Brain Dump

 We dealt with heat advisories for a few weeks. I long ago learned to check up on heat exhaustion and heat stroke, what they are, how they happen, and what to do to treat them. Stay hydrated. Did you know that fans increase dehydration? Me neither. So do alcohol and caffeine. Stay indoors. Keep the thermostat no higher than 78. Then comes along the news stations advising that to lower your electric bill to turn the thermostat up to 80 or higher. And people wonder why so many of us disdain the news media. They practice no common sense, the only logical conclusion, unless they're really out to do harm.