I was just over at CNN, and apparently, Sen. John McCain has given them exclusive right to release his new campaign video. Among other things, it shows him being interrogated while he was a POW during the Vietnam War. His entire experience was pretty harrowing and someone else may have died enduring what he endured.

But does that make him a good candidate for President? I know he’s from Arizona, and I *should* be rooting for him, but I’m still undecided. I can’t even decide whether or not this video was/is a good decision on his part. I guess I’ll watch it again, but I also would like to find out what others think of it too.

Inwardly, I had made a resolve not to use my blog to whine about the high temperatures here. Yeah, I know it’s been around 110°F / 43°C here lately. I’ve seen the recent headlines on Drudge, something about more-record breaking temperatures in Phoenix. But I didn’t give them much thought because I was staying nice and comfortable in my cool home.

Until last night, that is.

About 9 p.m., we all noticed that our home had gotten noticeably warmer. Of course, something was broken, but I was able to find someone that would fix it first thing in the morning. I had a decision to make: Do we try to make do till the morning, or do we head out to a store and buy some floor fans for temporary relief? I finally decided that it would probably be cool enough during the night, so we stayed in.

Staying home was a choice that I regretted many times during the night.

I tossed, I turned, I woke up 72 times. I jumped in the shower to cool off at least once or twice, and I’m pretty sure my kids each took a turn as well. Come to think of it, one of the cats was also in the tub at some point, but I was half asleep and don’t remember the details very well.

Everything got fixed bright and early (THANK YOU! THANK YOU KIND PERSON!) and so it was a matter of time for the house to start cooling off. During the wait, the shower was once again put into use several or more times. Of course, the indoors temperature seemed to take forever to become normal so MP, in order to boost morale, went out on a surprise donut run. Woooo! They were heavenly too, especially since I hadn’t had one in six months. I carbo-loaded and then passed out on my bed. Of course, now I’m behind on everything. Oh well, at least my home is now nice and cool.

Btw, if you’re thinking of moving to Arizona, it is insufferably hot here at times. I know they say its a dry heat, but then again, so’s the inside of a brick oven.

All day long, it’s felt like a storm was moving in. HOORAY! But I think the storm must’ve hit the commuter traffic on the freeway because its nowhere near my home now. I enjoy the monsoon season, and I love the dramatic thunder and lightning shows too. I just wish there was more rain and less wind.

Oh well, maybe tomorrow night.

No, I’m not talking about meeting together in order to start an office uprising, I’m talking about cleaning up the mess on your desk. Let me guess, you’ve got tons of paper, work reports and even some old periodicals you’ve been meaning to read. You’ve got one little clean rectangle of personal work space that’s the size of a file card. Everything’s stacked so high that your co-workers can’t tell whether or not you went to lunch. Your boss has noticed that his request for the latest report has turned into your own personal game of hide and seek. Everyone’s complaining, and tired of the way your work is impacted by the condition of your desk. Maybe a little poem will inspire you to do something about it:

If you don’t want to hear any flak,
On your desk keep a magazine rack
If you get lots of mail,
You’ll need one without fail.
And I know that you won’t take it back.

I’m burning the late night oil, working on my e-commerce stuff. I decided to take a break from that for a few minutes and go blog hopping. You see, there’s an event coming up on Friday, the details of which presently escape me, but basically everyone picks out five bloggers and their blogs and writes about them. The bloggers are supposed to be out of your normal circle of activity.

So I went looking a bit and found nothing I’d care to see again. Maybe I’m being too picky, but then again, I’m using some pretty good blogs to set my standards. Blogs like Dodgeblogium, that’s written in an engaging style that keeps me informed and helps me to see what’s happening in the world. Or Owen and his wife Camille. She writes great stuff, whether she’s talking about their adorable son, Arthur (who has his very own blog), or posting a hilarious limerick about her brother. Owen has several blogs, each one unique, interesting to read and informative .

There are other great blogs I visit regularly, and I hope I don’t hurt anyone’s feelings by not mentioning them here. Don’t worry, I plan on mentioning every great blog I like, at one point or another. But the point I’m trying to make right now is that I feel like a modern Diogenes, trying to find a decent, honest blog or two. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think my blog is back up to where it should be, so maybe I’m just bumping into other bloggers that are going through life issues like I am.

Oh well, if it looking at other bloggers gets to be too much, I can always go watch clips from WKRP on YouTube.

My son forwarded this story to me, and the pictures are unbelievable. Australia’s shoreline north of Sydney looks like a gigantic bubble bath! The article calls it the ‘Cappuccino Coast‘, but to me, it looks like a tanker filled with Mr. Bubble exploded. It appears that there’s no damage from the foam, which scientists say is created by impurities such as dead plants, salts, decomposed fish, chemicals, and excretions from seaweed. If you look at the pictures, it shows people playing in the foam, but I don’t know if I’d want to have it on my skin. Ick!

I always snicker a bit when I read news or posts that make Arizona sound like a place where no sane person would live. Sure, we’ve got blazing high temperatures that can turn your skin into a crisp and give you heat stroke. To be honest, I’ll admit we’ve got some interesting creepy crawlies like black widows, tarantulas, rattle snakes, centipedes, and gila monsters. And I suppose that I should mention the coyotes and bears that have come out of the rural areas and have been seen lurking in major metropolitan areas.

Come to think of it, perhaps life here is a bit more adventurous than other states. I mean, where else are you going to find a scorpion doing the Hokey Pokey in your kitchen in the middle of the night?

Arizona’s a great state and there’s so many fun things to do outdoors, whether its a picnic on Christmas day, or hiking up Camelback Mountain. Head outside and have a blast. Don’t worry too much about all the so-called hazards out there. Personally, I’ve enjoyed all sorts of outdoor activities and haven’t suffered too many injuries, unless you count the the time I accidentally sat in a patch of prickly pear cactus.