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    Saturday, April 30, 2005
      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Tornado Warning

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WFUS54 KBMX 300749
    TORBMX
    ALC057-127-300830-
    /O.NEW.KBMX.TO.W.0042.050430T0749Z-050430T0830Z/

    BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
    TORNADO WARNING
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
    249 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

    * TORNADO WARNING FOR...
    NORTHERN WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
    THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JASPER
    NORTH CENTRAL FAYETTE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL ALABAMA

    * UNTIL 330 AM CDT

    * AT 249 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR BAZEMORE...
    OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WINFIELD...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

    * THE TORNADO IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...
    CARBON HILL BY 300 AM CDT
    7 MILES NORTH OF JASPER BY 320 AM CDT

    THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A
    WORKBENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS
    AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF THE BUILDING IN AN
    INTERIOR HALLWAY OR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. USE BLANKETS OR PILLOWS TO
    COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

    IF IN MOBILE HOMES OR VEHICLES...EVACUATE THEM AND GET INSIDE A
    SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER. IF NO SHELTER IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN THE
    NEAREST DITCH OR OTHER LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

    A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT SATURDAY
    MORNING FOR CENTRAL ALABAMA.

    TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
    CALL 1-800-856-0758.

    LAT...LON 3391 8777 3373 8770 3384 8709 3401 8726

    $$

    MBS/91

    WWWW

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      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Tornado Watch Outline Update

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WOUS64 KWNS 300738
    WOU4

    BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 214
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
    240 AM CDT SAT APR 30 2005

    TORNADO WATCH 214 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR THE
    FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

    ALC007-009-015-019-021-023-025-043-047-049-055-057-063-065-073-
    075-091-095-105-107-115-117-119-121-125-127-129-301500-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0214.050430T0740Z-050430T1500Z/

    AL
    . ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    BIBB BLOUNT CALHOUN
    CHEROKEE CHILTON CHOCTAW
    CLARKE CULLMAN DALLAS
    DEKALB ETOWAH FAYETTE
    GREENE HALE JEFFERSON
    LAMAR MARENGO MARSHALL
    PERRY PICKENS SHELBY
    ST. CLAIR SUMTER TALLADEGA
    TUSCALOOSA WALKER WASHINGTON
    $$

    LAC033-037-063-091-103-105-117-301500-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0214.050430T0740Z-050430T1500Z/

    LA
    . LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE

    EAST BATON ROUGE EAST FELICIANA LIVINGSTON
    ST. HELENA ST. TAMMANY TANGIPAHOA
    WASHINGTON
    $$

    MSC001-005-021-023-029-031-035-037-039-041-049-061-063-065-067-
    069-073-075-077-079-085-087-089-091-099-101-103-109-111-113-121-
    123-127-129-131-147-153-157-159-301500-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0214.050430T0740Z-050430T1500Z/

    MS
    . MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    ADAMS AMITE CLAIBORNE
    CLARKE COPIAH COVINGTON
    FORREST FRANKLIN GEORGE
    GREENE HINDS JASPER
    JEFFERSON JEFFERSON DAVIS JONES
    KEMPER LAMAR LAUDERDALE
    LAWRENCE LEAKE LINCOLN
    LOWNDES MADISON MARION
    NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE
    PEARL RIVER PERRY PIKE
    RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON
    SMITH STONE WALTHALL
    WAYNE WILKINSON WINSTON
    $$

    ATTN...WFO...BMX...JAN...LIX...MOB...HUN...

