Rising Above Mediocrity
by Benjamin Geiger

Yes, I’m getting ready to haul ass and find a safe place to hide from Jeanne’s fury. This is the third storm to hit my area in the past two months (and that doesn’t include Bonnie or Ivan, which hit the panhandle). This has to be a record.

This time, I’m going to remain in a motel the entire time. Better than sharing a cafeteria floor with two hundred others, it is… two hundred others who also haven’t had a shower in four days, even. It got fairly… aromatic… in that shelter toward the end.

I’ll post an “I’m okay” message to my new blog (this one, folks). I’ll try to post something to my old blog if I have access to a machine with ssh. (This blog is running WordPress, which has a web-based post form. I can post to it from a public terminal.)

Edit (1 Oct 2004): Sorry about the delay. Power just came back last night, so we’re going to be going home tomorrow. I hope.

One piece of siding blew off of the house, but that was the total extent of the damage. Dad managed to get it back into place, but it still needs to be nailed down or replaced altogether.

… for they may come back and bite you in the ass.

Coming back to your car and realizing that your doors are blocked is hardly a fun experience. And, in true style, my solution to the problem made things worse.
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Thanks to zedrdave for suggesting this diversion. Instead of ranting about my life (and believe you me, I have a lot to rant about) I get to reveal to you the depths of the crap in my iTunes library. (I have an iPod, but iTunes is easier for this task.)
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So far, I’m really liking WordPress. I already have my posts from my main blog migrated over, and I’m working to get things working the way I like them.

Site design is next, and that’s the hard part. (What you’re seeing now is the WordPress default theme.) I’d like to make this blog look similar to the last, but the CSS work is going to be… tedious at best. Oh well, maybe it’s time for a new look anyway…

I told my mom I’d post an entry here before I evacuated.

I can’t post entries from a public terminal but I can post comments. When I make it through Frances, I’ll post a comment here ASAP, to let you know I’m okay.