Oh ita, I'm glad at least that they're safe. And I think your thinking strategy is the only sane way to proceed.
Pretty cool except for the part where I was really terrified and now my knees are all dizzy.
Willow ,'Never Leave Me'
Natter .38 Special
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Topic!Cindy - Aug 31, 2005 6:44:02 am PDT #2996 of 10002
What is even happening?
tommyrot - Aug 31, 2005 6:47:38 am PDT #2997 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Nilly, I'm curious - how big is the hurricane story there?
Steph L. - Aug 31, 2005 6:50:13 am PDT #2998 of 10002
I look more rad than Lutheranism
The latest terrorists attack in Israel (this week) was in a city in which most of my mom's family lives. I used the same line of thought. Thankfully, I turned out to be right.
Oh, Nilly! I'm so glad your family is okay!
Nilly - Aug 31, 2005 6:53:28 am PDT #2999 of 10002
Swouncing
how big is the hurricane story there?
Big enough to open a few news broadcasts, which - considering how crazy things are here usually - is pretty big. It's also being constantly mentioned in the very short hourly updates that most radio stations broadcast, which usually contain only the headlines with "the biggest font" and try to not repeat themselves. So, yeah, it's pretty big. I guess that if it had timed itself to two weeks ago, the local disengagement news would have taken it off the headlines, but now that things have calmed down a bit, it has a larger place.
[Edit: thanks, Teppy.]
JohnSweden - Aug 31, 2005 6:53:39 am PDT #3000 of 10002
I can't even.
Since I don't know the difference, I'll bow to your greater wisdom.
No worries, Brenda. I'd remembered the boingboing reporting of the event as SCA/re-enactors and wanted to clear it up. LARPers are roleplayers, which might explain their enthusiastic reception of the zombies. Someone doing a historical re-enactment might not be so amused at being flashmobbed.
brenda m - Aug 31, 2005 7:00:20 am PDT #3001 of 10002
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Yeah, that makes all kinds of sense, JSw.
le nubian - Aug 31, 2005 7:02:46 am PDT #3002 of 10002
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
So, I'm driving to work and see that gas is up to $3.20/gal
It was $2.99 yesterday.
Then I read this:
10:06 A.M. - WWL-TV: Gas prices expected to rise by as much as $1.10 by this weekend.
Guess I'll be buying gas on the way home tonight.
§ ita § - Aug 31, 2005 7:04:14 am PDT #3003 of 10002
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I filled my tank yesterday -- it was 10¢ more than on Friday. Friday's the next sensible time for me to fill up -- but since I fill up at Costco and it's the Labor Day weekend, I think I'll need to do it before work, or spend forever there.
tommyrot - Aug 31, 2005 7:06:45 am PDT #3004 of 10002
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Well, hopefully gas prices will fall again after this weeked (as it's the big Labor Day weekend). Although that depends on how long people think production and refining capacity in the Gulf area will be affected.
Also, W is going to release some oil from the Strategic Reserves - that should help a bit.
sarameg - Aug 31, 2005 7:08:37 am PDT #3005 of 10002
I tend to not pay much attention to gas prices-as in I just pay'em, they don't make me wince- since I only fill up every couple of weeks, but $1.10 up made me blink. Goodness.
Glad your NO family is accounted for, ita.