"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.")
You know what quote I don't remember having seen in the top right corner in forever? "¡Hermanos! The devil has built a robot!" I'm not going to say it's the funniest line in Angel, but it is the first funny line that comes to mind when I think about Angel comedy.
The second one is "Numfar! Do the dance of joy!" And that
isn't
in the quote database. I need to add it.
Aw, so nice! My cat-lady aunt just called to check on Homer -- I guess my mother mentioned that he was sick! (Which is what I was talking about when I started crying to them on Sunday, but I was actually crying about Everything, of course....)