Triple-digit Weather Returns, In the News, and Enjoy!

Triple-digit Weather Returns - We had anticipated greatly a cooling trend. Weatherpeople predict triple-digit weather throughout the week.

Yesterday afternoon, it was so hot that the cooling system here at my office failed miserably!

I have constructed this device to combat the gruelingly hot temperatures! I hope it is effective!

In the News - Interesting, weird, unusual, strange, etc. This is the news!

Production Of New $100 Bill Botched For 3rd Time; Could Cost Taxpayers $4M

Gay Inmates in California Can Get Married

Runaway Lion Takes Ride In Police Cruiser

6-clawed Lobster Finds New Home

2-year-old Escapes Nursery, Walks Half-Mile Home Alone

Enjoy! - Relax and enjoy these images and videos!

National Iguana Awareness Day, CatCam, and GoPro

National Iguana Awareness Day - Today is National Iguana Awareness Day>

"Hard to care for...easy to love" was the slogan for the group of dedicated iguana owners who volunteered their time and efforts to organize "National Iguana Awareness Day" (NIAD). Although NIAD was officially disbanded in 2001, the mission of NIAD remains.

The cornerstone of the NIAD campaign was education through the dissemination of appropriate care and advice to owners and pet shops selling iguanas. Volunteers were encouraged to hand out pamphlets and flyers, make presentations to interested groups, and make media contacts. Despite dropping the official iguana awareness day, increasing awareness of the proper care of iguanas is certainly an ongoing campaign.

CatCam - I have replaced my graphic workstation with a new HP Phoenix raging beast. It is a wonderful system! I have much configuring remaining and much software to install and configure. For now, CatCam is inoperative. The software that ran it previously must be located, and it is not, at this point, a priority. Please be patient, and I shall attempt to have CatCam running soon!

GoPro - Relax and enjoy these GoPro videos!

National Be Late for Something Day, In the News, and Enjoy!

National Be Late for Something Day - This holiday is for being fashionably late for anything and everything all day long and loving every minute of it.

Yes indeed, today is the day to be late, and when you do you are proving just how holiday-oriented you are. You are a true celebrator of holidays.

In the News - Snatched from today's headlines—the unusual, the strange, the mystifying, the humorous, the weird, the interesting, etc.!

Surgeon Accused of Faking Operations Surrenders Medical License

Neighbor Says Church Bells Helped Destroy His Marriage

EPA Sends SWAT Team to Alaskan Mine to Check Water Quality

California County Votes for Secession from State, Cites Overregulation

Enjoy! - Relax and enjoy!

In the News, Stupid Criminals, and Enjoy!

In the News - Ripped from today's headlines!

Northern California County Board Votes For Secession From State

McCain Plays Online Poker During War Hearing

$30,000 Coffin Comes with Music System

Driver Claims Speed Record Around Manhattan

Stupid Criminals - They walk among us!

Man Hid in Kmart, Huffed 16 Cans of Air Duster

Drunk Girl Blows .341 in Jail, Tweets

Woman Pulled Over for Breastfeeding on Moped

Ohio Man Allegedly Smokes Crack in Police Custody

Enjoy! - Relax, and enjoy these images and videos!

Skyscraper Day, Teriyaki Mushroom Burgers, Asian Chicken Salad, and Relax!

Skyscraper Day - Skyscraper Day is a day to appreciate and admire the world's tallest skyscrapers.


Skyscrapers are truly engineering and architectural marvels. In many crowded cities, space is in short supply, and real estate prices are ever increasing. Building "up" becomes more and more logical. As technical capabilities in construction improved, skyscrapers have become taller and taller. In addition, there is a certain prestige to have one of the tallest structures in the world in your city.

Here are the world's tallest buildings:

Teriyaki Mushroom Burgers - Laura produced some incredibly tasty teriyaki mushroom burgers Sunday afternoon. She made patties using 85% lean beef, to which she added minced garlic, minced Jalapeños, and several spices and seasonings.

While the patties grilled, Laura sautéed sliced, poached mushrooms in teriyaki sauce. She poured the mushrooms atop the patties and placed Swiss cheese atop them.

She also produced an excellent batch of oven fries.

She placed the patties atop fresh Kaiser rolls from a local deli. There was no need to add condiments! The burgers were incredible.

Asian Chicken Salad - Yesterday was Labor Day. While many traveled great distances and placed themselves in peril on crowded roadways, Laura and I stayed home and produced an enormous quantity of Asian Chicken Salad. Laura poached sliced mushrooms and prepared the noodles. I did the slicing, dicing, chopping, and mincing. Laura combined the ingredients, added seasonings, extra-virgin olive oil and Oriental rice wine vinegar, and slowly stirred everything together.

This is a recipe I developed many years ago and with which I have brought intense pleasure to a great many.

Laura took a quantity to work with her this morning. She is gifting it to a co-worker. This afternoon, when she arrives at our home, she will travel to the home of a member of our home church (Harvest Christian Center) who is recovering from an injury at home. Laura will bless her with an offering of this delicious treat.

The balance shall be savored by us throughout the week. Asian Chicken Salad is excellent as an entrée or as a side dish. It is extremely healthful and very low in sodium, fat, and cholesterol. It is also very time- and labor-intensive to produce. If you wish to make some, you will find the recipe on this blog under the Recipes link on the left.

Relax! - Relax and enjoy these videos!