Art by Tasty Piece,©️ The Safehouse Collection 2021

The California nuclear summer has arrived.  I’m sure that’s not the official meteorological nomenclature for what’s going on, but it fits: from late July – September, the smoke from nearby towns burning to the ground blocks out many of the sun’s rays, keeping the sky dark and the temperatures cooler than they would otherwise be.  Which is nice for me, but a damn shame for the small towns up the hill from Fecal Creek, like WItch’s Tit and Worst Case, that are completely on fire.  Thoughts and prayers, natch.
These wildfires are, for the most part, completely preventable.  But our state government is incompetent and corrupt.  So every fucking year, here we are.  The same government is warning us to stay indoors because the air quality is somewhere south of sewage.  “Oh,” says the same incompetent government, “and while you’re in there, be sure not to use your air conditioner to avoid rolling blackouts, because we don’t know what the fuck we’re doing in that department either.”

N.P.: “Dutchman” – Chuck Berry