it's gonna rain tonight and tomorrow.. and friday and saturday and sunday. haha great. so it'll be cooler but... drizzle drizzle drizzle. i can't decide what's better -- 5 consecutive days of 100+ degrees or 5 consecutive days of rain.






and in case you haven't heard, the beloved red sox are falling left and right... :( sniffle! they're still on top of the AL east (boo-ya yankees!), but yesterday night, in a 10-9 win over the devil rays, matt clement -- the really bushy-beard pitcher -- got hit in the head by a line drive. he crumpled onto the mound and remained still for 5 minutes before being carried off in a stretcher. ruh roh. :( and trot nixon hurt his back or arm or something too. and i read some article about how manny ramirez wants to be transferred. what is all of this?!?! i hope they get better!!