Events

I was here yesterday:

August tied the record for the hottest month ever recorded, both globally and in the oceans. The planet is getting warmer, thanks almost entirely to human activity:

Book 4 in the John Dies at the End series. Started in Caen, France.

Now this is a classic budget European hotel, shown here with the air conditioning at full blast:

I just passed through Paris traveling from Brussels to the Norman city of Caen. We're moving about 130 km/h through the suburbs, and we have wi-fi. This is what happens when your country doesn't spend 90% of its transport funds on roadbuilding and instead invests in high-speed inter-city connections like we used to have in the US. </rant>