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Ouch. At least the temp didn't drop 30 degrees as well!

11 runs in the last 7 games, cold bats. Xander is 4/22 (.181), Devers is 6/26 (.230), JD is 4/21 (.190) and now on the covid list. It was bound to happen and I don't mind it in August as long as they wake up in September. Schwarber will help out. I'm not sure any team will hang with SF/LAD come October though.

Explored Quaboag today. Frog bite was on, had about a dozen, most of which 2-4 lbs. First cast I had a pike in the 15-20lbs range. 7'3 heavy jig rod with 50 lbs. braid, couldn't budge it. Stripped about 80-100' of line off. I had the drag almost cranked, put my thumb on the spool to slow it down and put a good slice in it, popped off in some grass after a 2-3 minute fight. Unreal, thought I was in salt water. I see why people ice fish for them now lol 2-year-old kiddo was very upset about the fish eating "Kermit."

Dews lol. Fall is coming...

"Zombie Deer", it was first confirmed in NY in 2005. There has been no known transmission thus far to humans. That said, I'm skeptical about eating any venison or elk after seeing some Creutzfeldt-Jakob cases in person. Cuts people down in their prime and they can go from full-time professionals to full dementia in months. If anyone wants some wild reading check out "Kuru," in New Guinea it was another prion that was transmitted amongst local tribes due to cannibalism practices.

E-Rod probably begs to differ.

On a similar note, I've been monitoring this for a while given my neuro focus. Prion disease (e.g., CJD, "Mad Cow") clusters popping up in Canadian maritime towns for the past year. Could be due to eating shellfish, deer, or something else. Always fatal and a horrific way to go.

Soon...

49*, left the windows open and house is down to 64*. Nice and crispy.

Wife has a conference in Natick this week. Any good food recommendations nearby?

Their rattling ned has been killer this year. I hardly touched a ned rig last year, fish in the Q see tons of them. That little rattle makes all the difference though.

Thanks. I feel for those who have the extreme forms, I cannot imagine being stabbed hurts more than a block. My wake-up call was when I was 22 I ended up hospitalized for 6 days after green beans sent me into a flare. Doctor said "Well you'll either respond to the meds or you'll leave here with a bag." Ginx, great deal! URI has some amazing profs. My two most memorable classes were a seminar on the Holocaust taught by a survivor and then "The History of RI" taught by an old-school teamster with pinkie rings who drove an old gold Cadillac Coupe (mind you it was 2011). It might as well be "University of NJ" these days, they need all that out of state tuition.

Yea we have the central air going just to keep the house dried out. I have an over active immune system anyway (Crohn's disease) so I am always at an increased risk of developing it. Going to get the best mask I can come fall, instead of my usual 20 student lab section I got assigned a 350 student lecture.

I had a bit of a cough Sunday night. Woke up yesterday with a dry cough, weight on my chest, and stabbing pain in my lower back, no fever or other cold symptoms. Clear pneumonia on my chest x-ray. Just came out of no where. Doc said they are seeing all sorts of weird respiratory stuff going on with negative covid tests.

DAMN. Not even here yet and gusting over 40mph. Tree down across the street and lots of limbs.

I was just looking at UMAXX, looks better than the derecho to my amateur eye.

Another Burptown Mauler.

After going to SF a few years ago I really became a Giants fan because I felt it was the way baseball should be (e.g., cheap tickets, bring a cooler or box of pizza into the place, just a fun time). That said, this team is just so fun to watch, they have personality, reminds me of the early 2000s teams I loved. I think Bloom might go wild and grab Rizzo.

Phil Kessel does commercials now!

It is wild. I have never seen a sunrise or moon so red/pink. Glad we brought the little one's nebulizer, she has been really coughing.

Wife has a conference on the Cape. Love it, leave Belchertown and the severe follows us. They are hyping it on the local radio stations down here. Last time we were on the Cape was about 4 years ago when they got a wild line of storms in the morning. Ended up taking us 5 hours to get from Truro to the canal due to roads closed from downed trees and flooding.

From Belchertown Fire Department's FB page. There are more on the Belchertown page.

I'm at that point with Verdugo, seems to have an attitude issue. Can't wait to see what Durran can do, also have Meneses (little older) and Castellanos in Portland waiting.

Pictures starting to come in on FB. This is from Belchertown FD. Several roads are "gone."

"Only" 3.9" in the past 24 hours. Seeing reports on our town FB page multiple streets are washed out and some people are being evacuated. Weather station 5 miles south of us is reporting 5.1" since yesterday.