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The image only has to suggest the words in question. Is "Tequila" the same thing as "To Kill A"? Besides, in a few hours, it will be moot, because the answer will be yes, it is a hurricane. For now, it's a tropical storm.

That's it! Thank you, Tom. Now I can get back to work.

Not Storm of the Century. Come on guys, you're thinking too hard (or are you just playing with me?).

So far, so good. Tonight's when it's supposed to really get bad (the storm is predicted to make landfall somewhere between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m.). Joy joy joy...

Not a bad guess. Not the one I was looking for, though. Come on, it's easy.

Actually, the laws prohibit offenders from living within 2,500 feet of a school, park, school bus stop or other places where children gather. Most of these laws craft tiny segments of the city where convicted offenders can still live. In some cities, the effect is an outright ban from city limits. Many legal experts expect these laws to get struck down as unconstitutional (you can't just say "move out of my city"). It's going to be up to the state to clean up this constitutional mess.

Well, this should be an easy one...

Hang on, irisheyes. It gets better.

We're okay at the moment. I thought the morning would be far worse than it's actually been.

The rains at the moment are very, very light. By sunrise, we're expecting some serious rain.

It's actually covered in Jesus Christ Our Passover. As for the popcorn... well, I'll explain later.

Oh, correction: I thought that map showed precip: it shows cloud temps. So rain isn't here yet. I apologize for jumping the gun... George, looks like you'll get your wish...

As you can see, we're starting to see a bit of rain from it. I'm about 10-15 miles inland, so we haven't gotten it yet, but it's a matter of minutes, not hours, for us. The rains are already on the shoreline (I live much closer to the shoreline than I work). It begins...

I wasn't sure what kind of bird that was, so I took a stupid guess, which took me close enough to the answer to figure it out... Tequila Hummingbird? OH!!! To Kill A Mockingbird!

BAAAAAAAAhahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!!!!

If he's eating out at one of those Texas restaurants, we may not hear from Tom for a while. God Bless Texas.

I changed it within moments of the original post.

Al Qaeda Elections.

Don't blame me; I voted for George Romero!

This one popped up rather suddenly. It was TD10, then disintegrated to the extent that it didn't count anymore, then just decided what the heck and reformed into TD12, and very quickly became a tropical storm. It looks like it will be a hurricane by the time it hits, but a category 1 hurricane, the weakest there is. But a weak hurricane is still a hurricane. We're expecting it to be more of a rain event than a wind event. I expect Thursday to be a sleepless night, and as always, I'll keep you guys posted (partly because doing so keeps me sane).

Katrina and the Waves are headed right for us...

Tim Robbins Mystic River Kevin Bacon Because we have to get to Kevin Bacon every now and then...

Reminds me of me, more often than I'd like to admit.