Scrabulous is disabled now?

My sister's gonna be pissed!

Evacuations can be nightmareish and most storms you just loose power or have a little flooding.

Well, yeah, and you have to find a place to evacuate to, food supplies etc for while you are there, and then once you've laid out all that money and time, it's just a ton of rain and some wind. There ain't no FEMA check for that.

Timelies all!

Glad all the LA-istas are ok.

I just stumbled across this clip from a hilarious show from England called Have I Got News for You, hosted by a rather profane Brian Blessed, one of my all-time favorite Brit actors ("Quintilius Virus, where are my eagles?!!!"), and co-hosted by Paul Merton. It looks like a Brit Daily Show, so I don't get many of the local news references, but I just love watching Blessed at his roaring best.

Got my hair cut. I think it's even shorter than when I got all the long hair cut off.

Paul Merton? He of the twiglets and the Party from the Brit Whose Line? Love him! Of course a profane Blessed is wonderful. And though I can't quote back at you, Kathy, I did get the ref.

ETA: Eeek, Dana! End of an era. How do you feel?

Got my hair cut. I think it's even shorter than when I got all the long hair cut off.

I'm gonna need pictures. It's like you and shrift are having a race towards Shortest Haircut after dallying with waist length for decades.

It's like you and shrift are having a race towards Shortest Haircut after dallying with waist length for decades.

My nape is bare. t /taunt

HOTT!

It's like you and shrift are having a race towards Shortest Haircut after dallying with waist length for decades.

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I just watched those "never talk to cops" videos. They're pretty amusing and worth watching but it boils down to:

• even if you didn't do whatever they're concerned about at the moment, there are so many laws that there's no way you can be sure that you didn't do anything wrong.
• if you're totally innocent and don't incriminate yourself in any way (even accidentally), that doesn't guarantee the cops will recall your conversation accurately.
• there is absolutely no way it can help you. He specifically explains that the "anything you say can be used against you" thing does not work both ways -- what you told the cop at the time can implicate you, but it can't be used in your defense.

The officer's reasons are simpler:

• people are stupid.
• the police are better at asking questions than you are at answering them.

The funniest part is in the officer's segment, when he asks (as an example) if anyone ever broke the speed limit, and when people raise their hands the lawyer starts shouting "What did I just say about talking to the police?" Which leads to him saying, "People are inherently honest, and that's their downfall."