Non Sequitur by Wiley Miller for May 14, 2023

Read her the myth of Icarus.

Denver would have something to say about that.

Calvin’s dad and Kate would get along.

I’m surprised to see Kate being the evil one.

The adiabatic lapse rate in dry air is 9.8 °C/km (5.4 °F per 1,000 ft). In other words, it will ordinarily get cooler the higher one goes. Basic physics.

Cunning little vixen.

“…and sometimes one of them will fly straight into the path of a Randy Johnson pitch.”

“Seasonal” Note (especially for those who live in the Northern Hemisphere): we (the earth) is closest to the sun in January and will be farthest from the sun in July.

Kate for US emper… eh sorry president. She is certainly is evil enough.

And that’s why it’s warmer at the top of Mount Everest than at its base.

Igor Stravinsky, “The Firebird.”

Part of the language on the Big Island to the west of us (Oz), the exclamation of amazement or wonder, “Stone the flaming crows!”So the Aussies have always known Kate is correct…

Reminds me of a news report I saw some years back – they were interviewing a roofer during a heat wave and he was saying how his work was so hot because he was closer to the sun. Yeah, because 93 million miles minus 30 feet makes such a difference!!!

Kate plays to Danae’s strengths, which include gullibility when fantasy in involved.

Especially near the solar mirror farm.

Cheeky Kate , Cheeky……

Today seems like a good time to ask, where is their mom?

Then she can watch owls and bats and Chinese spy balloons.

(admires art of this cartoon)

It must be true, I heard it on Fox News.

Evidently, Danae isn’t the only evil child in this family. Kate is just the unsuspected one.

Icarus.

Danae has the same understanding of science that most Americans do.

Sometimes, logical, isn’t really true.

Kate taking cues from Calvin’e dad?

In the northern hemisphere we are closer to the sun in the winter

No one knows how to push your buttons like a sibling.

Hard to believe that Kate is the little sister!

Crafty, Kate!!

I was expecting “because warm air rises.” Sometimes it is cooler in the valleys because the cold air settles.

It’s true. That’s why the top 30 observatories are at altitudes over 10,000 feet… so they’re closer to the stars.

Kate should have simply told her to move a little bit over so Danae could get a closer look

Smart Kate; Dumb Danae!!!

WAYTAGO, KATE!!!!!

…and I never close my eyes, because I’m afraid of the dark.

That fixes her for a day or two. Kate has free time now!

I love when Kate plays mind games with Danae! And Kate does it soooo well!

I hope she doesn’t fasten her own wings and test out that theory

Kate, did you just decide to push all of Danae’s buttons for a change?

Happy Mother’s Day to the dads who do the work of both parents!

A different sort of evil genius runs in the family…

Only if their feathers are attached with wax. Daedalus should have invented hot glue.

True Story. I once had a boss who would turn the heater vents to point towards the ceiling in the winter (the heaters were already located near the ceiling). We would get a ladder and point them down towards us since the building would get so cold. One day he came in yelling about us turning the vents towards the floor because we were wasting heat. We tried to explain to him that heat rises and pointing the vents towards the ceilings were of no use. He argued that heat falls and cold air rises and that is why there is snow on the mountains. Yes, he really said that. We gave us and just wore coats inside all winter.

I visited my brother in Colorado (high altitude) a year and a half ago. I noticed that the temperature difference between when the sun comes out, and goes behind the clouds is quite drastic. I doubt the relatively small percentage of distance to the sun has anything to do with it. My theory is that there’s less atmosphere to protect you up there.

Evil? Or just outsmarting her?

If Danae spent a little more time studying in school she wouldn’t fall for this.

Once in a while, once in a while, once in a long while, finally…

I wanna grow up to be just like Kate

Speaking of “alternative facts” …

Kate has a book while Danae doesn’t. That says a lot about the differences between them.

ooh Kate, you are a sneaky one :D

Even Kate feels like pulling a Danae. After all, they share the some of the same genes.

HEADSTONE OF ICARUS—-“If at first you don’t succeed—-fly,fly again”

The only time I’ve seen a bird burst into flames was during a thunder/lightning storm … several hours after sunset. OTOH, Kate’s explanation makes it perfectly clear why the summit of Mt. Everest, the “closest place to the sun” on the planet is perpetually covered with snow. LOL.

Also because heat rises!