For some unknown reason, Thomas Jefferson is preoccupied this morning with recording the temperature.
He writes that upon awaking at 6 AM, the temperature is a pleasant 68.0 degrees Fahrenheit, but that it is creeping up toward 70.
On his way to Congress, Jefferson purchases a thermometer. It costs three pounds and 15 shillings.
No-body knows why he is so concerned with the temperature today, especially, and for what reason he desires an accurate read.
The New York Provincial Congress evacuates New York City as British forces approach.
Yesterday, General Washington learned of 45 Royal Navy ships bearing down on New York from Sandy Hook. The situation looks dire.
Whats strange about soccer: It employs absurd mathematical precision to police offsides, a rule that mostly matters in spirit rather than in strict application. (You just don't want cherrypicking) But its extremely casual about timekeeping, whose literal application matters a ton
Mike Vrabel opens presser saying he loves his family but “Dianna Russini is the kind of Italian chick from the Bronx that I want to fuck on the Kitchen floor sweating our asses off because the air conditioning is broken in July and she's cooking sausage and peppers on the stove”