That was a long, dark 11 days. Power came back yesterday afternoon. Cable is out, so no internet. And my dish got slapped around in the hurricane so there’s no tv either. I called DirecTV last night to get a service call and the first available date they had was October 16th. I’m going to [...]

Candles that are cheap and seasonal. I know you love it.

We lost power around 7 or so last night. It wasn’t too bad, though, because Michelle made sure we were solidly stocked with batteries and candles. They don’t know when we’ll be powered up again. hopefully it will be by Sunday so I can watch some football. We’ll see. I took some photos on my [...]

It’s a sweet photo but it’s too big for my blog column. Click here to see it. Thanks to Brian Wood for digging this up.

The wind is getting pretty serious now and the rain is so heavy I can’t see more than a block or two down the street.

It’s starting to rain pretty hard here. The wind is picking up and now we can hear the building start to sway. We’re up pretty high (16th floor) and we can hear the ceiling tiles and window frames creaking ever so slightly. Here’s a little before and after: