http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dAJEYM2Y0o

Notwithstanding the fact that I really don't want to think about the storm, I found this totally cool macromedia animation of the flooding of New Orleans during the storm.  It is a must see if you care at all about the storm.

http://www.nola.com/katrina/graphics/flashflood.swf

The empty nest at last. There is trauma there. But, it is closer to normal than it was before.

I'm tempted to think that way - a lot.  Well, kind of.  Airport delays, irritating clients . . .   You've read it all.  So, I'm driving home and a couple blocks from the house a woman walking down the street waves - not to say hi, but for me to stop.  So, I stop and back up.  She asks me if there is a store nearby - no, its three miles down the ( Read more... )

Yes, indeed, the fruitcake lady bought a house.  You remember the fruitcake lady.  She went out yesterday and bought a house the same distance from us as she was before the storm and the same distance from Stephen as she was before the storm.  Ironic, don't you think?  Fucked up is probably a better word for it.  Now, I don't mean she put a bid on ( Read more... )

That's what I told your mom after working on the washing machine just now.  Actually, I started by saying that the machine still works and actually works better than before - but duct tape was involved.

Washing machines have changed.  In the old days the top snapped to the bottom and hinged upward to work on parts related to the lid.  Out ( Read more... )

Litigation, Texas style.  You gotta see this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e12sqYYLJxA

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You gotta see this, kids.

https://home.comcast.net/~jfmelnick/fruitcakelady.wmv

I wish I didn't have to do this crappy work.