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BlahBlahBabble General

Katrina…

Once again, I’ve ignored the news for a few days – only this time, I knew there was a hurricane out there. Living near the Gulf Coast, ignoring the news this time of year is not a good idea. Imagine my surprise when I discovered that Katrina is a category 5 hurricane and about to hit New Orleans. Man. That is going to be one hell of a storm.

Mike’s great aunt who lives in New Orleans has left for Baton Rouge. Hopefully her house – and everyone else in the city – will come through the storm intact.

It has been awhile since a hurricane has hit Houston. I know our time is coming soon.

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Knittastic!

Calling All Houston Crafters…

In case you weren’t aware, Yarns2Ewe is having a GREAT moving sale this weekend! *EVERYTHING* in the store is 15% off (including the Koigu! Yeah, Koigu!) and all of the books and the clearance items are 30% off! The sale is only through Sunday, when they will close up shop for a few days while they move to their new location on Blossom Street. Yes, Blossom Street, just like the book. How cute is that?

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Geek Love

Mmmm… Feed Me…

I’m getting ready for school next week, and I’m accepting the fact that my time online will be cut back again. This is forcing me to look at my surfing habits again – there is only so much time in the day, you know? So I am going back to my trusty RSS feeds. I love using NewsGator Online. Love, love, love it. The interface is pretty. If I accidentally click on a feed, I don’t have to worry about it marking it as read if I’m not done with it. I can access it from any computer, which is important since I use 2-3 different ones. I have my “Subscribe to Newsfeed” bookmarklet, so it is easy to subscribe to anything. I have folders set up for News, Friendblogs, Geekblogs, Knitblogs, and Photoblogs.

I need to finish converting everyone to using my FeedBurner feed, so if you read me via an RSS reader, can you switch your subscription over to this one?

I’ll miss seeing the pretty site designs, but it is much easier to zoom through the feeds. I’ll try to comment as much as I can still. That is the one bad thing about feeds – people forget to go and comment. Hey! You! Reading this on a feedreader! Come here and comment every once in awhile, ok? (It is the Internet equivalent of being told that you never call your mother, isn’t it?)

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Geek Love

Attention…

I’m not sure what it is all about yet, but they definitely have my Attention. [via Chris]

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BlahBlahBabble

Pervert…

A man gets on a train and starts to stare at a woman. Then he “exposed and began molesting himself on the train.” So she caught it with her cell phone and posted it to Flickr. She also took the photos to the police, and they are looking for him. [via Kottke]

I’m not sure if I would have been thinking clearly enough to have snapped his photo with my phone. I hope they are able to catch the guy!