http://www.houstonhidefromthewind.org/

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/graphical/sectors/hgx.php

Link offers a prediction of wind speed (among other things) for the storm. Don't know how accurate it is/will be.

Hurricane hurricane hurricane.

Houston seems likely (but is not guaranteed) to be spared yet again, but this does start to get annoying.

For those of you keeping track of Hurricane Gustav's progress, here's a link that seems somewhat better than the old standby of www.nhc.noaa.gov, as well as a link that gives some decent interpretation of the data (or at least, he sounds like he knows what he's talking about ( Read more... )

They're showing the full Olympic marathon live. I'm not watching it, exactly, but it's on in the background as I sit here at my computer ( Read more... )

If anyone has an old PS/2 keyboard laying around, could you bring it with you tomorrow to BoN? It's actually for Crystal, in a circuitous fashion, so I'll be presumptuous and say she'd appreciate it.

Geez. It's not even 3:00 on Tuesday. This week is going to be excruciating.

One of these years, I'm finally going to learn that going running during the day in summer in Houston really isn't the best idea.

Seriously. I mean it.

On display: impressive shows of musical talent. Songs covered by some random youngster, playing all parts, except drums, with a keyboard.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XsYuHbXZUkhttp://youtube.com/watch?v=

My apartment has no air conditioning. Zero. None. As in, it was 91deg when I walked in.

Suck.