"Maybe another ribbon would h–"
"It would not."

some guy

Dear Nelly, A busy day here on the river – I woke before Lincoln himself and was in the saddle until about midnight tomorrow – rode over the entire regiment on both sides of the river, was soundly drowned in a torrential rain, and have been busy ever since my return. Things are improving daily – I personally beheaded Brigadier General E. Kirby Smith before breakfast this morning, and he thanked me politely for doing…

All heat waves are emotionally devastating as well as physically uncomfortable, especially in Northern California, where there is no central air conditioning ("No central air conditioning? Surely some public establish –" NO CENTRAL AIR CONDITIONING). I can handle the winter, or what we have in the way of it here. I can turn on the heat, or drag my cat onto my lap, or double up on socks. But a heat wave! Friends and lovers, heat waves are spiritually…