    WWWW

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    Friday, April 29, 2005
      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Tornado Watch Outline Update

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WOUS64 KWNS 300243
    WOU3

    BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 213
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
    945 PM CDT FRI APR 29 2005

    TORNADO WATCH 213 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR THE
    FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

    ALC033-043-049-057-059-071-075-077-079-083-089-093-095-103-107-
    125-127-133-301000-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0213.050430T0245Z-050430T1000Z/

    AL
    . ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    COLBERT CULLMAN DEKALB
    FAYETTE FRANKLIN JACKSON
    LAMAR LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE
    LIMESTONE MADISON MARION
    MARSHALL MORGAN PICKENS
    TUSCALOOSA WALKER WINSTON
    $$

    ARC003-017-301000-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0213.050430T0245Z-050430T1000Z/

    AR
    . ARKANSAS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    ASHLEY CHICOT
    $$

    LAC021-025-029-035-041-043-049-059-065-067-069-073-083-107-123-
    127-301000-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0213.050430T0245Z-050430T1000Z/

    LA
    . LOUISIANA PARISHES INCLUDED ARE

    CALDWELL CATAHOULA CONCORDIA
    EAST CARROLL FRANKLIN GRANT
    JACKSON LA SALLE MADISON
    MOREHOUSE NATCHITOCHES OUACHITA
    RICHLAND TENSAS WEST CARROLL
    WINN
    $$

    MSC001-003-007-009-013-015-017-019-021-025-029-037-043-049-051-
    053-055-057-063-069-071-077-079-081-083-085-087-089-095-097-099-
    101-103-105-115-117-121-123-125-127-129-133-135-139-141-145-149-
    151-155-159-161-163-301000-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0213.050430T0245Z-050430T1000Z/

    MS
    . MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    ADAMS ALCORN ATTALA
    BENTON CALHOUN CARROLL
    CHICKASAW CHOCTAW CLAIBORNE
    CLAY COPIAH FRANKLIN
    GRENADA HINDS HOLMES
    HUMPHREYS ISSAQUENA ITAWAMBA
    JEFFERSON KEMPER LAFAYETTE
    LAWRENCE LEAKE LEE
    LEFLORE LINCOLN LOWNDES
    MADISON MONROE MONTGOMERY
    NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE
    OKTIBBEHA PONTOTOC PRENTISS
    RANKIN SCOTT SHARKEY
    SIMPSON SMITH SUNFLOWER
    TALLAHATCHIE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO
    UNION WARREN WASHINGTON
    WEBSTER WINSTON YALOBUSHA
    YAZOO
    $$

    ATTN...WFO...HUN...JAN...MEG...SHV...BMX...
    WWWW

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    Wednesday, April 27, 2005
     
    Last night I booted into Windows XP, as you know I love to do. ZoneAlarm said there was an update available. I clicked download and installed it. I rebooted as ZoneAlarm wanted me to do. I booted into a Blue Screen of Death. With all my problems I've had in the last few weeks, I started to freak out thinking it was hardware. I rebooted and again got the BSoD. I rebooted into safe mode and uninstalled ZoneAlarm. I rebooted and everything worked just fine. I downloaded and installed the latest ZoneAlarm and got another BSoD. It said something about the file vsdatant.sys. I looked this up online and it is a problem with Windows and ZoneAlarm. On ZoneAlarm's website, they suggested unplugging your connection to the internet and installing. That did not work. So, in Windows worlds, I've switched to Sygate's free firewall. This just reminds me how much I love Windows.

    I'm nearing the end of a short story I've been working on for a while. In fact, it may not be all that short anymore. I don't even have a name for the story yet, but I'm sure one will come. I'm not entirely sure how the story will end. I'm looking at a "Who will survive, and what will be left of them?" situation. I can't wait. Some of the characters in the story are driving me crazy.

     

    Friday, April 22, 2005
      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Outline Update

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WOUS64 KWNS 221930
    WOU0

    BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 190
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
    235 PM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 190 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT
    FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

    ALC001-005-007-009-011-013-015-017-019-021-023-025-027-029-035-
    037-041-047-051-055-057-063-065-073-081-085-087-091-099-101-105-
    107-109-111-113-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-129-131-230200-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0190.050422T1935Z-050423T0200Z/

