Just dropped Lewis off at the airport (he's off to Vegas, which he hates, for the annual manager's conference). The kids and I are doing brunch at Cheesecake Factory. Belgian waffles the size of Sanibel Island for them, Eggs Benedict for me. Then off to the bookstore and various errands.
Who was the real power? The Captain? or Tenille?
Xander ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Barb - Aug 30, 2009 5:59:37 am PDT #21344 of 30000
“Not dead yet!”
Scrappy - Aug 30, 2009 6:05:07 am PDT #21345 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Shower and then off to the airport to fly to Tennesse for a week of motorcycling. Graceland here we come!
Sean K - Aug 30, 2009 6:54:04 am PDT #21346 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I mean, what the heck does a burning mountain range look like? The apocalypse?
Sumi.... Yes. That's exactly what it looks like.
And here's a little look at what we're all breathing.
Those photos are all in Facebook, but should be set so everyone can see them. Let me know if anyone can't get in to them.
Sean K - Aug 30, 2009 7:16:41 am PDT #21347 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
The fire almost doubled in size overnight, from 20,000 to over 35,000 acres. There have been only a tiny handful of buildings burned (three houses, and a handful of rec buildings in Big Tujunga canyon), and only four people injured, because the fire is primarily burning through the Angeles Crest National forest which is rugged and full of canyons that are very difficult to get to.
But it is still slowly creeping toward civilization (it's knocking at the door to JPL), and it's making the air around here VERY bad.
Hil R. - Aug 30, 2009 7:44:17 am PDT #21348 of 30000
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Stay safe!
I'm having caesar salad for lunch. Farmers market romaine is vastly superior to supermarket romaine. Too bad it's also so much more expensive.
Sean K - Aug 30, 2009 7:47:14 am PDT #21349 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Here's some shots of the same views I was taking yesterday: [link]
There's now so much smoke in the air, I cannot see the mountain range from my house. This may change as the day wears on, and I'll keep taking and posting pictures.
beth b - Aug 30, 2009 7:54:53 am PDT #21350 of 30000
oh joy! Oh Rapture ! I have a brain!
All your pictures want me to log in Sean.
Keep safe people
Fay - Aug 30, 2009 7:56:09 am PDT #21351 of 30000
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
Clearly I've been watching/reading too much Supernatural, when this just makes me think of Lucifer wandering the earth, bringing about the end of days. Keep your eyes peeled for Winchesters, Sean.
sumi - Aug 30, 2009 8:04:55 am PDT #21352 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
Or at least a classic black Impala.
Sean K - Aug 30, 2009 8:32:36 am PDT #21353 of 30000
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
All your pictures want me to log in Sean.
I have fixed all of my previous links, and repost them below:
Taken at noon yesterday.
About a half an hour after that, showing the development of the smoke plume.
Taken at about 6:00pm yesterday.
The Fire Serpent descends from the mountaintop at nightfall.
Some shots into the sunset to give you an idea of just how bad the air is right now.
Some attempts to catch the fire at night. These don't come even close to capturing the amazing view at night.
Here's what it looks like this morning.