the Heart Approaches What It Yearns

• Duct tape.

I don’t mind the world going to hell in a bucket, but I’d like my own bucket to go in.

At 10 AM CDT… 1500Z… the eye of Hurricane Rita was located near latitude 24.3 north… longitude 85.9 west or about 260 miles… west of Key West Florida and about 755 miles east-southeast of Corpus Christi Texas.

Location           A  B  C  D  E
Galveston TX       X  1  9  6 16
Freeport TX        X  1 10  6 17
Port OConnor TX    X  1 11  5 17
Corpus Christi TX  X  1  9  6 16
Brownsville TX     X  2  9  5 16
A is % probability from now to 7AM Thu
B From 7AM Thu to 7PM Thu
C From 7PM Thu to 7AM Fri
D From 7AM Fri to 7AM Sat
E Is Total Probability from Now To 7AM Sat
X Means Less than One Percent

• 3- to 5-day supply of canned and other non-perishable foods that we can eat cold
• 3- to 5-day supply of water (½ gallon of water per person per day)
• Alcohol-based hand sanitizer
• Any unfilled written prescriptions
• Battery operated radio
• Birth certificates
• Bottled water
• Can opener
• Crackers, peanut butter, etc
• Diapers and sanitary pads
• Disposable cleaning cloths or wipes
• Driver license or other photo ID
• Extra batteries for cell phones
• Extra batteries
• Extra clothing
• Extra eyeglasses, contacts and solutions
• First aid kit
• Flashlights
• Fruits and vegetables
• Health insurance cards and policies
• Ice and ice chests
• Immunization records for children and adults
• List of medications taken by family members
• Manual can opener
• Matches
• Medications
• Prescription medications and containers
• Sleeping bags or blankets, sheets, pillows
• Soap, toothpaste, tissue and other personal hygiene supplies
• Social Security cards
• Toilet paper
• Votive candles
• Water-purifier, such as unscented chlorine bleach or iodine tables
• Ziploc bags (matches, toilet paper and extra clothing in these bags to keep them dry)

e do enquyre why I place the fayth in such a captaine as this, and me bande o’ hearty boyes. This I tell to ye: I sayle wi’ them for mine owne purposes onlie, aye, for in takyng the loot o’ the Dons tho’ I myght cym to possession o’ the Spanyshe Main, the which ys Pyrate Plunder fro’ the first, so I be entytled, crisp me liver if it ain’t! Elsewyse, I be entytled to find mine owne reasons, for the hearte doth speake its owne song and that more playnly to some as to th’ others. So not think amyss that I looke to mine owne hearte, but mend your owne fortunes as chance serves.

Sygned this daye, wi’ all soothe and be damned to ye else,
Ye Yearning Hearte

We had two couples who living with us who were displaced by Katrina, now we have one. The couple who did not have children have gone back to Louisiana, to see how much they can recover. They have friends who are back in Louisiana, near Baton Rouge. I sincerely hope they are going to end up all right. I told them to please stay in touch with us.
I am going to miss them because they are so nice. Also, she’s a hella good cook.

• our houseguests (the storm-swept detritus of Hurricane Katrina)
• if he’s really just not in the mood
• if it’s me
• if he feels guilty (I can’t imagine losing someone I’ve been with for 10 years)
• or what.

Katharine Hepburn

I scored 19% grit, 23% wit, 57% flair, and 14% class!

She scored higher than 40% on grit

She scored higher than 39% on wit

She scored higher than 89% on flair

She scored higher than 11% on class

My new bumper sticker: