Isaac is downgraded to a tropical storm but it will stay another 30 hours or so, it seems, so we are still on watch. Last year around this time I had fairly serious roof damage, including interior wall damage from Lee which was also a mere tropical storm. In the past my typical hurricane roof … More The Thunderstorm
It is a hurricane now, and I find I am proud it has attained this new title! It is as though it had gotten married, or finished another degree. I am in the outer bands. The circular wind is getting stronger. I am not interested in a disaster or in investing as much thought as … More Hurricane Isaac
“But he was at once stigmatized ‘a doctrinaire’–the most damaging of insults–and several Frenchmen implied that as he was both a professor and a German he was hardly fitted to form an opinion on a matter connected with the limpid and elegant genius of southern France.” This goes on in so many FL departments still. … More On the timidity of professors
TROPICAL STORM ISAAC DISCUSSION NUMBER 23 NWS NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL AL092012 500 PM EDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ALTHOUGH SATELLITE AND RADAR IMAGES HAVE SUGGESTED THAT THE TROPICAL CYCLONE WAS BECOMING A LITTLE BETTER ORGANIZED…AN AIR FORCE HURRICANE HUNTER AIRCRAFT INVESTIGATING ISAAC THIS AFTERNOON HAVE FOUND THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO STRENGTHENING OF … More T. S. Isaac
Lightly sand rough spots with a pole sander and 80-grit paper. Be sure to wear a mask so you won’t inhale the sawdust. It seems you can also buy a small sander, to make it all go faster. And, it seems you need to power wash the deck. So: repair, clean, sand, power wash, seal. … More Sealing the deck
This is the honeycomb linen, slightly cheaper. Which is best? These things last forever, I am telling you, and so are less expensive than they seem. My old option, Royal Velvet from Penney’s, is no longer the product it was. Axé.
Do you have Lore, and if so, what do you think? Originally I had regular websites for classes, that I designed. Then the University websites went down during Katrina so I had Facebook groups for classes, soon replaced by WordPress blogs. Around the same time the University got Moodle. At this point Lore seems more … More Lore
I rent a room to tourists. People are terrified of this, how do I dare. Person A: But this woman, she could bring men into the house, it will be irritating and dangerous. Mictlantecuhtli: She will not, it is not allowed. Person B: How can you decently prohibit this? You have rented her a room, … More People are not assertive.
…ay, bendito. This is a deep, well syncopated son montuno by a really good salsero I know about thanks to Yolanda Estrada and that radio station, WWOZ 90.7 FM, New Orleans. Axé.
Student: It is very conniving of your department to have had sold, as a part of this textbook package, a book which would be not used until we reached the present level. You must have known we would lose the book, and have to buy another. All of this is a plan to make additional … More “I will vote Republican”
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