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I used to go to Palm Springs in the summer for dance weekends. When you leave the A/C'ed hotel and the outside heat feels like you opened the oven door, that's hot. When it gets above 100, that's hot. Mostly it doesn't matter when you're going from A/C to A/C. But when you have a place without A/C (or you are walking to downtown PS from the hotel because parking is a nightmare and it's still 90+ degrees after sunset), anything over 90 is going to be challenging mostly because those nights don't cool off enough and thus my place has been warmer than usual all week long."Warm." I like that. That's the word the media uses to describe what my mom used to call "hotter than the hinges on the gates of Hell" all the while, keeping some people more stressed than they need to be with "HEAT WARNING"s and "EXTREME TEMPERATURES" and the like. Yeah, it IS that, and the nights aren't too comfy, either. Good on Ms. Betty for bravely going where a lot of cats have gone before, and toughing it out through the heat, while keeping up the side in the food department. The Fluff is doing his part, too, I'm happy to say, with encouragement.
*Your sense of humor!* Now would I ever consent to any cat being called, "Mr. Garbage Disposal"?
Part of my bizarre aspiness *yes, that's a word. I just made it one, if it wasn't before.* is a liking for really sour tastes. Yoghurt is kind of like curdled milk isn't it? I like the plain, the sour-er, the better. *Too bad I'm SO lactose intolerant.*
As far as the cement mixer shot, it's not about the sour as much as the texture. I'm told it's like trying to shoot cottage cheese.
I would call a cat MGD, if he rightfully earned the name. But most cats I know are far too picky for that name. Until we found I/D and A/D, Betty would be a Miss What Else You Got?
Late September, early October is the hops harvest season. At this time of the year, for only a few weeks, brewers make "wet hop" or "fresh hop" beers that use fresh hops--often within 24 hours of picking into the brew kettle. For the rest of the year, they use dried hops. It makes a big difference in the mouthfeel and flavor. I really enjoy fresh hop beers. It's been a bit of a slow season at the tap room this year for fresh hop taps. But when I saw one on the tap list today, I knew I was going to make this afternoon a taproom afternoon. I apparently dawdled for too long trying to get out of the place at lunch and Betty caught the vet vibes. She was under the bookcase when I was finally ready to leave. I gave her booty a scritch (because she always hangs it out when she's trying to hide) and told her no vet for you and then made myself scarce. I think she's going to run the clock out and maybe leave 1/2 the plate today. Honestly, she does well on the cooler weather meals that as long as she nibbles at lunch, that's good enough for me.