cooler weather, finally

so it goes from 94 degrees one day to 74 the next, 2 and a half inches of rain, lightning hits the radio station...all sorts of craziness. It's a lot cooler outside today. Feels great. It's supposed to stay cool for a while, so hopefully we can keep the windows open and won't have to turn the air on again for a few days.

Pretty quiet day around here. Not much happening locally, just a lot of small town politics and such. Scott started his new job yesterday in Ottawa, I hope it's what he's looking for. Me, I'm just hoping the new news person in Peru starts next week, so things are a little calmer. If not, I can one man band it for seven stations. That's what I've been doing anyway.

-K

now, i know it's supposed to be hot, but this is ridiculous

ok, i haven't updated the blog in three weeks. my fault. bear with me.

so all sorts of things going on...it's going to crack 100 degrees here this weekend, with a heat index higher than 110. i know it's almost august and it's supposed to be warm, but this is ridiculous. temperatures in the upper 90s with dewpoints in the 70s are what i expect in southern illinois, but not near chicago. it's so warm i don't want to do anything except go home and go to bed, and lay in the air conditioning. it just zaps the energy out of you. it's really getting ridiculous, i hope the entire month of august isn't 100 degrees every day, or we're moving to alaska. (just kidding.)

more bombings in london today...these weren't fatal like the other ones, but still completely and totally serious. it should always be taken seriously when these things happen, especially two weeks apart. time for the world to wake up, put on its game face, and start fighting back. i do like the concept london has of the 2,500 security cameras monitoring the subway systems. you try and pull something, they'll catch you. they got the video of the bombers and traced it. that technology would serve a lot of good purposes in the united states.

sounds like senator durbin is meeting with the new supreme court nominee john roberts tomorrow. i hope this isn't a horrible, nasty fight. no one wants that, and it isn't good for the country. i mean, we elect these people to represent us, and they show their appreciation by fighting like little mean kids. they're already looking for dirt on roberts. hopefully, the process will work the way it should, everyone will see history in the making, and it won't turn in to a playground brawl.

not much else happening here.

-k

terrorists and thunderstorms

well, that certainly wasn't what i wanted to wake up to at 4 AM: watching another terrorist attack unfolding. it's gone from bad to worse, there are at least 37 dead and reuters was reporting 60 confirmed deaths earlier. three subway trains and a suicide bomber on a bus, and we're the bad guys. nice. terrorism is everywhere. the terrorists who bombed london today didn't do it because they just hate america. if that was the case, they would have blown up something in the united states. instead, they pick countries that they see as united with us on fighting terrorism. abc news had a report on their website today saying that a group in europe took responsibility for the bombings. the group reportedly called it a "blessed event against the Zionist crusader Britain" and praised the mujahadeen. they promised more attacks, especially in italy and denmark. the two questions that come in to my mind are: 1. how the hell do police officers not see people setting out bombs in subway tunnels, and 2. why is the united states, and specifically the president, being blamed for the bombing today? it's confusing. it's scary. a suicide bomber on a bus brings the terror to a whole new level. that could have happened anywhere. time to ramp up the efforts to fight terror, and really start going after people.

in other unrelated news...mother nature finally decided she doesn't hate us anymore and we got some rain today. came out of nowhere, about 3:30 it got really dark and started lightning. it POURED down rain for probably an hour. we need it so badly, i was happy to see it rain. the farmers really, really need it. let's hope we keep getting more of these good ol' summertime storms that blow up and rain all over us for an hour or so. i won't complain about that.

-k