A Dark and Seriously Stormy Night
I complain about winter weather a lot, so maybe it’s time to complain about something else: Spring weather. Yes, spring arrived, kind of, like the proverbial lion. The last […]
Tag: tornado
Twister Tales Make Scary Stories
The Governor of Indiana proclaimed March 13-19 to be Tornado Preparedness Week. He used to call it Tornado Awareness Week, but a conspiracy theory emerged that without awareness we might not have noticed tornadoes in […]
Tornado Season–Twisted Twisters, or: Breaking Winds
Some say the best advice you can give people when it comes to tornadoes is to keep your insurance paid up and update your will. I prefer to be a little more optimistic. Still, my […]
Unicorn Bites 9/12/14
4-year-old daughter: These shoes are slippery. They make me fall. Me: Then why do you wear them? 4: They’re pretty. She’s already a woman — Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) September 12, 2014 Me: I told you […]
Unicorn Bites 11/20/13
Is it “for fuck’s sake” or “for fuck sake?” I need it to be grammatically correct because it’s my turn to say grace at Thanksgiving. — James Breakwell, Exploding Unicorn (@XplodingUnicorn) November 21, 2013 3-year-old: […]
President Obama Officially Declares Mississippi A Disaster Area
President Obama today toured the damage left behind by the devastating tornadoes that rocked Moore, Oklahoma and the surrounding areas and responded by declaring Mississippi a disaster area. “We all feel Oklahoma’s loss and are […]