Hey, where’d the summer go?!
The longest day of the year is soon to be upon us, and it’s barely possible to notice, since it’s been raining pretty much nonstop since it stopped snowing. Mornings have been rainy, and I’ve completely given up the morning-run regimen that I was so dedicated to last year. Afternoons have also been rainy, but sometimes in the evening there’s a burst of sunshine just as the sun descends below the horizon line — something Lileks described as a “deathbed erection — thanks, now what the fuck am I supposed to do with that?” Every year I come upon the solstice with regret that I haven’t gotten more enjoyment out of the longer days, except for last year, when I was up at 5:30 every morning and enjoying the dawn. But this year there’s no sun to enjoy. And after yesterday’s brazen beauty, today is, again, a misery. It sets up some murderous moods.
A little shocked to find my page Googled by someone looking for the phrase “Parisian whores”, particularly by someone looking through a Norwegian search engine. But apparently, yes, I DID use that phrase back in December, and even predicted that it would cause me to be Googled by pr0n-seeking freaks. I have a long view but a short memory, apparently. The usual searches for “glycerol ester of wood rosin” keep pouring in — at first it was funny, then it was annoying, and now I have to keep up the links just as a public service because I get so many hits. Perhaps there’s a career for me at the Glycerol Ester of Wood Rosin Council (actually, I’ll be surprised if it doesn’t already exist under some name or another). Happy to get a hit for “West Glenville Cemetery,” because if that’s what you’re looking for, I’m the guy who’s got it. Or at least pictures of it. some of it.
Pleased, however, that some people think it’s rollerblading season, and my blading page is getting hits from all over the country. Now that I’ve got some more biking miles under my belt (well, actually, bike shorts don’t have a belt), I should put up some Rensselaer county bike routes. All in good time, my pretty….