Finally: Fog! It’s not a lot, it’s not heavy, but, by Job (not to be confused with Job’s Peak), as your road reporter, when I discovered a little fog on the morning commute, I got a little misty- eyed! Wait… I think that was just the fog. Whatever the case, there’s a layer of fog hovering at around 2500 feet. It’s not really that dense, but it still presents a little slowdown requirement… but only for about one mile of travel. You’ll drop through the ceiling then, and clarity shall be thine henceforth.
Tomorrow is, “National Meteor Day.” This is convenient, as right now, you can actually see, with your naked eye, an actual asteroid. I know: Meteors and asteroids are not the same thing, but they often run in the same circles. Wait, that’s not right: That might even be what differentiates them from each other. Anyhow, this asteroid (a word invented by teen astronomers, Beavis and Butthead, who thought that asteroids circled around Uranus) is apparently visible from 106 million miles away (I guess NOT from 107 million miles away?), as it’s huge (300+ miles in diameter) and highly reflective (it does not produce its own light). It’s name is “4 Vesta,” which is a name so lame that one cannot even conjure witty puns about, so, to Hell with it. I still say it circles around Uranus. But, unlike the dinosaur killer from back in the day, this one is unlikely to wipe out anything.
Okay, but the BIG news: Jamboree Days is upon us! Tomorrow’s parade (10AM!) kicks off Saturday’s jam- packed event schedule. If you look carefully, you may even spot this very writer catching a ride on the “Citizen of the Year” float. Ha! No… not as the COTA (as if a guy who makes “Uranus” jokes gets that award!), but certainly accompanying him! I’m not sure if the identity of the COTA is to remain classified until then, so I can’t tell you who it is yet… I will offer CLUES, though: He is the editor of this website, and his dwiver’s license weads, “Waymond Way.”
Anyhow, Mrs. Kdog is also likely to be on this parade float. We’ve been practicing our parade waves all week, which has apparently really confused a lot of random people on the freeway. Whatever. We may even get to throw candy out to the kiddos (A couple of years ago, I had another opportunity to participate in the Jamboree Days Parade. Instead of candy, I threw rocks and coal to all of the greedy little children, to teach them not to be so selfish, and to stay out of the street. No… of course not. But I really DID prepare ahead of time with a trip to Fred Coop’s coin store, in Redlands, and I asked them for “worthless” coins… they were happy to oblige, when I explained the plan to them, and for $20, they gave me thousands of coins with very little numismatic value: Foreign coins, worn- out Buffalo Nickels and Wheat Pennies, and some giant stones from the Conga. No, no stones… I made that part up… anyhow, instead of candy, I threw handfuls of mildly interesting coins to the kids. I did hear, though, that there were dozens of choking incidents that day, but every single one was from dads stealing their kids’ “candy.” Ha!!! So lessons about greed WERE learned that day!)
Check this website for more info on the Jamboree Days events… there’s a lot of stuff going on, and yes: Fireworks on Saturday night!
Check it out, and we’ll see y’all on Saturday morning!