Hazy, hot, and humid

Fog this morning, dank, now the sun is out and the humidity is still there. Came back soaked from my bike ride. No idea what the real temperature is out there, but the comfort index is atrocious.

Bike computer glitched again, damned thing won't even work as a reliable stopwatch. 15.2 miles, _approximately_ 1:02. I only know the mileage because it was a regular route.

"Check Engine" light came on again yesterday, take the car into the shop tomorrow morning, find out how much poorer we'll be by evening. And got an estimate on foundation work needed on the house. Maybe I'd better do some work on that downtown project. The nice people pay promptly....

Back it up, folks!!!!

A writer of my acquaintance has lost the contents of her novel file. The file is still there, but empty. Now digging frantically through the temp folders for automatic backup files, weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth. Sackcloth and ashes. We're talking professional author here, under contract, advances, deadlines, the whole meghilla.

Back it up. Back it up _again_, using removable media. Duplicate the files on another computer and verify that you can read them _there_. Send a copy off to your mother.