January 28, 2006
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Augustine awakened again last night.
The latest avo
images are four days old and show only the plume of gas and steam that
has been present since the beginning of the current eruption cycle a
few weeks ago. There were four separate explosive eruptions
during the night, and there is an ash alert for Kodiak Island
today. The image from the webcam on Augustine Island is currently
black, and the one aimed at Augustine from across Cook Inlet near Homer
shows only fog.In local news, Potemkin, the visiting tomcat who has been showing up
every few days to get warm and fill up on food and water, spent the
night here last night. Our cats appear to be more accepting of
him, except for grumpy old Granny Mousebreath (the catriarch), and
Cecil and Albion, the largest males of the younger generation.
Maybe they’ve noticed that when Potemkin comes around there is always
plenty of smelly wet canned food for everyone.The principal of a nearby high school had some peace demonstrators
arrested recently. They were standing near a table where two
Marine recruiters were running their sales pitch on the students,
holding a placard saying, “Military recruiters lie.” A high court
has ruled that schools must allow the orderly expression of dissent
when military recruiters are present, so this case won’t just quietly
disappear.The temperature here is in double digits below zero and the skies are
gray. I am feeling restless, which is an improvement over my
recent malaise and ennui. I had a weird dream last night about my
car. It had some sort of disease like cancer and was growing
bumps and blobs that interfered with its operation. I haven’t had
breakfast yet and won’t be able to have any until I decide what to
eat. I suppose that should be my next priority.
Comments (5)
I hope you’ve eaten by now, I hate when I can’t decide…I usually just end up drinking coffee, and then I forget I’m hungry. But I imagine in a really cold climate like yours you definently need to eat.
I like the idea of protesting Military Recruiters in high schools, that’s an awesome idea!
-M
Recruiters lie?
Well then….. I guess that explains why all the signs in “Hawaii” said “Welcome to South Carolina” and why the “beach” didn’t have any water or women in bikinis, just Drill Sgts. and freezing rain.
Sneaky bastards.
I’d like to hear what you think of that book. I followed the link but no review.
I love the name Granny Mousebreath!
Amaaaazing picture!!
While I support freedom of speech, assembly, etc… I don’t think ANY group of people should be going after high-schoolers without their parents knowledge and permission. Military personnel, slick credit card companies, etc… they need to target well-informed people, not impressionable people.