Break from heat not expect­ed soon:

Lawrence’s high tem­per­a­ture reached 100 degrees Thurs­day for the sec­ond day in a row, and triple dig­its are expect­ed to stick around. Wednesday’s rain­fall accu­mu­la­tion, .77 of an inch, wasn’t enough to ward off a heat advi­so­ry that is in effect in Dou­glas Coun­ty until 7 tonight.

It is cur­rent­ly 65º and sun­ny in Oak­land, and they expect a high around 78º. That is slight­ly warm for the area; the aver­age tem­per­a­ture for ear­ly August is 73º. I’m wear­ing long pants, and no one seems to have air con­di­tion­ing in their homes.

Yes­ter­day was about the same, and as I was dri­ving into the hills to buy a table, I could see fog gen­tly rolling across San Fran­cis­co, and misty moun­tains to my north. Peo­ple com­ment­ed when I was mov­ing that I’d find a high­er cost of liv­ing here, to which I can only reply: “You get what you pay for.” Whether that explains the exor­bi­tant gro­cery prices, I’m not sure.

Now that I’m large­ly fur­nished, I should be able to catch up on the 12,000 unread blog posts in Net­NewsWire, and return to reg­u­lar blog­ging next week.