We had dinner at the Zukey Lake Tavern [link] which sits right on Zukey Lake. Watching the storm come across the lake from Chicago was terrifying and thrilling. SHEETS of rain, magnificent lightning, and the click click click of hail.
It was Craxy.
You always think harder is better. Maybe next time I patrol, I should carry bricks and use a stake made out of butter.
Buffy ,'The Killer In Me'
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.
Aims - Aug 24, 2007 4:51:21 am PDT #6543 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Sue - Aug 24, 2007 4:51:33 am PDT #6544 of 10001
hip deep in pie
BE CAREFUL, PEOPLE!!
What she said. And stay dry.
tommyrot - Aug 24, 2007 5:00:03 am PDT #6545 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.
I left my windows open yesterday. Luckily, not too much water got in so my Mac Mini didn't drown. Also, which is better: Corn Fest or Bean Fest?
Ginger - Aug 24, 2007 5:02:43 am PDT #6546 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Please to send the rain towards the southeast. Also, be careful.
lisah - Aug 24, 2007 5:05:05 am PDT #6547 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate
Yes, please, be careful everybody! NO driving through standing water, for example!
The local stationery store was putting out Christmas cards this week.
Oh I just had a conversation about how the year is flying:
Tom Scola - Aug 24, 2007 5:05:09 am PDT #6548 of 10001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
You can watch the flooding in real time here.
Theodosia - Aug 24, 2007 5:06:09 am PDT #6549 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"
Also, August has been unexpectedly dry here, so if you want to spread it around a little, that would be good, too.
I'm putting off making a call to the Unemployment Office to straighten out some claim stuff because my cat is sleeping on the desk. This doesn't sound like a very valid reason, right? He looks soooo comfortable.....
tommyrot - Aug 24, 2007 5:11:00 am PDT #6550 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.
This is the wettest Aug. in Chicago in 17 years....
Kathy A - Aug 24, 2007 5:11:43 am PDT #6551 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I avoided my usual way to work this morning since that goes through a forest preserve and tends to overflow the ditches easily, but I was able to take the main road with no problem.
What I did have issues with was the fact that a few of the outlets in my apartment are not working, including the one that I had my microwave plugged into in the kitchen and my computer plugged into in the living room. When I talked to the office this morning, they said that sometimes that override switch on the kitchen plug can reset and even screw up the outlet in the living room, for some bizarre reason. They're sending maintenance over today, so here's hoping I have computer access and a working microwave tonight!
Ginger - Aug 24, 2007 5:18:37 am PDT #6552 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
The drought level here has been declared "exceptional," which sounds much more fun than it is. Exceptional is meteorology-speak for 100-year drought. We're neck and neck with the worst recorded drought in Georgia. Weather records: never a good thing. It's already the hottest August on record, and we're looking forward to another extra-crispy day. The two things are apparently related; the system that's stuck over the southeast is blocking the rain from going anywhere, so the midwest gets floods and we get the surface of the moon.