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Some folks are hot year-round08/06/2003
Sure, you might be hot right now, but some folks are hot year-round.
Take Kim Hott of Keller, who has elected to keep the name despite a recent divorce and the frequently tiresome “Are you as hot as it is outside?” jokes.
“I will stay Hott because I have three boys,” she said, adding that even a new husband would not force her to part with her Hottness. “I’ll be Hott – slash – whatever.”
It was really hot/whatever Wednesday, as temperatures soared to 108 degrees by 6 p.m. at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. It was the hottest day on record since it hit 105 degrees on Sept. 4, 2000, said WFAA-TV meteorologist Steve McCauley.
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The forecast calls for triple-digit temperatures continuing though Saturday.
So it’s probably good to have a sense of humor about the heat. Ms. Hott says her ex-father-in-law, Chilton, is known as “Chilly Hott.” Dallas stylist Rodd Gray decided to use the word to his advantage, calling himself Hott Rodd the Hair Godd.
“I have fun with it,” Gray says.
The name draws plenty of clients, who are encouraged to follow Gray’s own version of the 10 Commandments posted in his salon. Among them: “Thou shall not use any other hair gods before me,” and “Thou shall not cut thy own bangs.”
Eunsun Hwang, owner of Hot Donuts and Bakery, insists that in the doughnut world, hot is a good thing, even during the brutal days of summer. “Hot means fresh. It means just made,” she said.
Similarly, heat is the lifeblood of Hot Sauce Harry’s in Dallas, a company that produces a line of hot pepper sauces and other products.
Dianne and Bob Harris are the co-owners. “We didn’t think Hot Sauce Bob or Hot Sauce Dianne sounded that good,” Mrs. Harris explained.
Mrs. Harris suggested that now was a good time to eat hot sauce, especially when it caused beads of perspiration to break out on your forehead.
“If you eat hot foods it will cool you down,” Mrs. Harris said. “When you sweat that’s the body’s mechanism to cool you off.”
OK, Dianne, if you say so.
But there might be better ways to cool off, like visiting the Cool Breeze Motel in Irving.
Unfortunately, Pavita Patel, who was answering phones Wednesday morning, expected it to be as uncomfortable at the motel in the afternoon as it was everywhere else.
Asked whether the “Cool Breeze” in the motel’s name attracted customers during the summer, she said, “Yeah, I don’t think so.”
So much for cool breezes.
At Cool Agent Inc., President Scott Wilson said the name was meant to highlight the company’s technology, which gives computer users the tools to view video with more clarity.
“I’m personally not a cool agent,” Wilson acknowledged cheerfully. “We have some cool technology that can be enjoyed indoors in the climate-controlled atmosphere. You will think it is cool.”
Rick Rosen, who calls himself the Cool Pool Man, said he chose the moniker because it’s catchy.
“I thought it would kind of describe myself in that I don’t try to take advantage of people -- I’m cool,” he said. “I picked the name cool because it sounds friendly. It was not temperature-related but behavior-related.”
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