Miscellaneous

They say that the phrase ?dog days of summer? has something to do with the conjunction of Sirius and the sun. Me, I define the onset of the dog days as the first day I take a shower without touching the hot-water handle. The so-called ?cold water??which fluctuates between cool and lukewarm this time of year?feels more refreshing than anything mixed with hot water. By my definition, the dog days began today. I won?t need the hot-water handle until sometime in late September.