Archive for June, 2008

Not that kind of dry spell – it’s Friday Night Drinking Club!

Friday, June 27th, 2008 Posted in Friday Night Drinking Club | 5 Comments »

Hi, kids! [Hi, Rip!] Well, it's Friday night and another week is slinking off, hoping that we won't remember what it did to us. Huzzah! This will probably be a short post, for a couple reasons.  1) I've been having some computer issues ...

Associate and/or Press this!

Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 Posted in Follow the Money | 1 Comment »

Courtesy of The Clue Train Manifesto. Dig it! Or don't. We'll still be here. Rip -

A tewwibow, tewwibow code

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 Posted in Elections | 1 Comment »

John McCain is old.  Very, very old. Pass it on. Rip -

Perspective

Wednesday, June 11th, 2008 Posted in Flom 08 | 5 Comments »

I found a couple shots for comparison. This is the river at normal height and width - Sept. 2006, iirc. Here's the river on Monday, from approx. the same point. You can see the same white building on the left bank. Looking ...

High water

Monday, June 9th, 2008 Posted in Bits and Pieces | 7 Comments »

The river here is at record high level. My old neighborhood is under mandatory evacuation, just over an hour ago. Scooter's folks have 4' of water in their basement and the river is creeping up to the top ...