Hey, man, where are my pants? I have my hippo dignity!

Oz ,'Bring On The Night'


Natter 53: We could just avoid making tortured puns  

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.


Theodosia - Aug 24, 2007 1:36:23 am PDT #6533 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"

It's AIFG for celebrities! At least Will and Jada seem happy about it, but it would be better to talk about it at Huggies.Org or whatev'.

Obviously, I should have been following Unshelved for a while now!


Sue - Aug 24, 2007 3:11:51 am PDT #6534 of 10001
hip deep in pie

Did you use a lot of cornstarch? (My problem, with apple pies, is an allegiance to juicy apples, which inevitably means the juices overflow the crust and go running everywhere.)

I didn't use cornstarch. I used a little bit of flour and sugar, but that's it.

Now that the pie has cooled in the fridge overnight, the crust on the bottom isn't so bad. Guess what I'm having for breakfast? Yes, pie! It's no worse than a muffin I figure.


sumi - Aug 24, 2007 3:54:10 am PDT #6535 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Well, it's been an interesting morning already. Last night - after waiting for a bus for almost an hour - I went back to my office where I, luckily, found a ride home. The Kishwaukee River was already over it's banks. And this morning, I missed the bus, met my friend Liz and we walked toward work. We got to the river and it was up well over it's banks. We could see water sloshing over the sidewalks. Luckily a geology grad student was there taking pictures of the river. He offered us a ride (he's got an suv with good clearance) which we took. He told us that the river was at 15 feet this morning. 10 feet is flood level. Local schools aren't having class today due to flooded streets.

But I'm here now - - I hope I can get home tonight.


tommyrot - Aug 24, 2007 4:19:23 am PDT #6536 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

No flooding in Evanston that I've seen, but our internet is down. Our whole area is out. Boo!


sumi - Aug 24, 2007 4:23:00 am PDT #6537 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

I hear that my boss's house is flooded.


sumi - Aug 24, 2007 4:29:11 am PDT #6538 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

Oh, the Mississippi may flood:

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT MUSCATINE.
* FROM MONDAY MORNING TO THURSDAY AFTERNOON ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS
CANCELLED.
  • AT 6:00 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.7 FEET.
    * MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
    * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
    * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE MONDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE
TO RISE TO NEAR 16.5 FEET BY TUESDAY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.
  • IMPACT...AT 16.0 FEET...WATER AFFECTS THE LOWER PORTION OF THE
RIVERSIDE PARK PARKING LOT.

And here is the Kish's:

THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE SOUTH BRANCH KISHWAUKEE RIVER AT DE KALB.
  • UNTIL SUNDAY EVENING ...OR UNTIL THE WARNING IS CANCELLED.
  • AT 415 AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.0 FEET.
  • MAJOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
  • FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.
  • FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE RISING TO NEAR 15.4 FEET BY THIS
AFTERNOON. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE SUNDAY AFTERNOON.


brenda m - Aug 24, 2007 4:37:39 am PDT #6539 of 10001
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

No flooding around me. But a bar stool I had standing about six feet from the windows had a pool of water in the seat when I got home last night, so you can see how strong the rain was.

Naturally, I was up on the roof of the new place with the home inspector during part of this storm last night. Fun!


Jesse - Aug 24, 2007 4:48:09 am PDT #6540 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE!!


sumi - Aug 24, 2007 4:50:01 am PDT #6541 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

We just got an official university message about flooded parking on the east side of campus. Meanwhile the two major all-campus events that were supposed to happen have been cancelled. I wonder if they're really going to have Cornfest this year.


sumi - Aug 24, 2007 4:51:19 am PDT #6542 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!

This website for the Cornfest 10K race has pictures of the flooded course. (Why the race is cancelled.)