Chilling stuff from rescue workers via BOING BOING.
Wikipedia is tracking the details.
Katrina news links from hamdems.
And on othe lighter side of the news (maybe that last one should be in here):
Bush’s vacation was so long… …how long was it?
Some people get mad and some people get funny.
Finally, we’ve decided that syndicated columnist Ann Coulter has worn out her welcome. Many readers find her shrill, bombastic and mean-spirited. And those are the words used by readers who identified themselves as conservatives.
This is the word from the Arizona Daily Star, which as part of a greater reworking the paper has given Ann Coulter the boot (thanks to egalia for the headsup).
Hamdems has a thread set up for relief information. If you know of someone organizing volunteers or donations, post the info in the comments there. If you’d like to help out, there will hopefully be a growing list of organizations for you to choose from there.
Andy Dick as Harlan McCraney, the genius behind George W. Bush’s stupidity.
Operation Yellow Elephant goes on the road…
UPDATE: regarding the second video, one with sympathy toward the afflicted responds.
I wish I had a helicopter, as I’d love to float over Chattanooga this weekend. That’s the only way, I think, we can truly appreciate how many harleys are in town for the HOG rally. I drove through downtown on my way home this afternoon to look at what’s here so far. There are rows and rows and rows of bikes everywhere you look. They’re parked along the streets (sometimes two or three rows thick). They fill the parking lots. They surround the aquarium. Every little inch of space that’s not in the right-of-way is filled with motorcycles. It’s an incredible sight!
UPDATE: more photos from the weekend from sboatright (or here).
Gravits is the one who noticed this critter on the wall outside our favorite thai restaurant as we were walking back from lunch, so I’ll let her attempt the identification. It’s a huge version of whatever it is (hand-sized, unless you happen to play for the NBA). Once we get it IDed, go see what other varmints have turned up at the ark today.
My only plans for the weekend are to try to check out the forest of harleys down by the river. It’s HOG Heaven in Chattanooga this weekend (the multitudes started rolling into town yesterday). The city is expecting 12-15,000 riders to descend upon us. Yee-haw.
This is so freakin’ coo! (if incredibly overpriced)
Back-to-school weeks always seem to fly by, I guess.
Anyway, if you care anything about education in Hamilton County, get thee over to the Bailes event this afternoon/evening. Even if you don’t live in his district, you still have a big stake in who wins that seat. Plus, word has it that a local blogger will be part of the entertainment. Go. See. Be seen. Get to know John. Make Hamilton County a better place.
What’s a Monday morning without a little avoidance behavior?
I only just learned of the death of Hunter Kelly this morning while getting caught up on some of my favorite blogs. He lived longer than any other kid with Krabbe disease, and his parents have devoted a lot of time to raising awareness of, and money for research into, the disease. I am sorry for the Kelly family’s loss and hope that they find some comfort in knowing that they’ve helped out countless others through their foundation and resulting screening program. Jim Kelly was one of the last great athletes to play for my favorite team before my interest in pro football was replaced by dispair over the way greed and circus freaks have taken over the game (I’ll be back when the rosters are cut in half and a player’s contract lasts longer than “until I can shake the fans down for even more shekels”). Jim has always been a class act and an asset to Buffalo, on and off the field.
Hello! I'm Alice, which is my real name (most of the other names here have been changed, though, to protect the innocent). I live in an almost-100-year-old house in downtown Chattanooga, TN with my first husband, G-Dog (who is from New Canaan, CT), and a cockapoo named Nonnie (the moniker comes from a Laurens van der Post book). We have one kid (that we know of) -- a daughter, Emmie, who plays a supporting role on the blog. She's off being a student, but she pops in often enough to keep things interesting.
I originally hale from Batavia, NY, a quiet little town in rural western New York. G-Dog and I met while attending college in Carlisle, PA, and then moved on to Chapel Hill, NC together before finally settling in Tennessee. Other places we've lived in long enough to have a mailing address include London and San Francisco.
This blog is about a lot of things -- the places I visit, things I cook, people I meet, photos I take, things I read, and -- of course, politics. I'm an unrepentant, arugula-eating, progressive, liberal, lefty, euro-loving, educated elitist and I'm looking forward to an administration that doesn't raise my blood pressure quite as often as the outgoing one did...
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