    AL
    . ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    AUTAUGA BARBOUR BIBB
    BLOUNT BULLOCK BUTLER
    CALHOUN CHAMBERS CHEROKEE
    CHILTON CHOCTAW CLARKE
    CLAY CLEBURNE CONECUH
    COOSA CRENSHAW DALLAS
    ELMORE ETOWAH FAYETTE
    GREENE HALE JEFFERSON
    LEE LOWNDES MACON
    MARENGO MONROE MONTGOMERY
    PERRY PICKENS PIKE
    RANDOLPH RUSSELL SHELBY
    ST. CLAIR SUMTER TALLADEGA
    TALLAPOOSA TUSCALOOSA WALKER
    WASHINGTON WILCOX
    $$

    MSC007-019-023-035-041-061-067-069-073-075-079-087-091-099-101-
    103-105-111-123-129-153-159-230200-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0190.050422T1935Z-050423T0200Z/

    MS
    . MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    ATTALA CHOCTAW CLARKE
    FORREST GREENE JASPER
    JONES KEMPER LAMAR
    LAUDERDALE LEAKE LOWNDES
    MARION NESHOBA NEWTON
    NOXUBEE OKTIBBEHA PERRY
    SCOTT SMITH WAYNE
    WINSTON
    $$

    ATTN...WFO...BMX...JAN...MOB...
    WWWW

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      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Severe Thunderstorm Watch Outline Update

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WOUS64 KWNS 221444
    WOU5

    BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WS 185
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
    950 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 185 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM CDT
    FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

    ALC001-007-009-015-017-019-021-023-027-029-037-047-051-055-057-
    063-065-073-075-091-093-105-107-111-115-117-119-121-123-125-127-
    133-222000-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0185.050422T1450Z-050422T2000Z/

    AL
    . ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    AUTAUGA BIBB BLOUNT
    CALHOUN CHAMBERS CHEROKEE
    CHILTON CHOCTAW CLAY
    CLEBURNE COOSA DALLAS
    ELMORE ETOWAH FAYETTE
    GREENE HALE JEFFERSON
    LAMAR MARENGO MARION
    PERRY PICKENS RANDOLPH
    SHELBY ST. CLAIR SUMTER
    TALLADEGA TALLAPOOSA TUSCALOOSA
    WALKER WINSTON
    $$

    MSC007-019-023-025-061-067-069-075-079-087-097-099-101-103-105-
    123-129-155-159-222000-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0185.050422T1450Z-050422T2000Z/

    MS
    . MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    ATTALA CHOCTAW CLARKE
    CLAY JASPER JONES
    KEMPER LAUDERDALE LEAKE
    LOWNDES MONTGOMERY NESHOBA
    NEWTON NOXUBEE OKTIBBEHA
    SCOTT SMITH WEBSTER
    WINSTON
    $$

    ATTN...WFO...BMX...JAN...MOB...

    WWWW

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      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Severe Thunderstorm Warning

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WUUS54 KBMX 221426
    SVRBMX
    ALC127-221500-
    /O.NEW.KBMX.SV.W.0222.050422T1426Z-050422T1500Z/

    BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
    NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BIRMINGHAM AL
    926 AM CDT FRI APR 22 2005

    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN BIRMINGHAM HAS ISSUED A

    * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
    NORTH WALKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL ALABAMA
    THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF JASPER

    * UNTIL 1000 AM CDT

    * AT 924 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL. THIS
    STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTH OF JASPER...AND MOVING EAST AT 55
    MPH.

    * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
    RURAL NORTHEASTERN WALKER COUNTY AT 940 AM CDT

    TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...
    CALL 1-800-856-0758.

    LAT...LON 3398 8737 3384 8739 3383 8708 3398 8714

    $$

    WWWW

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    Thursday, April 21, 2005
     
    Last night I watched House of Flying Daggers (directed by Zhang Yimou, Hero, and staring Zhang Ziyi, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon). I was amazed at House of Flying Daggers. It was one of the most beautiful movies I've ever seen. I couldn't help but to think of Ridley Scott and Legend. But Legend is a western, fantasy movie with plastic sets trying for a different type of beauty (and non-beauty). House of Flying Daggers is beautiful but in a real way using nature as different sets, even mixing seasons.

