{"id":120639,"date":"2025-06-23T15:56:50","date_gmt":"2025-06-23T19:56:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=120639"},"modified":"2025-07-11T01:20:25","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T05:20:25","slug":"monday-night-even-too-hot-for-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2025\/06\/23\/monday-night-even-too-hot-for-science\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday night &#8211; even too hot for science !"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Today was soooooo hot.. it hit 100 degrees on my way home from work. I was supposed to have a Science show for the Governors Institute of Vermont\u00a0 Engineering\u00a0 down in Norwich this evening .. but my friend Mike\u00a0 calldwe from down there as asked me to postpone.. because it was too hot down there for the students to be inside.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:49.11566%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C5850738-51D6-4525-86E3-5AB71AF49F9E_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C5850738-51D6-4525-86E3-5AB71AF49F9E_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C5850738-51D6-4525-86E3-5AB71AF49F9E_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=1024 1024w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"768\" data-id=\"121306\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=121306\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C5850738-51D6-4525-86E3-5AB71AF49F9E_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/C5850738-51D6-4525-86E3-5AB71AF49F9E_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 2 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:50.88434%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_9115-1024x741.png?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_9115-1024x741.png?strip=info&#038;w=900 900w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_9115-1024x741.png?strip=info&#038;w=1200 1200w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_9115-1024x741.png?strip=info&#038;w=1383 1383w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1001\" data-id=\"121307\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=121307\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_9115-1024x741.png\" data-width=\"1383\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/IMG_9115-1024x741.png\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 2 of 2 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Since I didn&#8217;t have a science show.. we took another\u00a0 bike ride.. along the way we saw this unfortunate snake,. one we&#8217;ve never seen .\u00a0 Google tells us he was an eastern milk snake.. .. 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I was up in the tower and found this guy. THe heat is bringing out lots of creatures.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2CAD4DB3-9CD7-42E1-B3E4-C2A57EE9ADFD_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2CAD4DB3-9CD7-42E1-B3E4-C2A57EE9ADFD_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1024\" data-id=\"120653\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=120653\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2CAD4DB3-9CD7-42E1-B3E4-C2A57EE9ADFD_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/2CAD4DB3-9CD7-42E1-B3E4-C2A57EE9ADFD_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4CA8F377-5B93-4357-8E66-02F74E76CAEE_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4CA8F377-5B93-4357-8E66-02F74E76CAEE_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1024\" data-id=\"120655\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=120655\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4CA8F377-5B93-4357-8E66-02F74E76CAEE_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/4CA8F377-5B93-4357-8E66-02F74E76CAEE_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/69031ED4-8606-4C44-BB63-6126A211A909_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/69031ED4-8606-4C44-BB63-6126A211A909_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1024\" data-id=\"120656\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=120656\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/69031ED4-8606-4C44-BB63-6126A211A909_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/69031ED4-8606-4C44-BB63-6126A211A909_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-tiled-gallery aligncenter is-style-rectangular\"><div class=\"\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__gallery\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__row\"><div class=\"tiled-gallery__col\" style=\"flex-basis:100.00000%\"><figure class=\"tiled-gallery__item\"><img decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/12555C4D-D0B4-4486-800D-81514EC67F0F_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=600 600w,https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/12555C4D-D0B4-4486-800D-81514EC67F0F_1_105_c.jpeg?strip=info&#038;w=768 768w\" alt=\"\" data-height=\"1024\" data-id=\"120658\" data-link=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?attachment_id=120658\" data-url=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/12555C4D-D0B4-4486-800D-81514EC67F0F_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-width=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/12555C4D-D0B4-4486-800D-81514EC67F0F_1_105_c.jpeg\" data-amp-layout=\"responsive\" aria-label=\"Open image 1 of 1 in full-screen\"\/><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope the heat breaks soon ..\u00a0<br \/><br \/>nite all, nite sam<br \/>-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today was soooooo hot.. it hit 100 degrees on my way home from work. I was supposed to have a Science show for the Governors Institute of Vermont\u00a0 Engineering\u00a0 down in Norwich this evening .. but my friend Mike\u00a0 calldwe from down there as asked me to postpone.. because it was too hot down there &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2025\/06\/23\/monday-night-even-too-hot-for-science\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Monday night &#8211; even too hot for science !<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-120639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120639","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120639"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":121308,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120639\/revisions\/121308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}