The National Weather Service should know better than to name a hurricane Ophelia.

So I'm assuming hurricane Medea is a really, really bad idea.

Or Livia.

There was a sense of relaxation at a critical moment.

And now Laura's leaving Cialis brochures all over the West Wing.

Aims, I've been thinking of you the whole time. I take it you've checked in with Em's school?

Yeppers. She's good.

Lucia

For fans of The Ref, the American Girl Dolls have a very special Christmas outfit. [link]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Here's what the LA Times is saying:

A large portion of Los Angeles was hit with a blackout Monday afternoon.

The city was investigating the cause and extent of the outage. But Sgt. Catherine Plows, a police spokeswoman, said terrorism was not suspected.

Electrical power was knocked out shortly before 1 p.m. after two power surges. Fire officials said they received reports of people stuck in elevators, and traffic was snarled at intersections throughout the city when stop lights went dark. Some neighboring cities also were affected.

The Police Department went on "full tactical alert," meaning no officers were allowed to leave duty.

The blackout came a day after ABC aired a videotape of a purported al-Qaida member making terrorist threats against Los Angeles and Melbourne, Australia, on the fourth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.

Heavy power usage on hot days can lead to blackouts. But the weather in Los Angeles was not unsually hot Monday.

Outages were reported from downtown to the coast and north into the San Fernando Valley.

eta: I'm glad Em is okay, Aimee. (and the rest of you as well)

Thankfully, there are very few actors on whose behalf I would subject myself to a viewing experience like that. (Too bad that Christian Bale was one of the few...)

Yeah, you and me both.

L.A. without power is freaky.

Weird power outages. Portent? Nah.

Bush = pants on fire.

I have phone dread, because I don't have the best hearing and on the phone I can't rely on facial cues for what the other person is saying/thinking. Also, in my job, almost everyone I have to talk to has a heavy accent, and that compounds my inability to understand them, which is embarrasing.

Jobs: farm hard, Kinko's, library, bookstore, Wal-Mart (2 weeks), bakery (2 weeks), telemarketing (see a downward trend?), exotic dancer (there's that trend), pulling self up by bootstraps, mental health case worker, proofreader, copyeditor, production editor (current).

/TMI

For fans of The Ref, the American Girl Dolls have a very special Christmas outfit.

Sweet!

No power outage here at my work, in Pasadena.

Hell, why didn't they just name it Lucia and be done with it?

Except Lucia would take some newlywed with her. Hurricane Tosca at least would only kiss the corrupt politicians. Hmmm . . .

t loves Connie 4EVAH

People in LA area need to all be safe when going home tonight.

Perhaps start home now. ijs.