“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt

I agree, mostly. I doubt everyone who comes here because they didn’t like there actually tries to make here like there, consciously. It’s likely subconscious in nature, especially when they grew up there. The result, however, is the gradual move to make here like there, and that’s where we start to have a problem with them and there’s influence on us and here.

I remember watching the Denver area weather forecast on the evening news each night, and in the summer months they would track how many days of 90 degrees F or more were had over the season. They don’t do that anymore, it’s not news-worthy anymore.

I found some data to support my memory, at least a bit.

Mean number of days with 90 or more high temperature per year, by decade:

• 1950s : 32
• 1960s : 33
• 1970s : 35
• 1980s : 35
• 1990s : 33*
• 2000s : 46
• 2010s : 52*

With 2019 still going, that 2010s number isn’t based on complete data, but you get the idea.

Footnotes:

• 1994 : first year with 60 days of 90+ temps
• 2012 : epic year of hell on earth, with 73 days of 90+ and 13 days of 100+ temps

It’s getting hotter. I don’t like it. If anyone is hiring for remote work, and I can get good bandwidth in someplace cooler, I’ll be looking to move soon.

The Data

http://www.businessinsider.com/sun-microsystems-cofounder-scott-mcnealy-asking-100-million-palo-alto-home-2018-6

The world’s biggest man cave includes:

• A spa
• 7,300 sq. ft. indoor hockey arena
• Indoor sports court with massive sound system
• Pizza room with wood fire pizza oven
• Ugly back yard

Or, how about this gem in the first photo here:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/families-earning-117000-now-qualify-as-low-income-in-californias-bay-area/

Looks like a disaster area, but sold for $1.23 Million.

blue eagle

thunderbird

bear claw

scorpion

simple tree/mountain

geometric world

maybe a small phoenix

Why can I never seem to find the right one?