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It's hard to avoid people talking about the impending doom of Hurricane Florence, so I might as well add my voice to the babble.

No, I'm nowhere near the coast. Looks like the worst we'll get is a bunch of rain. Nothing new there; it's been raining more often than not all summer. I'm at a high spot and I have a sump pump and a backup generator. I also have a house surrounded by trees, though, so I might be boned anyway.

Some good friends of mine live in Raleigh, NC. They're boned.

I have a fondness for Virginia Beach and the Outer Banks. I'll miss them. It seems like a lot of the places I've been to have been hit by something. Maui got edged by a hurricane this year. Houston got famously waterlogged some time after I visited there. There's a great little pizza and beer place on St. Thomas that I still don't know if it survived their last hurricane or not. And California's going to get shaken up by the Big One any day now. (As an aside, I try to visit Merry Mumsy and her family in central California every year. Since she moved there some years ago, I've experienced more earthquakes here in Virginia than she has. It's just wrong.)

Well, as long as Las Vegas is still- wait, what? The Colorado River is at historic low flows, and Lake Mead is dangerously dry? Well, fuck. I'd ship 'em some of our rain if I could. Let me tell you, if I ever hear another breath about "drought" around here, I'mma lose it at someone.


Also, thanks for the comments and "likes" from yesterday. I'm glad someone's still around.

Just to address a couple of things:

Have a sunshiny day!: I'm not published because I can't be arsed to get my shit together for publication, or write queries, or in any way attempt to promote myself. I don't know if that's a) fear of failure; b) fear of success; or c) laziness. Probably c), because I'm too lazy to be afraid of anything except work. Also, I don't feel comfortable promoting myself. If there's one thing I suck at - and actually, there are many - it's sales.

Harlow Flick, Right Fielder: I prefer grapes after they've undergone fermentation.

Legerdemain: Good to hear from you!