I’m
at the Creatures, Crimes, and Creativity Conference in Columbia MD this weekend
and won’t be available to moderate comments, so I looked back into the archives
to see what I was blogging about ten years ago. (Yes, this blog has run for
over ten years now. Today’s is Post 983.)
There
was no post on September 10, 2011, but this one from September 8 seems oddly
suitable for a couple of reasons, at least to me.
Collateral
Damage
The
earthquake knocked over a picture. The hurricane didn't even flicker the lights.
Yesterday thunderstorms left us without power for twelve hours and water so
deep I had waves behind me as I ran the wet vac at 2:30 in the morning.
Enough.
We have water in our basement almost as often as John Boehner reneges on a
deal. Tomorrow I'm scouring Angie's List for wet basement contractors; they can
come by during my scheduled time off next week. Interviewing contractors in
Maryland and attending Bouchercon in St. Louis at the same time is beyond even
my multi-tasking abilities, so I'm afraid Bouchercon will get a pass this year.
I'd ask anyone I might have shared a beverage with to meet me next year in
Cleveland, but it's Cleveland, for Chrissakes. I'll probably go, but the
Pittsburgh boy in me can't ask someone else to go to Cleveland with a clear
conscience.
There's always Albany.
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