Here we go. A post about the environment is about to be electrically tattooed onto the blogsite and while not about the heat per se, it’s about the air. Because I don’t know about you, but if you’re reading this, I suspect you’re …breathing….and if you’re in the area, the air, she ain’t pretty. (Note there’s a gray-brown backdrop against which I can see the UCD Medical Center building from my office window.)

Another Spare the Air alert has been issued for the Sacramento regional area. This means, in a nutshell, stay inside. Don’t drive, don’t BBQ, just plain stay indoors (and that leads into those record megawatts we’re all using–while you’re inside, keep it kinda cool at 78 or above and don’t, just don’t run the dishwasher or the dryer until after 7 PM.) If you hafta, just hafta go somewhere (like work?), then maybe you could consider Sac RT? (Check out their new $$ saving calculator.) Or walking? Or…biking, but do it before the pollution reaches out and tries to grab you. Or maybe you should just take a mental health day and stay home–turn on the fan in your darkened, cool bedroom and watch the boob tube. Oh yeah, have some ice cream while you’re at it. Say, Ben and Jerry’s Dave Matthews Band Magic Brownies blend and know you’re doing your part to stop global warming. Hey, every little bit helps, doesn’t it? Not only are you doing your part, but you’re having your brownies and eating them too. If I don’t show up to the office tomorrow, you know where I’ll be.