Our First Visitor from IL August 6, 2008

My good friend Korah, form the old stomping ground of Eastern Illinois University stopped by for a visit last night.  We had a great time showing her and her friend Darren around Edmonds, eating at the local Thai place, and watching the sun go down at the beach.

Korah and Darren at Thai Cottage

It was wonderful to hear about her travels since last I saw her, and to reminisce about the ole EFT, which (for those of you who know it) has long been scattered to the wind.

Walking into the Sunset

I was really thinking that one of the SIU bunch would be the first one out, since MLA is down the coast this year.   But, the dam has broken folks, come on west and have a taste of the good life.

Shake, Rattle, and Roll April 20, 2008

We were awaken on Friday by the 5.2 earthquake that hit an hour north of us.  It was actually a lot better than the blaring alarm that was set to go off a few minutes later.

We were getting up early to head north and tell our parents about the new baby.

The best thing about the whole affair was watching the local news coverage.  One of our highly intelligent newscasters asked Clint Mistlehorne, the weather specialist (that’s right, he is not credentialed enough to be a meteorologist),

“Clint, could this Earthquake have anything to do with the flooding we’ve had these past few weeks?”

I so wanted Clint to respond, “Well, since God couldn’t kill us all with the flood, he decided to try again!”

They then went on to take phone calls from locals who all said the exact same thing, except for a frightened old lady who kept saying “I’m all alone, I’m all alone.”  When the newscaster heard this he quickly reminded people to check on their neighbors stating, “Don’t let them be like this lady.”