!status updates

Jun 142013
 

Maybe it’s not the monsoon, but it is in the late afternoon on a hot day. If it is the monsoon, it’s a couple of weeks early.

Laundry on the line is drenched. Front seat of my car filled with hail as I unloaded groceries.

 Posted by at 3:33 pm on Fri 06/14/13
Jun 112013
 

Polyglot meteorology.

What is the rule for capitalization of el niño, El Niño, el Niño? I expect it is the latter, but I like lowercase in this case. In Spanish, outside of a headline, “the child” would be lowercase, but this is a reference to Jesus — kinda.

Monsoon or monsoons? Better: monsoon season.

What is the plural of haboob? Spell check offers to change haboob to hobnob.

 Posted by at 2:26 pm on Tue 06/11/13