shymala

four hours after the quake. Still awake for some reason. My spouse just moved the thesaurus and the German tapes (heavy, because German) to lower shelves. wondering: what does one do after an earthquake? Is there an etiquette?

hi folks. Just writing this down so I remember myself. Thought I'd pass it on. about 5 mins past 8 this evening, first sensation was a rumbling noise. At first I actually thought it was the kid upstairs, who does produce a sound like thunder, and a little shaking in the in-between floor (California construction, don't ask). And then it got louder, so I thought, real thunder, as it is about the time of year that N. Cal monsoon-ish rainy season (cold monsoon rain, *very* weird to somebody from my original part of the world, but that's another story). Right after that 'thunder' thought came the realization 'but the house is shaking' (much more than even the kid upstairs could do) and then the slowly dawning idea that this was an earthquake actually strong enough to feel. After that, several seconds to think, what is it we're supposed to be doing now and a fascinated staring at pictures on the wall, to see what they would do. And then deciding we should loca...

Now that the Republicans control House, Senate, White House and Supreme Court, their agenda is going to play out. Anything that happens in the next four years can be laid at their door. It's an appalling thought that we need to rise above. We 'liberals' are supposed to be 'soft' and we will be expected to roll over and play dead or hang our heads in shame or something, and hide our politics. If we don't do that, but instead use every opportunity to hold up a mirror to this government, and make sure that the people who voted as they did out of a concern about American family values is forced to see that the conservative agenda doesn't value American families, there may be some hope for the future, and in particularly we will be able to face ourselves. It's also important to continue to reach outside the circle of talking to ourselves: every time a mother holds a bake sale because her son or daughter in Iraq needs body armor the government isn't ...