The other day, I was thinking about earthquakes and how we haven't had one in Illinois in a while. I think this was brought about by what's happening in Iceland right now, where the town of Grindavik got evacuated recently because of multiple earthquakes and the fear that a nearby volcano is about to erupt. Then, maybe Tuesday morning, I felt like ( Read more... )

Most years, Laura and I get together for our birthdays within a few weeks of them, or at least by January. This year...it got delayed. Severely delayed. Or else we're just getting a jump on our next birthdays. Either way, we finally met up for the first time since Scarecrow Fest in October. She's had a myriad of life changes going on, not the ( Read more... )

There was a minor earthquake up in McHenry last night; I think the news said it registered 2.4. With all the weirdness so far this year (weather-wise, at least), this doesn't surprise me at all. In fact, I've had earthquakes on my mind recently and almost was expecting there to be one. However, it was so minor that we didn't feel anything down ( Read more... )

My grandmother should be here shortly, as in within the next 20-30 minutes. She's coming over to help me with the mound of pictures left behind by her mother, as well as talk about some of the ancestry information I've found. She didn't know that her great-grandfather had siblings, for example, and apparently I'm the first one to find the ( Read more... )

Here I thought it would be a good day, owing to my sleeping through the night (essentially) for the first time in three days. I did get up around 12:45 to use the bathroom--not unexpected, since I made sure to drink plenty before going to bed--but after that I slept for about six hours. I woke up before the TV turned on; wake-up was set for 7. I ( Read more... )

There was an earthquake this morning in central Indiana. It wasn't super-duper strong, but it was about the same as the one we had back in February--I think I saw that it initially was a 4.2, then was downgraded to a 3.8, just like ours was. It was far enough away that I'm not surprised I didn't feel it, and Kirby certainly didn't react to it, ( Read more... )

In addition to being extra clingy yesterday, Kirby also appears to have gone into instant-molt mode. Poor thing lost a bunch of feathers during the hour and a half after the quake. Don't worry, he's not bald or anything, but it was still like, damn, bird ( Read more... )

It started with a rumble, like a train or a snow plow. The house rolled and shook. Kirby started flying around in the dark, eventually landing on my bed. I sat up and held him. My sliding closet doors knocked against each other gently. As it stopped, my father's phone alarm went off, and I was confused, thinking what had happened had set off ( Read more... )

GDI, we just had another earthquake ( Read more... )

So far, 2010 has not been good to a lot of people. First, Haiti. Second, there have been a rash of deaths amongst people I've known in my life. I tend to glance at the obituaries, and the ones with pictures tend to catch my eye. There was one of a baby, just past his first birthday, which is always sad, but in reading who his parents are I ( Read more... )