Okay, I’ve bloviated My Important Thoughts About Current Events enough for the week. Time I got back to basics and wrote about stuff I probably know more about – silly, mindless, entertaining drivel about my favorite things. So tonight being Friday, we’re parked in front of the TV watching Stargate, Atlantis, and then my husband David will be watching Battlestar Gallactica. Tonight for the first time, though, my geek cred goes up slightly; I’m using my “new” laptop (which is really David’s old one). Slowly I’m moving stuff over to it from my own “old” computer, like photos and other…
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CBS News | Brown Plucked From Katrina Duty | September 9, 2005?13:24:54 This was breaking news just a couple of hours ago; Michael Brown has been removed from running FEMA (Correction: from running the Katrina rescue/recovery effort. Expect his final departure soon though). The Google link for all the stories is here. Since then, rather a lot has happened. His replacement: Coast Guard Vice Adm. Thad W. Allen, and also in command of Task Force Katrina is General Russell Honore. I saw both in a rather hectic-looking live press conference earlier today – the closed captioning concluded with a slightly…
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The family cabin up Lamb’s Canyon in Utah was in use when we drove up for a look around last weekend; I was happy to see that almost everything is still maintained in the traditional way. That is, aside from the modern abominations of electricity (EE-LECK-TRICITAH!). One of my younger cousins had some guests “up” with her so we walked around, took photos, then drove back down. The pictures may not look like much, but that’s because the memories that crowd into the corners (along with the friendly ghosts) are not so easily digitized. The horseshoes hang on the wall…