Knicks players have constantly preached about concentrating only on the game, about avoiding distractions.
Since the finals began, their owner has messed w their routine by inviting the president, bickered publicly w local government and now said they’re gonna win the finals.
The best mosquito repellent for your patio costs $20 and runs on a wall outlet: a fan.
Mosquitoes are terrible fliers with a top speed of about 1-2 miles an hour, slower than you walk, and they struggle to make headway against even a gentle breeze. Point an oscillating fan at your outdoor seating area and they'll physically struggle to get to you.
It works on two levels too. A mosquito finds you by following the plume of carbon dioxide you exhale, plus the heat and scent rising off your skin. A fan scatters all of it and erases the trail that leads them in. So it knocks them out of the air and helps hide you from their senses at the same time.
This isn't folk wisdom. The CDC notes that fans reduce mosquito landings, and studies have found that using a fan can substantially reduce mosquito bites.
Citronella candles offer only modest protection and are generally much less effective than a fan or EPA-registered repellents. Plug in a fan, aim it at the table, and take your evening back.
While traveling through Ohio yesterday, I came across this map of Ohio’s physiographic regions at a rest stop.
Included are the Lake Plains, Glaciated Appalachian Plateau, Unglaciated Appalachian Plateau, Till Plains, and a strip of Bluegrass in Ohio’s extreme southwest.
For some reason, I’m fascinated with maps like this!
i'm not kidding, the US travel/tourism board (whatever that is at a Federal level lol) should sponsor the rest of that German guy's trip through the US, dude is doing insanely good PR for the South