Blizzard Watch Weekly

It started this week when Cory mentioned opera in his Queue, so of course I had to immediately go watch Diana Damrau sing the Queen of the Night aria -- and down the rabbit hole I went, listening to both analysis of the performance and even more opera I enjoy.

I usually write this intro about what's sort of going on in my life at any given time.

This week has been the most sedate so far this summer, and as such, it flew right by.

I have a nine year old son and a fully grown husband so of course this is their favorite collective holiday.

For those of you who enjoy following the escapades of my ridiculously overstuffed steam wishlist, I am here to report that during this Summer Sale, there are 75 items on it on sale at or above 80% off.

For a long time -- probably until I was older than I should admit -- I thought "solstice" and "eclipse" were synonyms.

I am not at all joking when I say that the Hearthstone stream of lizards vs turtles was the highlight of my week.

Everyone else is at the Summer Game Fest kickoff party, but I'm still at the office prepping Blizzard Watch Weekly.

It has been raining on and off almost every day for weeks now, and it's really harshing my mellow at this point.

I hope everyone enjoys red lentil dahl, because I followed a recipe that made a good gallon or so of the stuff.