    HoFD is a fantasy movie and a love story. I first thought it was going to be a fairly simple plot and straight forward, but as the movie went on, these little plot twists kept coming up. The acting is pretty good. The action is stunning and artful, almost like dance routines with violence. Yes, some of it isn't believable, but this is a fantasy movie. And it is so beautiful, vivid, full of life. Even people's deaths seem full of life.

    I can see how western audiences may not like HoFD. In many films like this, emotions often seem over played, but to me, emotions are just characters like everybody else. I really do enjoy this style of story telling. It makes me feel like I'm being told tradition and myth as well as a story.




     

    Tuesday, April 19, 2005
     
    On Sunday morning, my computer died. For the past month or so, I had been having problems here and there. I knew I had real problems because I use Linux, not Windows. Windows just has problems. I knew mine had to be hardware. Not a week before, I reinstalled Linux and the problems didn't go away. So on Sunday, when I rebooted, I couldn't X to run. X is a graphical server thingy that runs a gui in Linux. Without a gui running, you get a command prompt but nothing else.

    I had a decision to make. I could re-install again and deal with the little problems and even risk things getting worse, risk loosing important data. Or, I could just accept that my computer is dead, which means stripping it for parts and building a new computer with spare parts that I had laying around. I decided to build a new one.

    There was a bit of a nightmare going on with the computer business. When I got home Saturday night, I checked my e-mail, and I had an e-mail from a publisher wanting to see the rest of a submission. I'd had sent sample chapters earlier. I put off replying to the e-mail, sending the rest of the story until Sunday morning. I didn't get a chance to reply. I knew I could e-mail them later explaining what had happened and get them the story. I still didn't like the idea of having that e-mail lost. But thankfully, I was able to recover all my e-mail just fine.

    It was a very weird thing to take my computer apart. I remember how much work and time went into it. I had all kinds of lights inside, fans, and crossing wires. I'd draw a picture of how I had the thing wired but it'd be just a bunch of mobius loops on top of each other. I have the custom dragon fan grill in front of my keyboard. I'm not sure it'll ever see another computer. The next one I build, the next real one, probably won't be of the same style of my old one. I thought about putting new guts in my old case, maybe even use the grill again, and use it as a server. I don't think it should be a regular computer again. I did not, by the way, take off the Frankenstein badge on the front of the case. The badge, which I think is a poor name for it, is just a logo on the front where DELL or IBM would go. Since I bought my case, it didn't have a logo on it. I had to add my own. The computer was also built in a time when you couldn't buy a case with lights in it or a window cut in it. I had to cut that myself. In fact, I've installed two windows. The first didn't have a hole for a fan, and over time, I needed to a add a fan. So I replaced that window with one with a hole for a fan. Ah, so many good memories of cutting my hands and shocking the crap out of myself.

    Hey, there's a new Pope, Pope Benedict XVI, aka Joseph Ratzinger. Joseph Ratzinger was a Hitler Nazi Youth. Of course, he's not a Nazi now. But he still looks like an extra from The Omen movies.

    With all the computer stuff going on, I forgot to write about BTA stickers. The lead singer of Beyond The Ashes delivered to us, jh2media, the stickers that we had designed for them. It was nice to see them, see that we earned our money. We didn't print the stickers of course. We just designed them using the dimension that band gave us.

     

    Saturday, April 16, 2005
     
    Is it me, or do all the candidates for the next Pope look like extras from The Omen movies?

     

    Friday, April 15, 2005
     
    So the Spy Kids' mom, Carla Gugino, is naked in Sin City. To me, that makes up for sitting through Spy Kids 3. As for Sin City, I love that movie. It is such a piece of art, and really and truly a comic book movie. It made me want for comic books again, the good ones. I'm probably going to re-read what little Frank Miller stuff I have soon. Unfortunately, Sin City isn't a movie for everybody. It's just an odd movie to some. It really is an ultra violent noir film... with Micky Rourke, who may have stolen the show. Yes, Micky Rourke.

    jh2media, my friend Jon and I, have upgraded our portfolio site, jh2media.info. It is now a good showcase of our new transparent shadow technique. Check it out. We're very proud of it, and it took some type to develop it. Our biggest hurdle was Internet Explorer -- there's nothing new there. But in the end, everything worked out very nicely.

