The weather people here keep saying wistfully how much good a tropical storm could do for the reservoirs. Florida's cloud = our silver lining.

I kept asking folks where the nearest bell tower is, since it seems historically speaking, Texans do that kinda thing, but nobody would tell me where one is.

He was sitting up there in the Texas tower
Way up there for more than an hour

Shooting from the 22nd floor

He didn't choke or stab or slit them
Not our Charles Joseph Whitman.
He won't be an architect no more.
(Kinky Friedman)

eta: Sorry about the bold. Not enough coffee.

Kristin, I'm so glad you finally made it home!

I did NOT sleep well last night. Stupid asthma.

Anyone have any ideas about removing mold from the inside of a window AC unit? I'm thinking that's not helping me. I didn't even realize it was as bad as it was until I took a little glance last night. Yuck. Need the AC, but wow, that *cannot* be helping me.

I hope for Georgia's sake that you do get some good soaking. It would be lovely if it would stall over Lake Okeechobee here for some time since it is still 3' down. I need to stay away from the weather blogs since they are making noises about it heading out to the Gulf to get its organization thing going on.

My plan to check on the office just got scrapped by another tornado warning. Silly storm. All in the path please stay safe. Kids want to go play in the wind. Um, not while the tornado warning is up. I'm such a mean mom.

Um, not while the tornado warning is up. I'm such a mean mom.

Yeah, sanity's such a bitch.

Sorry for all the non-sleeping, Bitches. I actually had a pretty good night except for when the puppy had trouble figuring out where she wanted to be at 3 a.m.

Dear Student: I know you don't care for that reference librarian. I'd like to let him go myself. However, submitting anonymous demands that the BigBoss ("if [Boss' Name] isn't man enough") fire him immediately or else you'll go to the Dean, is really immature and makes you sound like a spoiled brat. S/he who can't actually walk into one of our offices with a well worded complaint shouldn't accuse someone else of not being able to man-up. Signed, A Librarian Who Doesn't React Well to Your Stupid Threats.

It would be lovely if it would stall over Lake Okeechobee here for some time since it is still 3' down.

Lake Lanier is about 14 feet down.

Stay safe, Floridians! Get soaked, drought-stricken!

Cocksackie is viral; there's not much to do about it.

Besides the giggling.

SERIOUSLY! Doctor Cocksackie, I'm sure you were/are a brilliant researcher or diagnostician or whatever, but you couldn't come up with a clever mispronuciation like Nick Lachey did? Between you and Dr. Altzheimer (who's disease everyone in my family north of 70 calls "Old Timers Disease") and the cleverly named "sitz bath" medicine is just too giggle-inducing.

Oooh! Its actually spelled "Coxsackie" and is named after the village in New York State where it was first identified. It still sounds funny, but at least I can read it without turning twelve.

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I kept asking folks where the nearest bell tower is, since it seems historically speaking, Texans do that kinda thing, but nobody would tell me where one is.

1) That was in Austin.

2) The UT Admin building isn't actually a *bell* tower. It just has a clock. No bells.

3) I'm betting most Texans won't find that as funny as you or I might. Like, in Austin itself, seriously, don't make jokes about it.