HiddenEntries (A Wholly Owned Cynthia Publishing Company Subsidiary Blog)

Thursday!

Handsome devil! He’ll reach the age of 10 this October.

R.I.P., Dolly Parton. No other words necessary other than…vale!

Just about quarter-past the 4 p.m. hour here in roasting Southern California generally, and specifically at elev. approx. 1,150-ft above sea level at latitude 34.07º N longitude 118.21º W and the hyperlocal temperature sits at about 96ºF. And the thermometer won’t dip below 80ºF anytime before 8:30 p.m., with something approximating 75ºF forecast at midnight straight-up. The temperature shown in today’s snapshot lede was recorded just before 2:30 p.m.

Infernal week coming-up here in terms of the mercury looking to shatter the upper bounds of the thermometer. It’s been discovered recently that the mental mind, the brain, the ol’ meat computer encased in the cranium between the shoulders, is just as negatively affected by extreme heat as the physical body is. Double dose of dog-day doldrums!

For the first time in this here Web log’s history, we are able to usher-in a new season of England’s top-flight fútbol by reminding yourself that the competition’s titleholders, defending champeens etc. are your No. London Arse. And earlier today that club had the honor of hosting the first league match of the current campaign by pasting newly promoted Coventry at The Emirates, 3-nil. Scoring for The Gunners were King Kai Havertz, Starboy Bukayo Saka & Martin Ødegaard. Job done, and we’ll keep you posted on The Arsenal’s remaining 37 Premiership matches, as well as just about all the other games they play in three other competitions. As always #COYG

If you don’t frequent the snob chichi grocery shoppes, you might not be aware that it’s currently Hatch Chile Season, uppercase lettering intended, since Hatch Chile Season Is Apparently A Big Annual Thing Among The Haute Cuisine Aficionados, And Probably Even Among The Middlebrow-Types, Too. Again, for the people who don’t go near the premium-priced sellers of top-shelf foodstuffs, it’s time to let you know that we are now in HATCH CHILE SEASON, all-uppercase intended as a visual aid to denote SHOUTING. SHOUTING!

Reading used to be fundamental.

A jumbo jet airplane is not nearly as quiet as a library; nonetheless, the conditions for long, absorbed, uninterrupted stretches of high-intensity reading are nearly as good at 30,000-ft. as they are among the stacks & shelves on terra firma. Every time we’re on a several-hours-long nonstop flight, we cannot help but do our best consumption of the written word. Even better, thanks to some useful technology, we can actually munch on airline-sized bags of pretzels & biscuits while simultaneously turning to the next page! This is one of the greatest combinations known to man: feeding the mental mind while at the same time nourishing (loosely speaking) the physical body. Soaring!

Coming back from a little visit to Kauai now. Here’s a snap of the legendary Bubba’s in Poipu.