I'm wondering if it won't be nice for the 4 of us to just sit around, drink and bitch and cry.

Catharsis is good for the soul.

I caught the last few minutes of Ted Koppel's interview of the director of FEMA, and was delighted to see Ted kick Fed ass!!

I just watched the interview and Ted was impressive. I especially liked his, You were surprised that so many didn't evacuate? Why were you surprised? How did you think they were getting out? It's not like you sent anyone to go get them.

Gronk, I gotta quit waking up at 2 am.

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rerun I haven't seen

Is it still a rerun if you haven't seen it?

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Whales fishing for gulls? Too funny.

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Tom, don't sweat it. As others have pointed out, it sounds like you each needed something different. I know from experience that right now you're probably feeling "why doesn't she love meeee??" but with a little time you'll see that you two were in different places in your lives. Also, since this is your first forray into dating in 10 years, I'd encourage you to keep up the momentum and try again with another hawt chick soon. Don't let this get you down.

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Glad to hear that Ted's asking the tough questions that somebody better have a good fucking answer for. I anticipate a Frontline on this disaster.

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Heather, sorry to hear about your troubles. The government had better start setting up some camps with proper food, shelter, sanitation and security. Not everyone has a Heather to run to for help.

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I'm excited about seeing the Transporter 2 movie this weekend. Granted, plot-wise the first wasn't the greatest, but it was mindless fun, which I think is fine on occaision.

It's likely true. I'm having a few people from home over this weekend, and I'm wondering if it won't be nice for the 4 of us to just sit around, drink and bitch and cry.

Heather, this sounds like a good plan. I wish I could just hug you right now.

{{{Heather}}}

I just heard the NO Mayor's interview on WWL. Wow.

I need to understand the rules here:

People this morning said that hurricane talk wasn't supposed to be here. I thought no hurricane talk was in Bitches and that hurricane talk could be here. Did I misunderstand?

I know we were trying to keep it lighter in Bitches yesterday but I don't think a complete moratorium has been imposed anywhere.

I was skimming here to catch stuff while going there to decompress and talk about other things.

So, is it true that we've turned away help from other countries? Or is that only partially true?

We definitely turned away help from Canada. I don't know about the other countries.

For instance, I understand Saudi Arabia is pumping more oil. I doubt we turned away that help.

Hi.

Threadsuck is great stuff.

My story so far:

We left New Orleans 7:30 am on Sunday and got to Houston 9:30 pm, watched the weather channel and slept. Monday we kept watching Katrina coverage and Henry kept pinging his servers until they disappeared. He was in contact with his immediate boss and two of his minions, and the fine people at IBM disaster recovery, but no one who was authorized to put the recovery plan into effect. The official two people who could were teh CEO and the COO. The COO is the one who has been under investigation, and the only reason he hasn't resigned yet is they haven't worked out the wording for the press release. The CEO had decided to ride out the storm in his lakefront home, no one had heard from him. Fortunately, the hired gun from the turn around company took control and started things in motion. Unfortunately for me, this meant sending Henry to Sterling Forest with the backup tapes that his company should be so kissing his ass for having the presence of mind to go pick up before we left. He left on a chartered Lear jet at midnight.

Meanwhile, I called down to the front desk to extend our stay another night - we had only booked for Sunday and Monday night, thinking we'd be going home after the storm passed. They said they couldn't extend any syatys until the morning. So, morning came, I called again, they said they couldn't extend any stays, but if I called back at 10 i might be able to get a room at a higher rate. Being an impatient sort, I called back at 9:45 and went through the same rigmarole, but at the end of my call the hotel manager apparently announced that there were no rooms available, a previously booked conference had them all, we all had to go. How there were no rooms available but they culdn't tell me that, I don't know. So, I got my stuff packed up, found my friend who was staying with her brother who agreed to take me in, and loaded up the animals by check out time (11). It took more time and trips up and down the elevators full of everyone else leaving since I was by myself, but on the upside, more room in the car for the critters. I pull out of my parking spot, and a woman walking by waves at me frantically because my front right tire was completely flat. Luckily I was able to find a shady parking spot to pull back into while I unloaded the trunk and put on the spare. The rest of Tuesday and Wednesday were uneventful, except the estimate for how long before we;d be allowed to go home kept getting longer and longer. My hosts were wonderful people and so kind to take me in, but I couldn't stay there for weeks displacing their youngest son out of his bed, my dog crying because he can't come inside, and my cats in a kennel in the garage. So I decided to keep drving west. I called my parents to tell them my plan, and they volunteered to fly to Houston and drive out with me. My parents rock. They booked an evening flight on America West and called me from BART to say they were on their way. Unfortunately, when they got to the airport there was no one at the the America West counter togive them a boarding pass, nor were the e-ticket machines on and functioning, so they couldn't get past security. We hate America West forever and ever. They were able to get tickets on a Continental Red Eye at teh counter, so they were very thoroughly searched (buying one way tickets at the last minute, flags don't get much redder than that), but they made it into Houston around 6am. They rented a car bigger than mine and found their way out to where I was staying, we transferred all my belongings and the critters, and got going by 8:30. My car is with my friends, who work with my husband, so if Henry goes from Sterling Forest to Houston (where they already have started setting up temporary offices), he'll have a car.

We're now in Abilene, getting ready for another day of driving. It's one way to avoid watching the news all day.

Hope everyone is well and safe

-t!!!!!!

Glad to hear from you!!