It's Hot

Nearing noon, it's 90F/32C. Combined with the humidity, though, the "heat index" (how hot it feels, the "human-perceived equivalent temperature") is 104F/40C.

I don't think I'll go jogging today. I mean, I never do, but I'm not starting now.

Ah, summer solstice in the tropics...

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Here's today's new material:

• 365 Secrets of Happiness: Be Prepared (if you're ready, troubles can be less troublesome)
• Buddhism Simplified: Devadatta and the Swan (in which compassion triumphs over custom, and the boy prince makes a lifetime enemy)
• Aphorisms of a Derelict Yogi: "It's better to sit on your ass..." (the value of doing nothing bad)
• America: Virgin of Guadalupe Shrine, Baja California, Mexico (sacralizing the land through folk practice)