Bugger, its hot out here

Summer's here. Or at least, I am hoping this is how bad Summer will be. I have a new found appreciation for cold water, air conditioning and empty office spaces. Well, I would gladly put up with the heat and have an office full of nice people (no geigers), but given that I don't have that option, I'll take the cool office.

It has been bloody hot in DC of late. We almost hit 40 Celsius the other day. I am not sure if this is global warming or just plain old DC weather, but I am starting to get tired of it. Right now, it is a crisp 10 Celsius in Vancouver and raining, and I almost tempted to say that I would rather be there than here. But not, I do like the warm weather... just not the searing hot weather.

Anyway, I thought I would post a note on the good old blog mentioning the hot weather in the hopes that people will write about their weather... or something like that.

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