tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post115446711693501961..comments2024-03-19T03:17:32.682-04:00Comments on The Panopticon: Paging Susie SnowflakeFranklinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03670441931649806878noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154543092636201312006-08-02T14:24:00.000-04:002006-08-02T14:24:00.000-04:00Your writing is fantastic. I envy and thank you.Your writing is fantastic. I envy and thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154538069941039192006-08-02T13:01:00.000-04:002006-08-02T13:01:00.000-04:00I wore shorts to the office yesterday and today. ...I wore shorts to the office yesterday and today. Yet I do love the heat. I went jogging last night and probably left about five pounds of liquid me along the jogging path. Felt good. Be of stout heart, Franklin, the painting will be done at some point.dpastehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10813652943621759603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154535454717861692006-08-02T12:17:00.000-04:002006-08-02T12:17:00.000-04:00Very well written, Franklin. I'd send you a cool ...Very well written, Franklin. I'd send you a cool marine air mass in your direction to cool you and your fellow Midwesterners off if I could.<BR/><BR/>If Mr Pressed Pleats had any sense he would have gone to work in shorts and a t-shirt and carried the suit and pressed shirt in a garment bag. Or left them at the office safe from cheeky subway riders telling him silently to "Get over it! It's HOT!"FiberQathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06524481267771726089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154528752906102512006-08-02T10:25:00.000-04:002006-08-02T10:25:00.000-04:00Chicago == Climate Hell!Too bad Dolores is incommu...Chicago == Climate Hell!<BR/><BR/>Too bad Dolores is incommunicado. I'm sure she could call her contacts in the mayor's office or the newsmedia. They would disapprove when they learn the University of Chicago is running sweat shops forcing staff to work in un-airconditioned rooms during this heat wave!<BR/><BR/>WGN sending cameras to film the horror would be terrible publicity!luciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12342621789338198739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154527728391828292006-08-02T10:08:00.000-04:002006-08-02T10:08:00.000-04:00Next time just go home sick. Claim asthma if you ...Next time just go home sick. Claim asthma if you have to. <BR/><BR/>It's just work after all.LaurieMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17609188211326621400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154526569192917332006-08-02T09:49:00.000-04:002006-08-02T09:49:00.000-04:00I'm with you too. Toronto should NOT be this warm...I'm with you too. Toronto should NOT be this warm, even in summer. And outdoors, I find myself with the sensation that I am breathing water. <BR/><BR/>Incidentally, I think there is a good reason that the opening scenes of <I>Romeo and Juliet</I>, with their feuding family scions, are indicated as being excessively hot. Hot weather always seems to make tempers flare, too...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154525225166466362006-08-02T09:27:00.000-04:002006-08-02T09:27:00.000-04:00I think the most accurate statement I heard today ...I think the most accurate statement I heard today was when someone made the mistake of asking a co-worker the outside temperature here in Motown. Her response was "Today's temperature is Hell, °C"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154518700208336692006-08-02T07:38:00.000-04:002006-08-02T07:38:00.000-04:00i love susie snowflake tap tap tapping on my windo...i love susie snowflake tap tap tapping on my windowpane to tell me she's in town :-)vanessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03320959567844355825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154506282639520722006-08-02T04:11:00.000-04:002006-08-02T04:11:00.000-04:00Come to Scotland! Our heatwave (28C and sunny) br...Come to Scotland! Our heatwave (28C and sunny) broke two days ago and it's cloudy and cool. T-shirt weather, but if you're sitting down you'd probably want a jumper.LornaJayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456480089099480303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154487058613822402006-08-01T22:50:00.000-04:002006-08-01T22:50:00.000-04:00It was lovely meeting you last night Franklin. Som...It was lovely meeting you last night Franklin. Somehow we'll have to coax you out to the suburbs ;) <BR/><BR/>I so hate the heat, I am very happy that I don't live in So. Calif anymore, this valley girl likes it cold.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154486628996649802006-08-01T22:43:00.000-04:002006-08-01T22:43:00.000-04:00And when you are done with Frosty send him my way,...And when you are done with Frosty send him my way, wontcha? Here in the uber-glamourous world of the arts, the temperature at my desk has not dipped below 88 since last week. Yep, I have a thermometer so when it is 55 in January I can torture myself with the knowledge of that, too. Like the guy who cleans up after the elephants at the circus says, "What? And leave show business?!!" I think we're getting a reprieve tomorrow--hang in there. Nice chatting at Arcadia last night, by the way. (I wonder if things are cooler in Revee-ah...)Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00817321406833605079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154485611712656042006-08-01T22:26:00.000-04:002006-08-01T22:26:00.000-04:00Come to Nova Scotia. It is always cooler here!Come to Nova Scotia. It is always cooler here!Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12107831874767558555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154482331482341182006-08-01T21:32:00.000-04:002006-08-01T21:32:00.000-04:00This afternoon it finally dawned on me what suburb...This afternoon it finally dawned on me what suburban Detroit felt like this week — Las Vegas in July. Something is wrong with this picture.Redford Phylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06916938166489000981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154480088565763752006-08-01T20:54:00.000-04:002006-08-01T20:54:00.000-04:00Funny, I was having that same snowman fantasy!Funny, I was having that same snowman fantasy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154479850411618392006-08-01T20:50:00.000-04:002006-08-01T20:50:00.000-04:00Oh man, and we are going camping for four days sta...Oh man, and we are going camping for four days starting tomorrow...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14504489123681184991noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154479419222039392006-08-01T20:43:00.000-04:002006-08-01T20:43:00.000-04:00Take your computer and set up somewhere there aren...Take your computer and set up somewhere there aren't painters. Like in the bathroom or something. Better yet, just go there without your computer and read. Better yet, take a sick day tomorrow.<BR/><BR/>It was nice to meet you at Arcadia! I'm trying to find the perfect place to hang up "Knit Two Together".Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17712340790521252078noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154475269027035282006-08-01T19:34:00.000-04:002006-08-01T19:34:00.000-04:00Don't tell Dolores, but this is the kind of day wh...Don't tell Dolores, but this is the kind of day when my grandfather would walk around muttering, "goddamned hot enough to mate sheep, it is..."<BR/><BR/>My head is ready to explode. Which would be messy. I'm going to see if I fit into the freezer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154474922724199622006-08-01T19:28:00.000-04:002006-08-01T19:28:00.000-04:00I was feeling sorry for myself because my office's...I was feeling sorry for myself because my office's crummy AC is keeping us in the low 80s, while every other office in the building is about 72. But the windows open? And paint fumes? That's just cruel.<BR/><BR/>We are supposed to have cooler weather on the way. When we are done with it in Iowa, we'll send it along. We need nice weather for Stitches.Cherylhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13173038514201133707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154474812894616662006-08-01T19:26:00.000-04:002006-08-01T19:26:00.000-04:00Bog - I'm having a flashback from this. Recent lur...Bog - I'm having a flashback from this. Recent lurker here, just finished catching up from the start on Friday. Muchly enjoyed all of it; thanks for all the snirtling, pix, cartoons, and knits! (And I think Dolores may be related. Distantly. Very distantly. But Mom grew up partly on a sheep ranch in Idaho, and there seems to-- Uh, nevermind.)<BR/><BR/>After reading today, had to send sympathies. Left-coast PDX had 99-104 temps for about 5 days a week or so ago. Gack. Funny, I was in Chicago for the first time in early June, for Tut. That was the last time I had AC...<BR/><BR/>Dig out some snow shots for wallpaper, and use all the ice for drinks that Big D filled your freezer with for a cool bath, maybe?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154473055429349602006-08-01T18:57:00.000-04:002006-08-01T18:57:00.000-04:00For what it's worth, Franklin, it's miserable here...For what it's worth, Franklin, it's miserable here too.<BR/><BR/>There's only about 5 days out of the year when I really wish I had an air conditioner. Today is one.<BR/><BR/>I'm going to go to the grocery store and pretend to be reading the ingredients list of every container of ice cream in the place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154469430419911762006-08-01T17:57:00.000-04:002006-08-01T17:57:00.000-04:00Scary. We have had our five days of summer and it'...Scary. We have had our five days of summer and it's not bad around here now. Why am I writing this? Clearly, because I am a bitch.<BR/><BR/>I hope it gets better. The heat, that is. The bitchiness? There's no hope for that.Rabbitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06666335853812810456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154469353515854972006-08-01T17:55:00.000-04:002006-08-01T17:55:00.000-04:00We just went through the same thing here in Seattl...We just went through the same thing here in Seattle...hang on, it'll all be over soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154468693052002222006-08-01T17:44:00.000-04:002006-08-01T17:44:00.000-04:00The only thing for it? Shop for wool.The only thing for it? Shop for wool.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154468592406972772006-08-01T17:43:00.000-04:002006-08-01T17:43:00.000-04:00I don't remember C having such a pointy nose. And ...I don't remember C having such a pointy nose. And why is he wearing a scarf in this heat?<BR/><BR/>I'm so glad I live by the ocean.Melhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18047049720897209506noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10901468.post-1154468223531478542006-08-01T17:37:00.000-04:002006-08-01T17:37:00.000-04:00Noooo! I cannot believe that you are paging Susie...Noooo! I cannot believe that you are paging Susie Snowflake. I work in a gift store in the UK and Susie Snowflake crops up every Xmas on our retro music CDs. She has crept under my skin and I find myself (in lunch breaks, on the bus on the way home) singing under my breath :"f*** off Susie Snowflake". I do understand the trauma of too much heat but gimme rain, lots of rain (sung to the tune of "gimme land, lots of land") and not susie. Sure she's a really nice lady and all that, but that dratted tune is now lodged in my brain. ARRGH. Still, the heatwave has broken here in Eastern England and we have had rain, lots of rain...Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022430264856651436noreply@blogger.com