Cell transmission is still spotty. Except on Verizon, apparently, because I'm having no problems making calls out. But coworkers who are on T-Mobile, Sprint, or AT&T were having problems as of an hour ago ( Read more... )

For a brief moment about 10 minutes ago, I was 10 years old again, sitting at my desk at home, feeling the world shake around me.

5.8 5.4 isn't nearly as big as 7.1, but the '89 quake shook for 15 sec. This one was well over a minute.

I was apparently the only person in my office to dive under a desk. But then, my instincts were forged 19 years ago ( Read more... )

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn’t seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces. - Anne Morrow Lindbergh

I drove all over creation this weekend, and exhausted myself in the process.
( Let's play catch up. )

( Memes get cut )

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One of my Brothers, Sky, designed and built this amazingly cool desk. It uses only one sheet of plywood and one screw.

Link Desk
"Maximize use and minimize waste."

I kinda want one.

( It's a meme/survey, so... y'know. )

It's one thing to blow up a building to bring it down, in a controlled manner. The often inaccurate description of implosion is one that we've seen in countless movies and television shows ( Read more... )

rhm_designs posted this, and since I know quite a few teachers, I thought I'd repost it.

So sad that it's too true.