(phone rings) Laura: This is Laura. telecom: Hi, this is telecom. I’m calling cause you reported that your phone was dead. (long pause) Laura: Its working now. telecom: OK good!
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My friend Marjorie passed along this prayer. I am neither religious nor Jewish, but still I found it moving. A Prayer for Guidance and Understanding Richard S. Moline and Rabbi Elyse R. Winick Ba’al HaRahamim – God of Compassion: Mikolot mayim rabim – Above the voice of vast waters; Mishberei yam – The breakers of [...]
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After spending the last few days glued to the news coverage of the hurricane I thought I couldn’t possibly have any words to express my emotions. I find I have a bunch of words after all. I was here in 1989 for the Loma Prieta earthquake. It was really bad. But we are an organized [...]
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(from pinhole‘s flickr photos, taken at a cemetery in New Orleans)
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Really long and slow but very noticeable earthquake just now. big time wiggle. Looking it up…. Update: when an earthquake happens and you can’t find anything on the local USGS maps you start nervously looking at maps outside of the local area, because that means there was a big quake somewhere else. Sure enough: a [...]
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