So, we've got another round of flash flood warnings. The rain is coming down once more in rushing rising rivlets, people in are lingering in doorways and umbrellas are struggling to keep them inverted, etc ( Read more... )

We're having a bit of a cloudburst (<-- understatement) and I am officially happy the Kid and the Mum and I got our holiday celebrations in early. I plan to commandeer my neighbor's laptop and finally do my patriotic duty by watching Winter Soldier and possibly get caught up on the Daily Show, because that's apparently the flavor my brand of ( Read more... )

1. I think I've had this cat in my philosophy class:

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1. Around here, charmingly dreary can apparently change to cats-and-dogs downpour in the space of a ten minute walk.
2. My jacket is apparently only water-resistant, not water-proof as I originally thought.
3. Jeans, once soaked, don't dry. An hour on the intercampus bus and these are still soaked.
4. There cames a point when it's not worth stepping back from the ( Read more... )

(ETA: Eep! I hit "submit" too soon, before I had typed in the best bits. *blushes*)

A few days ago our
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Here in NYC we survived our first snowstorm of the season. My phone still needs a SIM card so I can't offer you photos I took, but here's one the NY Times took of Riverside Park ( Read more... )