Olympic Games Lanes

heat + Olympics is going to be ugly for the next couple of weeks.

31 degrees in London tomorrow, when the ORN kicks in:

There was a desert wind blowing that night.

It was one of those hot dry Santa Anas that come down through the mountain passes and curl your hair and make your nerves jump and your skin itch.

On nights like that every booze party ends in a fight.

Meek little wives feel the edge of the carving knife and study their husbands' necks.

Anything can happen. You can even get a full glass of beer at a cocktail lounge.

Raymond Chandler.