Good luck Sparky (and everyone else dealing with the storm). How is K dealing with it?
Zoe: Preacher, don't the Bible have some pretty specific things to say about killing? Book: Quite specific. It is, however, somewhat fuzzier on the subject of kneecaps.
'War Stories'
Natter 70: Hookers and Blow
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Maria - Oct 29, 2012 2:10:05 pm PDT #27626 of 30001
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Juliebird - Oct 29, 2012 2:13:57 pm PDT #27627 of 30001
I am the fly who dreams of the spider
My apartment is a walkup garage apartment that's cut into the hillside, so it's a bit like a duplex, but with just a small patio before it turns into the hill. So it's a bit protected, with the wind howling fiercely through the canopy, but it's pretty still at my level, so much so that the curtains at the open window are barely moving.
Still, the sound alone has me in sustained state of nerves.
flea - Oct 29, 2012 2:28:22 pm PDT #27628 of 30001
information libertarian
In Ohio Is Still A Swing State news, I've been watching ABC for the news since 6pm, and there have been only 2 positive commercials - one for an Ohio House race, and 1 for Obama (which I have seen twice.) The rest are loathsome.
In unrelated news, I kind of want Diane Sawyer's hair.
Toddson - Oct 29, 2012 2:32:08 pm PDT #27629 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've been watching the news - over 200,000 people without power in the DC area. I expect to be fine - power lines are underground, heat is from an oil-burning furnace, good sturdy walls, and my windows face into a courtyard so no trees to worry about. I do, however, keep losing my internet connection and the TV (I rely on broadcast) is iffy. But! I have books. With the number of books I haven't read yet, plus the ones I like to reread, I won't run out of reading material before the coming of the third millenium.
Also, in regard to something earlier - I think one of the reasons for taping windows is to keep some kind of control over the glass in case it breaks.
Hil R. - Oct 29, 2012 2:36:30 pm PDT #27630 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Pretty much everybody I know in NJ is reporting a ton of downed trees, most of them taking power lines with them. At least one fire from those power lines.
DavidS - Oct 29, 2012 2:50:12 pm PDT #27631 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Theodosia - Oct 29, 2012 2:56:25 pm PDT #27632 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Wind backed off for a while here in MA, but it sounds like it's back. I'm not hearing a lot of street (car) noise outside of occasional sirens. I'm sure it's going to be a busy night for first responders.
I'm comforting myself with zombies, inbetween watching Jim Cantore wading in Battery Park in Manhattan.
Toddson - Oct 29, 2012 2:57:44 pm PDT #27633 of 30001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Someone on my floor insists on having the windows at the end of the hallway open ... which means my door keeps rattling in the frame. Most annoying.
DavidS - Oct 29, 2012 3:01:32 pm PDT #27634 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This is a shot straight out of Miyazaki's Ponyo: Kennebunkport, ME
Theodosia - Oct 29, 2012 3:02:11 pm PDT #27635 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Go nail them shut? ::evile grin::
I sure hope Jim Cantore is wearing waders.