The Median Sib

There is so much to learn. Tonight I have spent literally HOURS trying to get the “comments” parts of this blog to work the way I want them to work. But now I have TWO comment links for each post, and I can’t figure out how to delete the old one. I have copied every single comment that’s been posted since I started THE MEDIAN SIB, and then I pasted each of them into the new comment links. I didn’t want to lose all the previous comments. I’ve tried everything I know with the blog template to get it to work, but to no avail. I’ll probably dream about it after spending so much time on it. Sigh! Guess I’ll work on it more tomorrow.

Later: Never say die. I THINK (hope! pray!) that I worked it out. Now I just hope I didn’t delete something vital in the template that will make the whole thing crash! I can just imagine logging on tomorrow and having the blog gone somewhere in cyberspace, never to be found again. At least now there’s just one link for comments, and it’s the new one that I wanted. Yea!!!

One of the downsides of being single is going through thunderstorms alone. Right before I left school this afternoon, our principal announced that the PTO meeting tonight had been postponed till Thursday because of the large band of severe weather that would be going through our area throughout the evening. As I left school, the weather was overcast, but not bad. During the 40-minute drive home the weather went from overcast to windy with rain. By the time I arrived in my neighborhood, the wind was stripping the leftover leaves from the trees. It looked like it was raining leaves. As the evening has progressed, it has become worse. The thunder is now booming outside, I can hear the rain pouring down and there are reports of tornadoes in nearby counties. We are under a tornado watch until 11:00 p.m.

The first few years that I was single, I would practically hide under the bed during a thunderstorm. I don’t know why they bother me so much! I never gave them a second thought when I was married. It is interesting how having another person in the house can dispell fear. I’ve gotten used to handling them alone now, and while they still make me decidedly nervous, I don’t have the fear I used to have.

The tornado siren just started going off — rather spooky sounding — and amazingly LOUD — and I’m sitting here writing in my blog! Guess I’ll log off and get somewhere safe.

Later: I believe the worst of the storm is over. The tornado siren is no longer blaring, although according to the TV weather, there is another tornado warning starting now. No, don’t think the worst is over. Hmmm — looks like there is another one heading right my way. Fun fun!

Later still: According to the news, the worst is over. I made it through. Yea!! They were just showing a “shear marker” that passed directly above where I live. I believe it. It got pretty bad there for awhile. I actually was standing by the window watching it. Okay - so much for my exciting evening. Now I’m hoping that there was enough rain to flood some low lying roads resulting in school being cancelled tomorrow. Keeping my fingers crossed…

Even later still: School wasn’t cancelled…not even delayed.

I found this poem awhile ago. I have no idea who wrote it or when it was written, but I like it.

I saw the following headlines in the AOL news this morning:

Bush Attacks War Critics as Asia Trip Begins

Alito’s Writings Boast of Work Against Abortion Rights

Isn’t it interesting the choice of words? Let’s look at how the interests of the democrats and press are worded:

Bush’s Approval Rating Continues to Drop

Rift Appears in GOP Over Cutting Taxes and Spending

Kerry: Bring troops home over Christmas (Now isn’t that all warm and fuzzy? Obviously the war-mongering Republicans want to keep the troops in Iraq and away from their homes!)