August 19 Birthdays

Born on August 19

Actress Kyra Sedgwick born 1965

-Haven't seen her new series, The Closer, on the tube yet, but always sort of liked her. I knew a girl here in town who resembled her. (and I am SO bad at seeing that sort of thing) It might be the overbite or whatever.

Actor John Stamos born 1963

-This was the guy on that Full House series. I've not watched that much even though it's been on in reruns for years, but know of the Olsen twins. (here /ereh)I do know this guy was nuts for divorcing his wife, Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, but she's since de-hyphenated.

Either way, she's-really-hot. She was the ONLY thing worthwhile about the remake of Rollerball.

Actor Adam Arkin born 1956

- I LOVED this guy's character on Northern Exposure. He was Adam, a gourmet cook and pathological liar (or WAS he?) who was married to the brilliant, yet hypochondriac Eve.

Political activist Tipper Gore born 1948

-I am the love child of Tipper Gore and Frank Zappa.

Former President Bill Clinton born 1946

-Happy Birthday. Hope someone blows on your candle today. I also hope you're still not wasting those good Cuban cigars, that's what always annoyed me the most about you.

Dammit, Janet - RHPS

Dedicated to Alison & Chester

Ya'll stay outta creepy mansions and ya'll do fine, I reckon.



BTW, as a bit of trivia, the first time I ever saw RHPS was in Denton.

Didn't even have to take this test...

To know the answer to this BlogThing

I didn't even mess around with this one as I did the last one.

You Would Be a Pet Cat

Independent and aloof, you don't like to be dependent on anyone. And as for other people, you can take them or leave them. You often don't care. You live your life by your own rules. And you have deep motivations that no one truly understands. Why you would make a great pet: You're not needy or greedy... unlike other four legged friends. Why you would make a bad pet: You're not exactly running down to greet people at the door What you would love about being a cat: Agility and freedom What you would hate about being a cat: Being treated like a dog by clueless humans

What Kind of Pet Would You Be?

What is Love - Haddaway

Superstition - Stevie Wonder

Live on the BBC

Here Come da Storms

(screenshot from composite reflectivity loop at NWS)

See the red spot, just to the right and beneath Borger? That's me. One ten square mile tstorm and it's parked right atop my house. (and leaky roof)

Guess this is the weather coming in from the front of Hurricane Dean. Usually afternoon tstorms blow in from the southwest, but this is coming in straight from the Gulf of Mexico, southeast.

I used to roughneck with a guy named Dean; we called him "Birdlegs" because...well... Several years later, I started dating a young woman who was married, but he hadn't been around in years and years and come to find out, it was the same guy.

"Hurricane Dean". That doesn't sound so tough, but it's wreaking havoc in the Carib.

It rained SO heavy for about two minutes a little while ago, I could barely see the houses across the street. Now the streets are flooded and the water is running at a rate I'd hate to try to wade through.

I sort of like rainy weather, unless I constantly have to work out in it, then it's not much fun, at least not slogging through the mud. That same woman I spoke of up above lived in a little apt. that had a corrugated tin roof, ugly but functional and I liked to listen to the sound of the rain when I was over there. I was a little worried about lightning hitting the metal roof though.

Ever been camping in a tent and having to stay inside it while it rained? Maybe the new nylon and composite tents are better, but back when I was a kid, the canvas types shed water pretty good, but you could see the rain seeping through and the material would turn dark with moisture. It would stay that way unless you touched it, and for some reason that would let the water wick through right at that spot.

We don't get a lot of rain in Texas, something like 16 in. avg. and I believe some areas have already doubled that amt. I will have to check the yearly rainfalls in this area, but I expect we too are above the average.

A quick peek at some more southern radars shows what looks like (in motion) a small hurricane in the middle of Texas, esp. watching the storms curl around the edge of a large circle.