Don't Take Me Seriously - Book - Page 162
We’re getting mugged by moisture
M
uggy enough for you out
there?
Call me a whiner (why
should you be the exception), but I’m
not a big fan of the weather we’ve been
having in the Santa Clarita Valley lately — of 100-degree-plus temperatures
combining with air so damp that a loud
noise can bring rain. Now, sure, I’m
exaggerating, and, sure, I’m a big sissy. I realize that people in other parts
of the country really know what “muggy” means.
So let’s not get in a dripping contest.
But, you see, I’m from Southern
California, and raised in the desert —
you know, where it’s a “dry heat.” I
Jim
WALKER
DON’T TAKE ME SERIOUSLY
like to see my sweat evaporate once in
awhile.
Of course, with this stifling weather, you do get an hour or two in the
morning, and after dark, when mug-
But getting mugged by
moisture and heat ... can
have other detrimental
effects on your day. ... you
find yourself dreaming of
swim-up bars as you sigh,
“It’s 5 o’clock somewhere.”
gy becomes balmy and caresses you
in that way Hawaiian breezes can. But
that just brings on an attack of the mai
See WALKER, A10
