Tag: Heat
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Thermally Challenged

I’ve found the perfect thermometer. By perfect, I mean useless. The red line is up and down like a yoyo, yet the temperature remains the same (or thereabouts). Maybe this is how thermometers started out back in the day, possibly in the middle ages. Only back then, they wouldn’t have used numbers, they’d have used…
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Letting Off Steam

Lately it’s been hot here at The Mansion. Probably as hot as other places, but the heat seems to be magnified around here. Fortunately, inside, it’s a lot cooler, especially in The Foyer, The Bathroom and The Vestibule. The Outer Walls seem to absorb and hold onto the heat, which helps a lot in the…
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Sweltered Selfie
What does one do when one awakes at one twenty-three in the morning and simply can’t sleep? Does one lie there and hope to drop off? Does one put some relaxing music on? Does one do that pile of ironing? Does one vacuum the rooms (or get the staff to do it anyway, when they…