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The gravity of Gustav is starting to get through to me. (As is the possibility that we can now expect "100-year storms" every couple of years or so.) It looks like it could be worse than Katrina.

On the off chance anyone reading this lives on the northern Gulf coast: what can I say? Be safe. Consider leaving. Like, now.

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In other news, if you're buying that shit about Palin's baby (which I won't even dignify with a link), please put it down and back away from it. You do not want that; it is beneath you. There are so many more legitimate (and far less creepy) attack angles, if you wish to make attacks. Leave the kerning for the wingnuts.

If you're in the Boston area around the time I'm writing this, go have a look at the clouds. I wish I had a working camera!

I really hope the hunt won't involve much outside activity.

I got a temporary Harvard ID today, so at least I'll be able to board the bus to get home, instead out waiting outside for the T again. Wheeee, that was a mistake.