Month: April 2006
This isn’t looking good…
Sayeth the National Weather Service:
THIS OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS AS WELL AS MUCH OF EASTERN OKLAHOMA.
TORNADO RISK…SIGNIFICANT.
AREA…FAR EASTERN OKLAHOMA AND NORTHWEST ARKANSAS.
ONSET…AFTER 3 PM.
AREA AT GREATEST RISK…NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL ARKANSAS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK…SIGNIFICANT.
AREA…ALONG AND EAST OF HIGHWAY 75.
ONSET…AFTER 3 PM.
Severe thunderstorms will develop along a dryline this afternoon…with a risk of tornadoes…hail larger than quarters…and winds in excess of 70 MPH. Initial thunderstorm development is expected after 3 PM…with increasing tornadic potential by late afternoon into early evening. Locations across northwest and west central Arkansas wil llikely be affected by these severe thunderstorms during the peak tornadic potential…thus there is a significant risk of tornado warnings being issues for locations such as Fayetteville… Bentonville… Fort Smith… Ozark… Huntsville… and Eureka Springs. Storm spotters should plan for storm motions in excess of 40 MPH…and wind fields strongly support tornadic potential for any storm which slows and travels more eastward. Be alert and exercise caution today.
Yeeeeikes. Thing is, at only 10:30 in the morning, there’s already nasty stuff cooking up in Oklahoma and trucking right this way. I’ve already brought Xena in for the day and fired up Orac to show nothing but radar. … Read more
Colecovision Day!
Today, I finally figured out that I’m a complete dimwit and haven’t had my Colecovision hooked up correctly in a dog’s age. 🙄 I needed to grab some video from the old thing from one particular game, but I got a bit of a Colecovision jones going and wound up playing (and getting video from) several games. Played rounds of Buck Rogers: Planet Of Zoom, Pac-Man, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong Jr., Frenzy, Ladybug, Jungle Hunt, Venture, and yes, even Smurf. That last game is so frustrating – it should be fun, but the controls just make it supremely frustrating. Its graphics really were quite something back in the day, but the control scheme kills the deal. I was going to play the Galaxian cartridge I picked up last year at OVGE, only find that it was dead! 😕 Ah well. All in all, got about an hour and a half of gaming in today, and to coin a phrase, I think I needed that.
Vacation starts tomorrow. Can’t. Wait.… Read more
Open air.
Today’s just a perfect spring day. I love it. Warm, but not hot. Breezy, but not blowing the mailbox down for the umpteenth time. So I’ve opened the back door but left the vertical blinds in place; their constant movement in the wind helps to dissuade any flying critters from trying to visit, and the cats can roam freely. The downside to this is: so can the dog. Xena has just walked right into the house numerous times, ambled into my game room, and crashed out on the floor by my feet. Just goes to show how much greener the grass on the other side always is: the dog can’t wait to come in, the cats can’t wait to go out.
Me, I can’t wait for my vacation to start; I work tonight and tomorrow night, and then I’m off for a week for the first time in months.… Read more
Voodoo child (slight return)
Remember the miserably pregnant quarterhorse at the farm? She finally foaled out on Thursday, and this baby is huge. Since he was about two weeks overdue, he came out about as big as a two-week-old foal and practically hit the ground running.
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Skinny’s Catfish…yum!
My wife woke me up today and told me to get ready, because we’re going to have dinner with one of her cousins. I’d never heard of the place we were going – Skinny’s Catfish – in my life. It’s a little place in Van Buren, Arkansas’ Industrial Park, and let me just tell you…yum. I mean, I’ve always thought it was nigh-on-impossible to do catfish wrong, but this is some seriously good stuff. And the hush puppies and fried shrimp are quite simply to die for – they may even be better than the catfish, and my God, the moment you’re down to one hush puppy in your complimentary basket of ’em at your table, someone whisks that straggler away and brings you a fresh basket. The same with drinks – the service was great. No sooner had I drained my Diet Sierra Mist to the bottom of the glass then a new glass magically appeared. (Don’t ask me why I was even bothering with Diet Sierra Mist when I’m sitting there shoveling hush puppies into my face.)
Which brings me to my next point – somewhat related to this previous post: I wound up bringing a lot of food home. Yeah, I ate a lot of hush puppies before the main course was ever brought out, but I used to be able to power down a lot more food than I did tonight. It’s almost scary. That said, my jeans don’t fit me quite as well now as they did when we left the house to go to dinner. 😆… Read more
