We do not write what we know : we write what we want to find out. -- Wallace Stegner
Dew point is a odd term for measuring humidity. If meteorology were grammar, dew point would be in the subjunctive case. It is not the current temperature, but the hypothetical temperature at which water would condense out of the air and settle on objects or form clouds. I asked an actual meteorologist, Vanessa, about it and she gave me the key word: fog. Google says "Fog forms when the temperature and dew point of the air approach the same value (i.e., dew-point spread is less than 5°F)." So far so good, but then it says "or by adding enough moisture to raise the dew point." That must mean warm moist air moving into a cooler area. So two images suffice for me: fog, and dew on grass in the cool of the morning. And yet why fog? Why not just condense onto the ground, or condense in the air and fall to the ground? More questions for Vanessa.
Dew point is also a good analogy for thoughts finding their way into sentences. The thoughts are always there floating around in the warm neural air; the cool earth is an hour of quiet on a day off. Maybe the rest of the house is asleep. You have an hour unaccounted for. Condensation into words happens.
Maybe I should add Dew Point to my ongoing list of great band names, the top candidate of which is currently Stranded Assets. Most two word phrases are candidates. Or maybe I should look for other banal topics to lull the negatroids.

Markers: the mugshot; bishop makes M get rid of the AR15s;

I'm so not a foodie, but I love scoring the best table in the house. St. Andrews is indeed by the sea everywhere, and it's only 3 hours from home, perfect for the two day birthday getaway. Home to a super busy library week with a puppet show on Thursday and Flyrod Crosby Day (book sale, band, and ice cream truck) on Saturday. Rolled ice cream uses a reverse griddle, one that chills to -30. The cream is poured onto it then scrapped off into rolls that look like birch bark.

A quick read this weekend was Curious Incident by Mark Haddon, a twenty year old book that came in on donation, narrated by a 15 year old autistic boy. It interested me more now because we see a lot of kids on the spectrum at the library. The math and the Sherlock Holmes references were good. Here are more quotes from the Alinsky book:

-- Humor is essential to a successful tactitian, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and redicule.
-- Imagination ...is the basis for effective tactics and action. The organizer knows that the real action is in the reaction of the opposition. To realistically appraise and anticipate the probable reactions of the enemy, he must be able to identify with them, too, in his imagination, and foresee their reactions to his actions.
-- Revolution by the Have-Nots as a way of inducing a moral revelation among the Haves.
-- The human spirit glows from that small inner light of doubt whether we are right, while those who believe with complete certainty that they possess the right are dark inside and darken the world outside with cruelty, pain, and injustice.
-- In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of a defeat; but in the evolution of real knowledge it marks the first step in progress towards a victory.