{"id":6192,"date":"2026-07-03T16:45:36","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/?p=6192"},"modified":"2026-07-03T16:45:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T16:45:36","slug":"america-is-hot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/america-is-hot\/","title":{"rendered":"America Is Hot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In many places.  Certainly here inside the Beltway Swamp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But it&#8217;s cool here inside our apartment.  I am almost certain that it&#8217;ll remain that way until all the festivities are finished.  (This might be an instance where using &#8220;done&#8221; might be appropriate considering the weather.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So, what am I doing otherwise?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Summer writing.  Again.  I know I shouldn&#8217;t, but it&#8217;s something to do, and last week&#8217;s test kind of found the words flowing out.  I do wonder if I can string together something more substantial, still.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Financial planning.  Questions to my lawyer about what I am able to do or not do while I&#8217;m getting insurance income.  Can I get reimbursement for stuff like the research study?  Would converting my conventional tax-deferred retirement holdings to Roth IRAs be possible, still?  If I earn income through passive sources (e.g. dividend income), does that affect my insurance payments?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Still trying to get through <em>Euphoria<\/em>.  Um.  Well, I only have a couple of episodes left&#8217;. might as well finish.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In many places. Certainly here inside the Beltway Swamp. But it&#8217;s cool here inside our apartment. I am almost certain that it&#8217;ll remain that way until all the festivities are finished. (This might be an instance where using &#8220;done&#8221; might be appropriate considering the weather.) So, what am I doing otherwise?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-scarred-brain-murmurings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6192"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6195,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192\/revisions\/6195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/control-h.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}