July 05, 2008, 4:36 PM. Castaic, California Participants: Joanne, Paul, George, Sarah, Mike, Joyce, Ursula, Rumi the cat, and Eric (in Pennsylvania by phone). This week it was only 100 degrees by session time , so we were delighted that our new air-conditioning system kept us cool! What was also cool, but in a different sense, was that our ...