Hot weather is forecast for the whole next week.  You know what this means?  Cankles and duckles. 

Cankles and duckles, what are these hot-weather afflictions exactly?  For a lovely visual, just imagine water balloons full to bursting.  Now imagine the same thing except it’s your ankles and hands.  Cankles are when your ankles retain water and swell to the same diameter as your calves.  Duckles happen the same way except it’s your hands swelling enough to make your knuckles become dimples.  Both are miserable and both make me move around like a really old lady.  And if you put me up to your ear, you can hear the ocean!

So is there any kind of benefit from these summer maladies?  Not so much from the duckles because of the ‘fumble-fingers’ side-effect.  Cankles, however, are so much easier to shave.  No bony ankle angles.  Smooth and round – kinda like shaving a watermelon.  Just beware of springing a leak thanks to the aforementioned fumble-fingers…