The quakes that are a BOOM are a different story.

Earthquakes can go BOOM?

huddles on the East Coast

But it's different when you're that close to the epicenter.

My co-worker in Berkeley watched her Maltese vase fall and shatter on the floor.

{{Sox}}

I like that blue! I have a Nubar blue called Indigo Ocean that looks a lot like that and I love it. Great on both hands and feet.

OMG! A dupe of Peridot, aka, the only Chanel color I ever wanted to buy.

ita !, I figured that the thing existed. I'd probably seen it once and tried to repress it or something.

Oh, BTW ita--I shared one of your links with a friend who is very kinky...and she still thought it was very wrong (the dildos that should not exist). Also, I couldn't understand why they were all red. It seemed odd. Also, gross.

Sounds like the Cinciditarod.

That was it, yes! Although we amused ourselves imagining that it was just the sort of thing that happens every weekend in Cincinnati.

But, since you're always going to be cold, and you're only sometimes going to be hit by a tornado, well--the choice is different for me. The cold makes me cry. Literally. That's part of my prep for the winter. Weeping.

Fair enough. I mean, I actually like the winter, so I'm obviously going to like preparing for it more than you are. Whereas tornado season just fills me with blind terror for my life and the lives of those I love, so even if it only happens five or six times in the span of a few months, to me that's still significantly worse than being cold for a few months. But again, I also don't mind the cold, so.

Much ~ma to you, Sox, and I'm sorry things have been so hard lately.

Man, this salad was so much better when I bought it fresh last night. Wishing I'd just gone ahead and finished it then.

I guess from having grown up in Indiana and South Dakota, I'm way more comfortable with the idea of tornadoes, where you usually have a little warning and it's more likely to hit a street or two than the whole city. Earthquakes freak me out. No warning! Sudden! Could make your whole state fall into the ocean!! Especially now that I'm a homeowner--how would the insurance companies deal with that?! The economy?

Especially now that I'm a homeowner--how would the insurance companies deal with that?!

Well, based on how things went down in NO after Katrina, I'm going to go with the answer of "screwing policy holders over."

Penguin cam! [link]

Who needs productivity anyway.

I don't have a link handy, but Bald Eagle Cam is back, with eggs!