There’s a drought and it’s your fault

I have Joplin, Missouri’s temperatures loaded on my phone, and the next week calls for mostly temperatures in the 100s, with 107 predicted for Friday. Yeesh.

See what Wired has to say about it.

Those fracking frack trucks.

And thanks, Cynical, for the video.

It’s going to be a long, hot summer…

Read what Mother Jones has to say about our record-shattering heat.

Happy weekend!

Go spend it in fruitful diversion, and thanks, Mike the Heathen, for the poster.

Germany and solar power

And here’s more on Germany and solar power.

The insurance industry gets climate change

So why can’t the politicians?

And thanks, DickG., for the link.

The cola wars

While we’re discussing boycotting Coke, SodaStream has a challenge going.

First, this happened. And then this.

Then, too, there’s always this.

And thanks, Cynical, for the link.

Baking chocolate chip cookies in the sun!

If someone wants to try this, and then drop me off a handful of the results, I will let you know if it worked.

You’re welcome. Now take a couple of days off, go enjoy the gorgeous weather, and let’s meet back up here on Wednesday for cookies!

Free Xena!

Lucy Lawless has pleaded guilty to a trespassing charge after she and other Greenpeace activists protested aboard an oil-drilling ship docked in New Zealand.

Lawless will be charged in September; she faces three years in jail.

Pick up that trash on the beach

To read more about Surfrider Foundation, go here.

And thanks, Cynical, for the photo.