Launching of the Dreamweapon, 61st Day of Midsommar, 526 M.E. (Castor): The mysteries of the Universal Solar Calendar: the Midsommar season began with Establishment of the Dreamweapon and ends today with Launching of the Dreamweapon. The season also contained Separation of the First Stage (14th of Midsommar) and Dispersal of the Primal Cloud Mass (21st of Midsommar), as well as Day of the Outer Range (27th of Midsommar) and Forming the Inner Ring (37th of Midsommar). 

The names sound like Steam achievements from some post-apocalyptic video game. They evoke a sort of futuristic weaponry, partly nuclear and partly psychic. Note to self: write a short sci-fi story about an ICBM that carries not a nuclear payload but a weapon that can control the minds of the affected through dreams.

Accidental poetry. The names of Steam achievements can he arranged to form a sort of impressionistic free verse. I've recently started playing Metal Gear Solid Delta: Snake Eater, the remake of MGS 3 (I never played the original), and the twelve achievements I've earned so far are:

War has changed.

I can totally see you: cinephile, young gun, beekeeper,

Prince Charming, ugly duckling, snake eater.

Mama said don't touch the sides. 

Can I keep it like he just doesn't care?          

Meanwhile, the heat dome continues over Georgia. Today's high returned to 95°, but the 60% humidity (dew point 73°) makes it feel like 98. It could have been worse, but a heavy cloud cover at least kept the sun off us, although it also trapped the heat in overnight. With all this heat and all this humidity, of course we're in for some thunderstorms, and right now the weather service has us under a severe thunderstorm watch, as well as a heat advisory for today and another heat advisory for tomorrow, and an air quality alert (ozone) to boot. I'm surprised they don't have us under a tsunami warning and an earthquake watch as well. Impermanence is swift.    

According to The Guardian, the Stable Genius has reportedly earned a "disgusting" $2 billion since entering office, largely through crypto schemes. "Everybody is profiting," he said by way of explanation. He just happens to have a lot of money, and in this rip-roaring economy, money earns more money. I know I've raked in a couple hundred thousand this year (sarcasm) and you probably have to, right? His words, as Shakespeare would have it, are "falser than vows made in wine." 

But vows made in the air? Now that's another thing. You may have seen the story in the news today about a Russian couple, masked and dressed in black, who somehow managed to climb to the very top of the spire on the Empire State Building - King Kong territory - for a marriage proposal (and assumedly an acceptance) and to unfurl a banner reading "When the power of love beats the love of power, the world knows peace." 

The police have recovered the banner and arrested the couple, who reportedly will be executed at dawn. Just kidding! They're rock stars and I love them! In fact, they already have a Netflix documentary about similar climbs they're done in the past.