I missed October completely, which I really didn’t want to do. Had a bunch of stuff lined up to write but then the Fall Storm of 2011 donkey punched a good portion of the Tri-state area. The most damage my town has ever seen in it’s history went down on the 29th. I left work at my normal 5:30pm time thinking the “storm” was going to be a load of “nothing” and I was completely “wrong.” An extra half hour to my commute and 2 near death experiences made for a interesting trip. Had power all Saturday as the wet stuff came down (I think we got about 6″ here), but branches and trees were snapping all over the place. Took out who knows how many power lines with many places still without power. We went Sunday from 1pm to 7am Monday in the dark. Then Monday from 1pm-630pm when it’s been back for good. It’s easy to kill an hour or so without electricity, but this was ridiculous. How did the pioneers do it? It’s so awful and boring! Freezing in the house, you can only really manage to find stuff to do when the sun is up, night is just depressing. We’re getting so soft with all the tech we rely on. Local restaurants made a fortune though, many had power while a lot of residents didn’t.

Now for a little entertainment catch up.