Day 8 Of July Thinking About Kava Kava Tea & The Dangers Inherent In Being A Texas Rangers Baseball Fan

The second Friday of July, Day 8, has dawned with the hottest morning so far in 2011, at 83 degrees.

In the view from my patio prison cell you are looking at a jar of Kava Kava Sun Tea busy brewing naturally.

Kava Kava is an intoxicating beverage drinking habit I picked up the last time I was in Samoa. Or was it Fiji?

The predicted heat level for today has been revised upward. We are now scheduled to get to 105 with a real feel Heat Index of 108.

I have never been much of a baseball fan, but I've never thought being that type fan was any sort of fatal pursuit. Yet at last night's Texas Ranger's game at the Ballpark in Arlington a Brownwood firefighter named Shannon Stone fell over a railing, head first, when he tried to catch a ball thrown at him by Texas Ranger, Josh Hamilton. Mr. Stone died of head injuries.

Almost exactly a year ago, on July 6, 2010, another firefighter, this one named Tyler Morris, from Lake Cities, fell while trying to catch a foul ball. This fall was not fatal.

Methinks the Ballpark in Arlington needs to work on the safety of their safety rails. Or ban fans from trying to catch balls. And ban players from throwing balls at fans. And maybe seat firefighters at least 3 rows back from the nearest railing.

It is time to go swimming now before it gets any hotter.