Pity The Great White Shank – his head is so stuffed that he can’t sleep. Not so stuffed, however, to prevent a few random thoughts from making their way from his brain to the keyboard. Such as…

We’re in the midst of a real stretch of heat here in Phoenix. Heat advisories are up and are expected to last through the end of the week. The weird thing is, as hot as it is during the day, the worst is yet to come. At least in early June the temps at night fall to the high 70s; in another month we’ll have days where the temps won’t fall below 90 for days on end.

…and the heat is starting to have an effect on the pool temperature. Two weeks ago it barely touched 80 – it’s up to a balmy 86 now. That might sound warm, but when the air temperature is 20 degrees warmer still, while you can’t say it’s exactly refreshing, it is wet.

While dining at Jimmy Buffett’s Margaritaville in Las Vegas last week, I tried this new boat drink, called Bubba’s Big Bamboo. For those interested in giving it a whirl, here’s the recipe:

1/2 shot Cruzan Banana Rum
1/2 shot Cruzan Black Strap Rum
1/2 shot Cruzan Vanilla Rum
1/2 shot Triple Sec
Shake with a little orange juice and coconut milk

Give it a try, I think you’ll enjoy it!

Three weeks ago, we replaced our crappy V2 Premier PC with a rockin’ Dell XPS 200, and not only has it performed rock-solid since, the Dell support people have been fabulous, checking in from time to time just to make sure we’re satisfied and having no problems. Contrast that with our V2 Premier buying experience: the day we got it, we discovered the button to eject the CD-RW drive didn’t work. Not only did we never get a call from them, their crappy on-line support application was a joke. While I’ve heard folks complain about their Dell support experience, I can only say that between ours and the one I bought for my folks last Christmas, we’ve never had one bit of trouble.

Here’s a couple of strange headlines on the health front I couldn’t help but notice:
* Beer Ingredient May Fight Prostate Cancer. They say you’d have to drink 17 beers a day in order for you to get any benefit. Gives one something to at least shoot for, doesn’t it?
* Parasitic Worms May Help Bowel Disease. Isn’t that why people avoid the drinking water down in Mexico to begin with?

Thought for the day: If it’s true human beings are descended from apes, why are there still apes?