I too am watching channel 5. Which makes me feel like an enormous dork, actually.

Well, I did get a shower. It was blindingly sunny when I got in the shower. Now it's dark again. The second line of storms is apparently headed into Ohio, while, oddly, the first storm is still hammering Clermont County. I would bet $50 my mom is under the pool table RIGHT NOW.

I should think about changing from my bathrobe into yoga pants and shoes, though.

Yay, Strix! I would also be happy to come over all chill and meet the stepson if that makes things easier for you.

Liese, that's Tuesday, right? Memfault -- I was in the sun for 3 hours and I am toast. Sure, that sounds fantastic! Let me know the time and such, and my profile addy's good to exchange phone numbers and get you my address or make plans.

YAY BUFFISTA!

"The word was first used in the American Meteorological Journal in 1888 by Gustavus Detlef Hinrichs in a paper describing the phenomenon and based on a significant derecho event that crossed Iowa on 31 July 1877."

Hmph. Are they more common in the midwest? I swear I'd never heard of it until this week.

Yes, derechos are a center-of-the-country thing, traditionally.

Well, that at least makes some sense.

I only heard of them when DC and Baltimore ha that big storm a week or two ago. Never before (and I'm Midwestern!)

Annoyed that something that shouldve been over at 2pm paste until 4, but at least traffic wasn't bad as I feared.

Is two naps in one day excessive?

What if I can blame it on a sinus infection and/or antibiotics?

When you're sick, you get all the naps.

Pope Benedict XVI Names Viciously Anti-Gay Priest As Archbishop Of San Francisco

Oh he's the same Bishop that oversaw the ruination of her lefty liberal Berkeley parish.

He's a fucking fucker that needs to have a fucking coronary.

(Suddenly picturing Nate from "Leverage" all "Let's go steal a diocese.")