I met Captain Sarcastic in September. We began to fall in love in October. Ten years later, the early days of Fall still remind me of that last time I fell in love. Those early sweet days of courtship. It saddens me that I’ll never fall in love again. Sure, I re-fall in love with [...]
Today, as the Failout bill, well, failed, and the Dow was plummeting, someone twitter that they were “sitting quietly waiting for the world to end.” And that got me thinking. What would you do if you knew the world was ending tonight? Problem is, if we were told that news TODAY, we’d be in full [...]
After a rough start, I did it! I stayed offline for a week. It got easier each day, and by today I wasn’t even itching to get online. So, what did I learn? I learned that I go to bed several hours earlier when I am not online. Gaining those 2+ hours of sleep has [...]
I have been feeling this coming on for a while. I need a break. An announced, clear break. Maybe it’s the election. Maybe it’s my writing. Maybe it’s my attention span. But for whatever reason, I need to shut down and turn off the computer. All of it. No blogging (writing or reading), no e-mails [...]
I have been a bit consumed with the upcoming election. I tend to be apolitical. But over the years, I have begun to be dissatisfied with certain things and I am one of those that feels that those who complain without attempting to improve things can just shut up. So I started to educate myself [...]
I wrote about the Great Storm that hit Galveston one weekend in 1900. Ike is feeling eerily familiar to that storm. Click here to read that post. And then pray and/or hope Galveston fares far better this time ’round. 0 I Like This
Moondance started her very own meme asking this: If you had a few days warning that a massive storm was coming, that might rip your roof off and flood your house and all your belongings, what would you take with you when you evacuated? This is not a theoretical question for many people in Florida [...]
Gustav is already old news. It’s over and caused no harm. That’s what the news would suggest, no? Well, that is not true. And the frustration of media ignoring the very real damage that lay in the wake of Gustav has sparked me to write this to get the word out. Baton Rouge, Terrebone and [...]
My electricity, cable and even internet have been restored. The water restrictions have been lifted. Things are officially back to normal for me. And I find that I am disappointed. In myself. Let me back up. In preparing for the storm, riding the storm out in Baton Rouge, and especially in the four days of [...]
My office never lost electricity. Nor internet. So I am here now getting drunk off of typing with two hands instead of two thumbs and able to check things that require internet. Like Entergy’s outage map. And applying for FEMA. Overall we are fine. Still no electricity (Day Four). But my handy new generator and [...]