It's only Tuesday. Feels like an unending week. I might need to sacrifice something.

So true. I was also going to chime in with a goat.

Any mention of goat sacrifice still makes me think of Angel, with the Wolfram & Hart phone option of "To sacrifice a goat, press or say 'one'!"

Random, I know.

The tornado warning has expired, but it is still rumbly and lightening out there. it is so dark it is hard to tell if the wind did any damage around us, but I don't think so. We got some hail, so I'll need to check my roof at some point.

mac was in the built in laundry hamper in the hallway at one point. He preferred it to being under the mattress.

At least modern tech gives up the opportunity to hide in awkward and uncomfortable places.

I have often wondered about life pre-radar, at the very least. Where I grew up, we just counted on May winds and 4 pm thunderstorms in July and early August.

I saw somewhere today that some NOAA satellites may be lost to budget cuts, reducing the accuracy of forecasting dramatically, therefore probably increasing weather-related fatalities.

It's only Tuesday. Feels like an unending week.

It's been a bit of a job hunting grind lately. I had a 5 hour interview with 7 (1, 2, 2, 2) different people Thursday. A two hour interview with 4 (all at once) people Friday. A two hour interview with 8 (3, 5) people Monday. Today I had a three hour interview with 8 (1, 3, 2, 2) people. I have an interview on Thursday and a recruiter trying to set one up for Friday.

I got some very positive feedback from the one on Friday and it's a place I'd like to work so job~ma would be appreciated. It sounds like they may be trying to work out an offer according to the recruiter (one of twenty) I'm working with. This one shouldn't have a surprise travel requirement.

I hope everyone can stay safe.

But when Dr. So&So is on a supernova hunt in this world, all things drop off.

Is it bad that I really, really want one to happen where I can see? I mean, there's one happening every second somewhere in the universe. Why not Betelgeuse?

I should have really been in science. The universe is full of amazing and I want to see it.

Any mention of goat sacrifice still makes me think of Angel, with the Wolfram & Hart phone option of "To sacrifice a goat, press or say 'one'!"

Well, then we are random together, because that's what I was referencing. Heh.

I'm currently hanging out in K-Bug's dorm while she is at work. None of her roommates are home. Her graduation robes are hanging on the back of her door and I'm getting all sniffy already.

Yay! Congrats to K-Bug! Support to mama.

Glad to hear the storms passed you msbelle. Can we all be done with them for awhile?

I saw somewhere today that some NOAA satellites may be lost to budget cuts, reducing the accuracy of forecasting dramatically, therefore probably increasing weather-related fatalities.

Anyone that considers reducing budgets for forecasting tools has never lived in a tornado prone area. I'm old so I had a lot of opportunity to be over the moon the year that we got 13 minutes warning. I thought that was space age technology compared to being a little kid and out of the blue (well black) being told to run for the cellar.

Cass go to um... I'll follow up for sure tomorrow, but hubblesite.org is a start. This hunt for supernovae is the CANDELS project. And one didn't happen in the past 2 days. Thankfully for me.

Also, it isn't something that dissappates. If it is a humungo local galaxy, all it it would appear as a brightening of some random object. If you didn't pay anal attention, you'd miss it.

Oh, good. I am monitoring the WC closely right now, as we have a hell of a storm right now (looks like we are under watch, but most of the really evil stuff is farther south) and I was just coming here to see if anyone knew what burb you live in, msbelle, so I could check on your city's status.

I suspect that the satellite issue will be revisited after all this crazy weather.

If we are supposed to have crazier weather patterns due to climate change, is this the right time to cut funding for weather satellites? How would that make sense?