Three ruby-slipper clicks later…
We’re home, the apartment is fine, the power’s on. It’s not even raining. One of the tall conifers by the pool is leaning at a 50 degree angle now, but that’s it.
My friend Dot is … Read the rest!
All for nothing?
Now the news tells us that Houston will miss the brunt of it, and the eye will pass over the TX-Lousiana border, instead. Which is good for us, but frightening as hell for all those people over … Read the rest!
We’re safe.
Yesterday after work I drove through panicky traffic, full of preoccupied people, to pick up my kids from school. I dropped them off at home, changed into my tennis shoes, then went to the grocery store. Luckily, the … Read the rest!
Screw it.
We’re getting out of Dodge. We’re evacuating to the far, northwestern outskirts of Dodge, where we’ll be safe.
Here’s my plan:
1. Within two hours – Get out of work and go pick up my kids. Read the rest!
2. Tonight …
Hurricane Rita: Should we stay or should we go?
Today’s the day that we Houstonians are supposed to decide whether to stay or go.
I’m a little worried. I kind of want to leave, but hotels north and northwest of … Read the rest!
Hola, and Halloween, and Heat
I’ve been busy as a plump, fuzzy, striped honeybee lately and, God and everybody else willing, should have good news to announce here soon.
What are you guys gonna be for Halloween, huh? I have … Read the rest!
My Corset Needs Loosening, Too
If we were in the Victorian age, I would suffer from a nervous temperament.
I say that because I have a slight hormonal imbalance, hypoglycemia that sometimes manifests as panic attacks, and jacked-up PMS here … Read the rest!
200 School Buses… to Where?
I agree that Mayor Nagin doesn’t seem like the absolute sharpest tool in the drawer. But why do people keep asking him about the “200 drowned school buses“?
Let’s say Nagin had force-evacuated … Read the rest!
Loss of a Nostalgic Landmark
Astroworld is closing. For good. Man.
Every GenXer who grew up in Houston has fond memories of the theme park known as Astroworld. We used to go there on fieldtrips when our attendance was good. … Read the rest!
Clutz
This morning, on the way out to our car, while carrying my purse, my laptop case, and my keys, I stepped into a hole that I should have remembered was in the grassy slope near our parking space, and … Read the rest!
