There are Democrats out there who can go fuck themselves too.

Amid the chaos and confusion that engulfed New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina struck, (Rep. William Jefferson, D-La.) used National Guard troops to check on his property and rescue his personal belongings — even while New Orleans residents were trying to get rescued from rooftops, ABC News has learned.

Ganked from interdictor (who, if you aren’t reading, is the guy that has been holed up in his downtown New Orleans business keeping the servers running and reporting on things as they happen).

I’m gonna write a real update later today. Promise.

To the Happy Fun Jew!

Sorry we can’t make it out tonight, but here’s hoping it’s a wild night of pie and beer with Lurch!

Looks like I’ve been nominated for this calendar as well.

In a considerable deal of pain at the moment.

Stupid back.

Or is this an image from a Kingdom Hearts game that we have not yet seen??

Kingdom Hearts meets POTC???

Staring up Dance Dance Revolution after months of not playing it (for a while there because of Yourself! Fitness but more recently just because I haven’t gotten off my ass to do so) and realizing you are 19 pounds heavier then you were the last time you played.

This is insanity.

Ok, first of all – Thanks for all the well wishings and advice in response to my last post about this. Nice to know you all care enough to scold me. Heh.

So this morning I got out there and took out the junction box that was smoking when last I toyed with this thing. Holy crap. The back side of the switch was melted, as were several of the ties. One of them completely.

Yeah.

This is what I get for doing a half assed job last time. I replaced the uncovered power outlet with the circuit breaker in it with just a circuit breaker, but I should have replaced the whole casing at the same time. There was rust and corrosion all over the damned thing. So now there is a whole new casing, weatherproof, along with a new circuit breaker and weatherproof tie twists.

The hot tub, I am happy to report, is working fine and not leaking. The heater has been on for the last half an hour or so and there seem to be no problems.

Lesson learned – Don’t do things half assed. If I had done this shit right before instead of just trying to patch things up I wouldn’t be having half these problems. Oh well. I think for not having any training in plumbing or electrical work I’m doing pretty good so far.

That’s all I have to report at the moment. I’m going to eat something then head to the store. I think it’s burgers on the grill tonight, if the damned weather plays nice.

Oh, and I have pics of the melty stuff. I’ll post them later.

For any of you who know Bartlett – He is safe and sound. He evacuated from NOLA when the order was given and went to Texas. He is, apparently, going to move back to Indiana to be with his Mother. “My job in New Orleans was to bring the tourists out to the swamp,” he said. “Now that the swamp has come to the tourists I’m no longer needed.”

Happy Birthday, singingwolf!!!