Yesterday

[magid]

What an excellent thunder storm last night! I saw a flash or two well before the thunder, and wondered whether we'd get a storm at all. We did, in spades. Lightning and thunder at almost the same time, bright flashes that repeated before the thunder for a previous strike had finished. Lightning incredibly bright through the French doors and the skylight, even through the side window with the view of the neighboring triple-decker a few feet away. Thunder so loud I felt it in my chest. Just wonderful. (Well, except for anything that got hit. I worried about it for a minute, until I remembered that I'm in a two-story building with taller buildings and trees all around.)

Best sign: alarmed gate
Sounds like a case for therapy, since it seems a constant condition.

Best moment from helping at a move: climbing over the balcony railing to throw boxes down, which included a propane stove.
(I wish I didn't feel so old at moves, carrying smaller things, fewer things at a time, concerned about my back and knee. Phooey.)

Comments

[ichur72.livejournal.com]

>> Best sign: alarmed gate

Walt told me that when he was in college, the science building at Emory had a door labeled "Danger Vacuum". Of course, what it meant was: Be careful about opening this door as the room houses a vacuum facility (as in "Danger: Vacuum"). However, it struck me as a possible advertisement for a superhero household appliance.

danger vacuum

[magid.livejournal.com]

Somehow, that sounds like an appliance that might feature in that dream of Walt's last week :-)

I could also see it as a handy thing to have around in an adventure story, when there's no way out, things coming at our beleagered party from all sides..... someone whips out the danger vacuum, and sweeps all the danger away!

Re: danger vacuum

[ichur72.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely. It could have been one of the items featured in The Fantastic Four Holds a Garage Sale.

From the TV commercial: Dust closing in on you from all sides? Have no fear, Danger Vacuum is here!