Yankee Weather

We're officially experiencing winter weather here in Dallas this week and it's not even December. I was just getting used to wearing jackets again and now I have to get used to wearing coats. And caps. And gloves. Maybe even scarfs.

On the bright side, it has not snowed yet.

Fantasy Quote of the Week

October Country . . . that country where it is always turning late in the year. That country where the hills are fog and the rivers are mist; where noons go quickly, dusks and twilights linger, and mid-nights stay. That country composed in the main of cellars, sub-cellars, coal-bins, closets, attics, and pantries faced away from the sun. That country whose people are autumn people, thinking only autumn thoughts. Whose people passing at night on the empty walks sound like rain. . . .
--Ray Bradbury, The October Country

Fantasy Quote of the Week

Then the chill of the autumn night bore down upon them, a chill greater than that of any natural darkness.
--Karl Edward Wagner, "Sing a Last Song of Valdese"

Quote of the Week

I felt like Casper the Friendly Ghost. If I was brown in September, beige in October, and white in November, then would I be transparent by December?
--Ruben Navarrette, Jr., A Darker Shade of Crimson: Odyssey of a Harvard Chicano

Song Quote of the Week

The autumn leaves have got you thinking
About the first time that you fell.
--Glenn Frey and Don Henley of The Eagles, “Wasted Time”

Song Quote of the Week

Ain't it funny how the night moves
When you just don't seem to have as much to lose.
Strange how the night moves
With autumn closing in.
--Bob Seger, “Night Moves”

Trailer of the Week: Back to School (1986)

It's that time of year again.

TV Quote of the Week

Con esto concluimos nuestra primera temporada de Earl. Estamos muy agradecidos con su acompañamiento y anticipamos verlos el próximo otoño. (This concludes our first season of Earl. We are very grateful for your support and look forward to seeing you next autumn.)
--Nadine Velazquez, My Name Is Earl, “Number One”

Movie Quote I Identify With Far More Than I'd Normally Admit

Oh, I fiddled with the idea one summer but it was over by fall.
--Elizabeth Patterson, Remember the Night (1940)

October Is the Busiest Month

I've been meaning to post far more than I have been as of late, but due to various plans involving my upcoming nupitals, such posts have been delayed.

Just as well. We in Dallas have been having a rainier-than-usual September and now we're having a hotter-than-usual October. Apparently Mother Nature is taking the term "Indian Summer" way too literally since it sometimes feels like we might as well be in that country as far as the weather is concerned.

Oh, well. I'll post when I can.

A Hazy Shade of Autumn

Fall officially began this morning here in Dallas. After months of sleeping without a blanket, I was forced to use one this morning because the temperature was too cold without one. Of course, it might have helped if I wasn't using the ceiling fan but then it's been way too hot down here for me to do much sleeping without using the ceiling fan.

Not that “cold” means a lot in Texas right now. Temperatures are still in the 80s in the afternoon, and my girlfriend and I were able to go out last night without either of us needing to wear a sweater or jacket. But in a few weeks we probably will not be able to do that. And by November such nights were definitely be rare.