Hello, folks! Rikibeth asked me to promote the Babes in Boyland charity auction. The auction is simple; authors offer to write original short stories--no fanfic, in other words--and you bid on the author you'd like to write for you. Babes in Boyland benefits charities doing recovery work for Hurricane Sandy...so there's no down side to this ( Read more... )

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As sixty million people in this country are facing catastrophe thanks to Hurricane Sandy, it would be well to remember what Romney said to CNN's John King back during the Republican primaries when tornadoes hit Louisiana, Missouri and Tennessee. He was talking about how much the federal government spent and how much it needed to cut.

KING: ( Read more... )

Here is a link to The Weather Channel's live reports on Sandy...for, you know, as long as we have power ( Read more... )

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/10/27/1151082/-Comprehensive-Sandy-Diary-Why-it-s-bad-What-to-expect-and-TIPS

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Hurricane Sandy is bearing down on the Eastern seaboard, and my area is under a high winds warning. They're predicting EXTENDED power outages. Because, you know, we need that. I'm hoping that Hurricane Sandy will blow itself out to sea--or, failing that, that the wind speed will go down. I don't want to deal with branches crashing through the roof ( Read more... )

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Or mine, anyway. The lights and electricity are back on. I've unpacked the cooler, have put the food back in the freezer, and am now going back to the boots and bed. I do not think I will be stirring much today, as my legs are rather a wreck after my walking a good bit yesterday. Bed with the lymphatic pump sounds like a plan ( Read more... )

I'm posting this from the library. The house is undamaged but I still have no power, and Connecticut Light & Power ("the energy of Connecticut") says that it may take a week or more for all the power to go back on. This isn't surprising--the shoreline is mostly underwater, and I know 25 houses were annihilated in East Haven. I'm not as badly off as ( Read more... )

It's bucketing down now, but I still have power. Then again, the storm is moving very slowly. The eye is due to make landfall on Long Island around noon tomorrow. According to CBS:

The National Hurricane Center says Hurricane Irene's sustained winds were topping out at 80 mph while the storm was moving north-northeast at a 17 mph clip. It was ( Read more... )