I think CNN.com is being a bit apocalyptic. The headline I just read was “Triple Digit Heat is Killing Us.” And the first part was: “People are dying. Sweltering temperatures drained life out of 164 Californians last week, and just since Sunday, heat is suspected of killing 20 across the country.” When I first read it I thought it might be a joke.

Temperatures “drained life out of” Californians, like little vampires. I should also point out you’re only supposed to say, “People are dying” when you’re in a war movie and your callous friend wants to leave poor innocents behind. Weird, while we’re talking about wars… I haven’t seen any reports on Iraq lately that had such emotionally involved language.