Least Loved Bedtime Stories v. 2.0

WTF? (By the way — zeta isn’t the last letter in the Greek alphabet.)
Via Steve H., who shows signs of being a bit tired of living in Hurricane Alley.

A picture from my neighborhood in December of last year (click for larger — edited to a thumbnail to fix the site layout in Internet Explorer):

Those trees in the background are part of a natural preserve a few blocks from me, squat in the middle of the city. (The picture shown in the linked page […]

WTF?!?!?!?
Christallmighty.
On the other hand, it’s supposed to drop to the forties after Monday, so I can’t see this storm strengthening all that much. Hurricanes are real wimps around cold weather. But I thought we were just going to have a little rain. I didn’t realize it would be due to a tropical storm. Yays.
(Via […]

You are on the edge of your seat, I can tell… Anyway, I have added a new theme — “Autumn II” — and I have removed one — “Rin.” I will probably tweak the Autumn theme a little bit — the font size and line spacing need to be adjusted, imho. This time I remembered […]

“Wil-maaaaa!”

Yay:
Tropical Depression #16 formed over the northwestern Bahamas east of Miami Tuesday morning. It has been nearly stationary since is formation, but is expected to attain a slow north-northwesterly drift later Tuesday night or Wednesday. The system is in its early formative stages with top sustained winds near 30 mph. Gusts to 50 mph have […]

Lots and lots of links to people blogging about Hurricane Katrina can be found here. (Via Michele.)

Dang. So far it looks as if Hurricane Katrina* is headed straight to New Orleans. I’ve only been there once, and really wanted to go there again, to have some beignets and cafe au lait at the Café du Monde, to wander the French Quarter and Magazine Street. Now my plans may be put off… […]

The course of true love may not always run true for humans, but look on the bright side: you could be a penguin.

Oops, I hear thunder. Time to unplug everything (I’m not risking another fried modem). Back later.
Update, after midnight: well, the storm was a dud. After some ominous rumbles and a slight sprinkle it just went away. But I ended up spending most of the rest of the day and evening reading. I had forgotten the […]