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People are comfortable insulting others with the broadest possible brush, but God help you if they can infer the slightest affront to themselves.

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Hazy, hot, humid

Air temperature 63 F, dew point 59, calm, shallow fog and scattered clouds. Supposed to get up near 90 F, hot for Maine. Chance of thunderstorms later and overnight.

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And in non-eclipse news:

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ravens-pass-tests-planning-ahead-unnatural-tasks

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For whatever it means, Jerry Lewis was front page news here. Dick Gregory wasn't . . .

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Maine minimalism

http://bangordailynews.com/2017/08/20/news/state/bowdoin-relocates-plaque-listing-alumni-who-fought-for-the-confederacy/

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Other side-effects

(Remember the mouse-over)

https://xkcd.com/1879/

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In other news

Air temperature 59 F, wind SE under 5 mph, scattered clouds for the newspaper walk. Supposed to get into the 80s F today, unwanted by-product of summer.

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National freak-out day

It's almost as if a dragon had never swallowed the sun before . . .

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The gloom abideth

Air temperature 66 F, dew point 64, calm, overcast. Rain in the area. Supposed to clear off later. No bike rides until Thursday. Walks allowed.

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News from New England

http://bangordailynews.com/2017/08/19/news/nation/therapy-chicken-reunited-with-new-hampshire-family/?ref=comments

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Out for my morning walk and came across one of our "occasional" cats, gray and white and fairly small, with stripes on the gray. It ignored me and focused on something out of sight, so I moved on a few steps and saw two doves bobbling along a driveway. Watched as the cat tensed, quivered, and charged. The doves, of course, left with plenty of room and time to spare.

So the cat turned, trotted over to me, and rubbed my ankles. "Just chasing some vermin out of the neighborhood. Scritch me."

Which, of course, I did.

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Dank (Not the same as danke)

Air temperature 62 F, dew point 60, wind NNE about 5 mph, light mist for the newspaper walk. Rain supposed to move on, followed by spell of nasty heat and humidity.

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Freetown.

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So "anti-fascist" is now an insult? The WWII veterans of my family offer a suitable bit of military language . . .

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One bite at a time.

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Impending rain

Air temperature 61 F, dew point 52, wind NE about 5 mph, overcast for the newspaper walk. Water District trucks in possession of the road next to our park, with signs of mud. Not really water-main break season . . .

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Beware of the one-eyed jack.

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Automated post

Air temperature 52 F, dew point 46, wind west about 5 mph, scattered clouds. Getting up before the sun again -- we've lost an hour and a half of daylight since the solstice.

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Self-censoring.

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Lawn has been mowed. Barely needed it, but there will be Stuff happening to get in the way of later.