More Brownie fun:

Brown said officials need to ''take inventory'' of what's going on in a disaster to be able to answer questions to avoid appearing unaware of how serious a situation is.

Shows he's a true Bushie - he figures his biggest mistake is appearing to not know what was going on. So all someone in Brownie's position needs to do is avoid letting people know how out of touch they are....

This is the Friday of many annoying little distractions and odd requests.

my friday has been the day of meetings. I just finished my last one of the day.

Any firm that hires him to consult on their preparedness gets what they deserve.

leftover stuffing:

The boys have gone out on the ocean because it is very calm. Gone fishing they have.

It better have been a good kiss: [link]

Oh dear. That sounds like a modern take on a rather grim fairy tale.

Oh dear. The poor boy may never kiss again.

Egad. One dead, so many others traumatized.

the poor girl's parents!

Kristin, I feel obliged to report that Aimee was prancing through the thread nekkid using your name prior to editing.

She was nekkid? And I missed it? I say again, maaaaaaannn...