hey, shrift, I didn't just accidentally offend someone in your DW, did I? The no words was to your squash, right?

Sorry, got distracted by Doctor Who. And yeah, I'm pretty sure the no words was due to my staggeringly rude and dirty vegetable pictures. It was pretty... rampant.

Positively love the sheer zanyness of this place. It's...oddly comforting.

The local news is forever showing things happening right by our house during weather events!

Hah!

We et a lot. And drank a lot. And I have no leaks so far, well, some rain blowing in through the skylight vent, but to be expected since I didn't close the vent. Hostess isn't so lucky, but I left the good cheese with her (english cheddar with carmelized onions from TJs.) And even so, we all care a lot less given the amount of wine consumed. The spread: [link] Horseradish pub cheese, some aged cheddar, aforementioned onion cheddar, gorgonzola with cranberry and walnuts, gouda, marscapone, many varieties of crackers including the rosemary raisin crisps especially for the marscapone, AWESOME guac, garlic hummus, three layer hummus, pita chips, pistachio white chocolate cookies, m&ms....and of course, wine and beer. 3 bottles done for the wine drinkers. For 4 of us (neighbors got called in to work- both nurses.)

Ooh, my power just...not flickered, dimmed. I'd like to keep power, please.

Getting the gusts that make weird whirring noises.

Positively love the sheer zanyness of this place. It's...oddly comforting.

Home is where you're welcomed, no matter what. Stick around and you'll ultimately stumble across one of our semi-annual punning posts, or any other example of us in action.

Nice to meet you, Darth Cheesecake! You made your premiere while I was gone last weekend, so I didn't get a chance to say "Hi!" until now.

I did not know they had any such beast. I think I need me a pair.

[link] is the brand I got, and they were only $2.99 at the crafts store I was at.

My roommate cannot get over the size of my mutant death squash. I need to figure out what would make a good scale picture.

Does anyone have recipes for excellent salsa? I've got loads of tomatoes and hot peppers and sweet peppers and onions.

Take it back, I've got one leak in the basement. Oddly, in a place that has never leaked before and none of the old known leaks are leaking. Not going to fuss about it. Especially since I apparently bought the wrong extension cord for the shopvac, and all my current extension cords are powering the ac, and I'm leaving it that way tonight.

I talked to my Mom outside of Philly a few hours ago, and she says the wind is howling pretty good. Her "independent living community" (don't call it a retirement home, please) has emergency generators at the ready, and have assured her that there will be power for her supplementary oxygen machine. She even has a go-bag packed (with medication et cetera) if they have to move the residents, or go to a tornado-safe shelter.

The worst thing I'm worried about is my basement flooding, though we have a sump pump now. Though if the power goes out... ah well. Only so much you can do, and everything within a foot of the floor is in water-tight containers.

I think we're losing bits off the grid. Power is doing that weird thing accompanied by flashes, indicative of the grid trying to compensate.

Does anyone have recipes for excellent salsa?

I really should read here before DW...