It is the heat and not the humidity (or stupidity)

 

It has been fairly warm here (and across the United Stated). Last week was too warm. This week is what a summer is supposed to feel like, but it is hot for the Pacific Northwest. Fortunately no one has said to me, "It's not the heat, it's the humidity," because I would have had to reply, "Actually it isn't so much the heat as it is your stupidity." And they would likely blink and stare at me like with a confused look on their face.

But I could also say confidently, "No, actually it is the heat. See my t-shirt?" This concept heated up rapidly and I managed to milk no less than 15 designs out of it. Because it dawned on me that the sun is more or less the source of the heat and there are a myriad of sun gods in various cultures who can stake claim to the statement that indeed, "It is the heat." And they would also agree that they like it hot.

ChatGPT gave me a list of six sun deities. 

 

That covers the Greek Sun god. Next comes Apollo, the Roman sun god.

Everyone has heard of those sun gods, but ChatGPT informed that the Inca Empire had a sun god, too.

I had never heard of  Inti or knew that the Incas considered themselves the "children of the sun." I also didn't know about the Hindu sun god Surya.

I was aware of the Egyptian sun god Ra.

And finally, ChatGPT told me about Amaterasu, the Japanese sun goddess. She is one of the most important deities in Shinto.

So the heat is on with 15 new spiffy designs and it puts me just 17 designs away from having a thousand designs in my teepublic.com store.

I'm on fire!