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When Seanie and I came home from Rogue One a couple of nights ago, our street was blocked off and filled with fire trucks and police cars. It was too dark to see anything clearly, but we spotted white foam on the ground in front of the house next to us. The smell of smoke was in the air, but it was a strange, chemical odor, not the comparatively ( Read more... )

I just can't tear my eyes away from news coverage of the Yosemite Rim fire ( Read more... )

At work, we have this big fancy TV.  Or, we did - as you may remember it was rather badly broken last week and needs to be replaced.  One of the board members was most upset by this fact - "Oh no," he cried, his face twisted in agony, "We won't be able to play a Yule Log during the holiday party!"

First of all, we have an actual fireplace, so ( Read more... )