HEY, CNN. What about us? We had an EARTHQUAKE!!

If CNN or Fox drags one more hapless frost-bitten shell-shocked body up onto their dais to ask the same questions (what was it like? isn't it something that everyone was so calm? didn't that crew do a great job?) to get the same answers (everybody was calm, no...

Quake Update

Earthquakes don't get names like hurricanes do. I suppose one reason is because there aren't enough of them, thank goodness. They just get their location and year: we just had the Costa Rica 2009 one. At least we're all hoping that was it. If we get...

Hurricanes vs. Earthquakes

Right off the bat, I prefer hurricanes. You get ample warning, at least a week. You won't know whether or not the 'cane is going to land on your house until the last 8 or so hours, but that's way better than no warning at all. Which is what we got today....

Man Cannot Live on Bread Alone.

No. He'll also need butter. More specifically, ghee. We have been living on bread since our friends, the Jets, brought us this book. If this continues, we will be Pillsbury dough people. The week the boys were at the beach with the Jets, Hal figures he and I ate 7...