Today's Apocalypse Sign: A Couple Unrelated Things That Really Are Signs

First, and there is no delicate way to put this, it is FUCKING hot outside. Thirty-two days straight of temps over 100-degrees. My eyeballs are melting as soon as I walk outside. Grass has not needed mowing in over a month and is a lovely shade of dead. July saw ZERO point ZERO inches of rain. The forecast this week?? Enlarge it and get a good look.

Heat index of 100-degrees at 10:30 at night??? Seriously?

Clouds? Precipitation? That's a lie. 82, 83 for a low...it was 89-degrees this morning at 6AM.

You Californians so smug with your hippie-like 60's....

We are on pace to become the hottest summer on record, breaking the 31-year old record set in the summer of 1980. We are already at number two with 40 days total this summer over 100-degrees...and August is our hottest month! I have to watch new shows AND reruns of Ice Road Truckers and Deadliest Catch just to feel cool in the living room. I think the A/C has run 32 straight days! I have not turned on the hot water in the shower in over a month. The coldest water out of the tap is when you first turn it on and then it gets gradually warmer as you let it run. Even walking through the parking lot at Walmart where there are ten billion black spots of gum and other saliva laden debris is an adventure for the soles of your shoes since everything is molten and gooey. It is truly disgusting. There is no air movement and the feeling is like being in a giant convection oven. Again, FUCKING hot as hell.

On the lighter side...

I continue to be intrigued by these Ace Check Cashing radio commercials. I hear them every morning and they amuse the hell out of me.

"Yeah, it's about time my car returned the favor and paid ME back." (Miss a payment and your car will be leaving forever.)

"It's nice I can use my title to get the money I need for some things that just popped up." (Girlfriend's pregnant, gotta go to the clinic. or I took a beating on the Dodger's game.")

They have a real nice hook now..."Just repay your loan by the due date and there is no interest of fees. What could be simpler?"

Are you serious?? Is this anything more than veiled, legalized loan-sharking? Even the disclaimer at the end of the commercial tells you that loans are made by an unaffiliated third-party. Who is THAT? The Gambino family?  Scarface? Is Ace Check Cashing just a shell for the Mob? Is it just me that thinks this?

What kind of desparate do you have to be to do this? If you are that deep in something that you think this is the way to go...do you really think you will have the full amount next week?? NO. You will be sucked into paying exhorbidant interest/fees (the vig?) and risk a visit from Johnny No Neck for your pink slip.

Then again it is a good money laundering method.

Did I mention how HOT it is??