Monday morning on Boothbay Harbor ME
7:00 AM
Sour baby
This is the child featured on the coupon magazine.
What feeling is this picture supposed to communicate?
3:31 PM
Yipes!
Local National Weather Service offices issue hurricane statements when a storm is a approaching. Here is an excerpt from this morning's advisory from the NWS in Houston:
ALL NEIGHBORHOODS...AND POSSIBLY ENTIRE COASTAL COMMUNITIES...WILL BE INUNDATED DURING THE PERIOD OF PEAK STORM TIDE. PERSONS NOT HEEDING EVACUATION ORDERS IN SINGLE FAMILY ONE OR TWO STORY HOMES MAY FACE CERTAIN DEATH. MANY RESIDENCES OF AVERAGE CONSTRUCTION DIRECTLY ON THE COAST WILL BE DESTROYED. WIDESPREAD AND DEVASTATING PERSONAL PROPERTY DAMAGE IS LIKELY ELSEWHERE.
VEHICLES LEFT BEHIND WILL LIKELY BE SWEPT AWAY. NUMEROUS ROADS WILL BE SWAMPED...SOME MAY BE WASHED AWAY BY THE WATER. ENTIRE FLOOD PRONE COASTAL COMMUNITIES WILL BE CUTOFF. WATER LEVELS MAY EXCEED 9 FEET FOR MORE THAN A MILE INLAND. COASTAL RESIDENTS IN MULTI-STORY FACILITIES RISK BEING CUTOFF. CONDITIONS WILL BE WORSENED BY BATTERING WAVES CLOSER TO THE COAST. SUCH WAVES WILL EXACERBATE PROPERTY DAMAGE...WITH MASSIVE DESTRUCTION OF HOMES...INCLUDING THOSE OF BLOCK CONSTRUCTION. DAMAGE FROM BEACH EROSION COULD TAKE YEARS TO REPAIR.
6:33 AM
What I learned this week
Angela Lansbury sings the title song in the film "Beauty and the Beast." She plays a teapot. I discovered this on YouTube and downloaded the song from iTunes.
Everyone seems to know this but me. I knew there was a "Beauty and the Beast" cartoon, but I've never seen it. I know the song from the pop version that I heard on the radio at the time.
I'm glad I'm partially catching up with 1991 popular culture. How embarrassing.
(By the way, I recommend the Angela Lansbury version of the song. It's like Jessica Fletcher had this hidden talent all along.)
8:28 PM
Poor socks
Today's pair of socks is having end-of-life issues. The elastic is stretching out, and they sink toward my ankles with each step. Frustrating.
3:33 PM
Brilliant
Whoever did this deserves an award.
7:37 PM
Thanks, Hanna
For removing the dead tree in the backyard.
3:00 PM