Another Blogger Returns

Posted By on August 13, 2004 at 8:38 pm

Rachel is blogging again…
Russell is blogging again…
And now John, who used to blog at No Replacement For Displacement is blogging again.
John was one of the very first folks to blogroll me when I started last year; when he dropped off the radar over a year ago, it was only after several months and with great reluctance that I eventually moved the link out of the blogroll and into my “dead blogs” file.
And now, after a year, he’s back: Minion of the Great Satan
[“Great Satan”… you know, like what the Islamonazis always call America…? Oh, come on people, read a newspaper sometime….]
The site has a great look, and boy oh boy, he’s on fire. A few posts worth noting:
— John’s take on the Kerry hamster CPR story had me snorting Diet Coke out my nose.
— He’s got an interesting method to measure which candidates stink.
— He also knows why his father didn’t win some medals.
Welcome back to the blogroll, John.

Charley

Posted By on August 13, 2004 at 7:55 pm

As a prelude to hurricane Charley’s arrival, we had a tornado warning about an hour ago. The severe thunderstorm warning we’re under right now seems like a relief by comparison.
The Emergency Broadcast System said a twister had touched down about 8 miles from here. The rain was pounding as heavily as I’ve ever seen it — I could barely see the woods at the end of the street here — but it wasn’t too windy.
This weekend is going to suck. It won’t be anywhere near as bad here as the folks in Florida are having it, but that’s just a question of degree. The “suck/no-suck” toggle is definitely flipped to “suck.”