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[dr_tectonic]

So, Happy Birthday to the mid-terming monkey! (As of Tuesday, but since he's study-study-study man all week, it's a good thing we did all the celebrating last weekend.) G&C on Saturday for Jerry and Thomas's birthdays. Dinner with Mel on Sunday.

It snowed today. It was 70 yesterday. It's supposed to be 50 tomorrow.

Lots of not getting to bed early enough for me, but I also got a bunch of work done on the R project this week, so I'm feeling satisfied. This month will mostly about writing a grant proposal, UGH BLEAH GLEARGH.

Saw a couple of interesting talks yesterday, the upshot of which is basically: having the military deal with natural disasters is a horrible idea. And sensationalism in news reporting has evil, evil effects, so if you watch CNN or Fox News, or hell, any kind of TV news reporting, please stop. I'm serious. It literally kills people. And if you're watching, you're contributing to the problem.

Feeling kind of scattershot. Buh?

Why aren't I in bed?

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[ocschwar.livejournal.com]

Many years ago I started having this recurring dream where I do something to get on the Larry King show, and use it to ambush him and the sleazy horse he rode in on and call on the audience to tune out of their TVs.

Every time I have this dream I wake up in a good mood. So, could you name the dudes who gave these talks?

[dr-tectonic.livejournal.com]

Actually, only one talk was about hurricanes (the other was about global warming's impact on agriculture).

Anyway: Kathleen Tierney, directory of the Natural Hazards Center at CU-Boulder.

(The NHC, by the way, is very well-reputed in the hazards community; it was founded by one of the Big Names in the field, and Kathleen Tierney is very well-known, too.)