     

    Friday, April 08, 2005
     



     

    Wednesday, April 06, 2005
      ABC 33/40 E-WARN: Tornado Watch Outline Update

    From ABC 33/40 E-Warn:
    WOUS64 KWNS 062343
    WOU5

    BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
    TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 135
    NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
    645 PM CDT WED APR 6 2005

    TORNADO WATCH 135 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR THE
    FOLLOWING LOCATIONS

    ALC001-003-007-009-021-023-025-047-051-057-063-065-073-075-085-
    091-093-097-099-101-105-107-117-119-125-127-129-131-133-
    070600-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0135.050406T2345Z-050407T0600Z/

    AL
    . ALABAMA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    AUTAUGA BALDWIN BIBB
    BLOUNT CHILTON CHOCTAW
    CLARKE DALLAS ELMORE
    FAYETTE GREENE HALE
    JEFFERSON LAMAR LOWNDES
    MARENGO MARION MOBILE
    MONROE MONTGOMERY PERRY
    PICKENS SHELBY SUMTER
    TUSCALOOSA WALKER WASHINGTON
    WILCOX WINSTON
    $$

    MSC007-015-019-023-025-029-031-035-039-041-043-049-051-061-065-
    067-069-073-075-077-079-085-087-089-091-097-099-101-103-105-111-
    121-123-127-129-131-153-155-159-163-070600-
    /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0135.050406T2345Z-050407T0600Z/

    MS
    . MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE

    ATTALA CARROLL CHOCTAW
    CLARKE CLAY COPIAH
    COVINGTON FORREST GEORGE
    GREENE GRENADA HINDS
    HOLMES JASPER JEFFERSON DAVIS
    JONES KEMPER LAMAR
    LAUDERDALE LAWRENCE LEAKE
    LINCOLN LOWNDES MADISON
    MARION MONTGOMERY NESHOBA
    NEWTON NOXUBEE OKTIBBEHA
    PERRY RANKIN SCOTT
    SIMPSON SMITH STONE
    WAYNE WEBSTER WINSTON
    YAZOO
    $$

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    Sunday, April 03, 2005
     
    Every now and then, I like to take a chance on a movie, buy a DVD without actually seeing the movie first. Yeah, I know this isn't the smartest thing to do sometimes because there are a lot of crappy movies out there. Yesterday, I took a chance and bought DEAD BIRDS.

    DEAD BIRDS was filmed in Alabama on a plantation and set during the Civil War. It's the simple story of a bunch of bank robbers hiding out on a plantation. Things, of course, don't go nicely for them. There's some bad stuff afoot, something evil has been called by the previous owner of the plantation. I'm not going to go into too many details because I don't want to give too much away. The "creatures" were creepy and there's a few jump scenes in the movie. The movie is slow at times, but does pay off. At times, it reminds me of THE EVIL DEAD, you know, before Sam Rami screwed it up (he sold out too much and too many times). But it also reminds me of HELLRAISER, of that feeling that there could be lots more here to this story (yeah, I know the HELLRAISER series has problems -- they skipped a fourth movie for example). I would love to see a sequel to DEAD BIRDS, but not a prequel because we know the story of what happened by just watching the first one. Just make another one.

    One more thing, they used prisoners from some Alabama inmate reintegration program to help make DEAD BIRDS.

    Ever since this whole time change thing, I've just been sleepy. Maybe this is my body's way of saying, "Stupid, time didn't change, just your clock." I wish we didn't do daylight savings time. It makes me feel like I've eaten turkey and drank lots of milk.

     



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    A blog of the current forecasts, watches, and warnings for the state of Alabama. The posts are automatically generated from E-forecast and E-warn e-mails from my local ABC Network Affiliate, ABC 33/40. The images are from the National Weather Service. The site will refresh itself every ten minutes.

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