July, 2021

"This Just In..."

Is it us, or is it hot in here?

No! It is hot. Wicked hot - naturally, it's July. So jump in to this month's pond.

We're offering up a whole lot of hot stuff for your reading and snoozing enjoyment. As always, thank you for being a Daniels Energy customer - and now you can chill!



Looking for adventure and danger and a chance to break a nail or two? Try climbing El Capitan in Yosemite or – anything – without a harness.

Or ropes.

Or a clue. 

There is a fantastic film on Netflix – in case you want to stay in – called (not surprisingly) Free Solo.

Green Idea

If you have been getting “This Just In…” for the past few years you may be familiar with the Energy Kinetics System 2000 boiler. It is an astonishing piece of engineering. 

We mention it because due to the pandemic it is increasingly difficult to get these sophisticated systems in a timely fashion.

With layoffs and material shortages, supplies have been limited. If you're thinking about upgrading your home heating - now is the time to act. And here's why...

With a 97% efficiency rating, it has, over the years, proven to deliver savings of 25-30-40% in annual home heating oil costs. Naturally it depends upon how old and inefficient your current system is – but even a 30% reduction every year can mean serious savings.

We’ve actually done a calculation that demonstrates that the cost to upgrade to a new System 2000 can be done for as little as $20 a month – net net. What do we mean by net, net?

Consider purchasing the system with 0.99% interest for 10 years and a savings that averages approx. $77 a month, the net cost to own is less than $20. That is another clean-green idea. (see the specific details at our website).

Add to that equation the peace of mind knowing your system is state of the art – and backed by a 12-year Energy Kinetics warranty and the next thing you know you’re looking for the Daniels telephone number. 

As a public service we are happy to provide it….

860 342 3778

Portrait of a Musician is widely attributed to Leonardo da Vinci. This unfinished painting is dated to between 1483 and 1487.

Quiz – This portrait is famous for being something daVicini did only once. Tell us what it was here – you may win a $25 Amazon gift card.

Last month an astonishing 168 of you including winners Louisa K and Jay K identified the Mark Twain House in Hartford, while 116 of you and Doris W and Stephen H recognized Dev Petal of Slum Dog Millionaire (not Al Pacino!) and so much more. Thank you all – all of you – for playing.

Also - want to thank all of you who shared your favorite hot dog joints. We've gone to a few and plan to use July to visit more - with details to follow!

“Anne Bonny and Mary Read were Irish pirates, as renowned for their ruthlessness as for their gender, and during their short careers challenged the sailors’ adage that a woman’s presence on shipboard invites bad luck.” Lots more at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Bonny



Sculpture by Erik Christianson.

A Brief and Somewhat Ungracious Exchange Between the British Ambassador’s Wife, Who Speaks No Spanish, and the Spanish Ambassador’s Wife, Who Speaks No English, During a Courtesy Call by the Latter Upon the Former:

(Written on the Assumption That My Readers Know the Sound of the Spanish Word for ‘Yes'”)

“T?” 



“C.”

Click here to see larger image

Interesting…ya know, how the shape is so similar across the world and over thousands of years.

But – you didn’t know that one of the biggest was found in what is now East St. Louis, Missouri. "Show me," indeed.

Lots more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cahokia

860 813 9122

I can't do this ... how about you? We'd love a pix or three. Send it here.

Sepang Goldcoast Resort is a hotel in Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

It features over-water bungalows that extend out in a palm-shaped formation into the waters of the Malacca Straits. See more here: https://bit.ly/35P2Vns

C’mon, it’s hot out. Take five minutes and give us a caption for this photo. Best caption wins two – two – two – Amazon gift cards.  

Hot Stuff Nine –

Very Short (and tricky) Poetry

“Abbey Amor”

A poem by Susan Thorpe:



Bells tolled,

Abbot spoke.

Wooed Abbess.

Abbey woke!

The letters in each word appear in either alphabetical or reverse alphabetical order.

Given the universe we live in today, this seems, oh-so-quaint. Yet, wonderful.

Robert Doisneau was the photographer.

Pedestrians Looking at Painting of a Nude in Paris Antique Shop Window, 1948.

She’s producing a film in CT - Right Now!

Tell us here who she is and you may win

a shiny new Amazon gift card!

Gross? Cool? Scientific or Silly? You Decide.

Bulwer Lytton Fiction Contest

Vile Puns

Winner

As the passing of Keith Richards was announced on the evening news, just as had been done with Mick Jagger, Charlie Watts, and Ronnie Wood before him, Jorge gazed at the television in his Tijuana home and felt a sickening knot form in his stomach, for he realized that finally, after all the albums, concert tours, and era-defining cultural impact, the Rolling Stones would gather no más.