Quote Originally Posted by Karen View Post
Tomatoes are ripening it seems every minute. I have been harvesting in my friend's garden all week, and there were two massive ones that were so ripe, the skins split on the one-mile ride to her house! Tomatoes the heft of softballs, those more flat than spherical. So tomato, mozzarella and basil salad anyone?

Absolutely! Yum! *pouring wine to go with salad*

'm disappointed that it was too cloudy in Chicago yesterday to see the eclipse clearly. It definitely got more dim and then more bright. Richard- I thought the best example of science geekery was Chicago meteorologist Tom Skilling's reaction to the eclipse. His brother is the former CEO of Enron, so it's nice to see the name all over the Internet again for a good reason.

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