For the next couple of weeks, I’ll be trapped guest posting over at the abode of The Mighty Geek. May the lord.god.almighty have pity on all our souls.
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While he’s gone, we can make s’mores and tell ghost stories!
Posted in Yo! Listen Up!
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Heavenly Hotline
In case you did not know it, Bill snagged the coolest username on GMail.
Pat Robertson ain’t the only one who gets to bitch directly to the lord.god.almighty. So nyah!
Of course, I doubt that the answers he gets back are quite so profanity-laden and concerned with ice cream and alcohol, but I could be wrong.
Posted in Strangeness
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Parenting 101: Be Specific
DO: Tell your teenagers to take their cell phone with them if they leave the house.
DON’T: Forget to tell them to turn the damned things on!
Posted in Rants 'n' Whines
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I feel a great disturbance in the Force.
As if a million souls parents cried out at once…
Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything
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Bloggy Help for Charley Victims
Back in May I linked to a wonderful idea hatched by Alan at the Command Post to use our bloggy power to shine a light on goodness when badness hits. In the ensuing months, that idea has blossomed into a full-blown movement called Strengthen the Good.
Posted in Strengthen the Good
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Guilted Lilies
Meanwhile, I still haven’t heard from two of my three brothers. And I won’t start a list of “friends” who didn’t bother to check on us during or after the storm (waiting until I blogged does not count).
This is so cool. It’s guilt-trip heaven.
Instead of “hello,” I’m going to start off every conversation with: “Yeah, I’m alive. Thanks for asking, ya bastard.”
Did I mention that I don’t have very many friends?
Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything
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Property Damage
I’ve added some pictures that Cableman sent me and pics of our own damage to the Photoblog (which appears to be having “issues” at the moment).
Here are our downed tree and destroyed fence.
Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything
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This just in from Cableman…
I was on the phone with Grump a minute ago telling him there was definitely a boil water alert for Winter Park when in the background I heard his house alarm go off, and his reaction was something like this…
What the…?
My alarm? Wait… I have POWer!!
WOO HOO POWER!!! I have POWER!! WOO HOO
Gotta go reset the alarm WOO HOO I HAVE POWER!!!
(mental image of Grump doing the happy dance)
It’s the little things.
Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything
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A few pics
Here are a few pictures taken by a co-worker of the (relatively light) damage around our office.
Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything
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Post-Charley News
I think Charley got pissed off at people mis-spelling his name “Charlie”. It had nothing to do with some lunatics who doubted his manhood by ignoring his bluster and pretending he wasn’t there. (Yes, it’s true. Unlike the intelligent people around the area, we did not spend the storm in the bathroom. We lit candles and played games. Buncha morons.)
But we survived the 100mph winds with minimal damage. We were extremely lucky. A 60-foot pine tree in our front yard fell over in the only way it could have and not caused any damage. It brushed up against the side of our house, but a foot or two the other way… I’ve got a couple pics of it to upload later.
Posted in Life, the Universe and Everything
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