Ugh, we're supposed to get severe thunderstorms overnight, possibility of tornadoes.

It just started thundering here. It's the dang 4th week of January -- thunder ain't right.

I forget that for me she pretty much went directly from BBiLB to ER. But I notice she voiced Cassandra Cain up in that gap. Pretty damned sweet.

Polter-Cow, at the end of the second episode of Alcatraz, what was the twist?

I was reading someone (in Jezebel, natch) complaining of the lack of racial diversity of the show. All white main characters! Well, perhaps, but also Latino. Poor Hurley. Big fat WHITE guy, he seems. The cast list doesn't look that whitewashed, actually. I think the lead's blondess and Sam O'Neill's representation of the patriarchy has blinded people to the actual actors.

But I notice she voiced Cassandra Cain up in that gap. Pretty damned sweet.

Nice!!

what was the twist?

Turns out she was the doctor on Alcatraz back in the 1960s. Dun dun DUN!

Big fat WHITE guy, he seems

What part of JORGE GARCIA is white? Come on, guys. Maybe his character isn't written as Hispanic yet, but...still.

God, I haven't seen BILB in yonks. You guys are making me want to watch it again.

Natalie Barney IS a really interesting woman, Burrell. I read this massive bio of Colette, which mentioned Natalie Barney, and then my much-loved bio of Edna St. Vincent Millay, which also mentions Barney, and I found a bio of Barney at a used bookstore and nabbed it.

I love biographies of women. I mean, men are interesting too, but I'm a sucker for a good historical female bio. I went through this big phase a few years ago with tracking down every courtesan and hetera book I could get my hands on, with led me to geisha, and then a female British Victorian explorer phase.

I have to go to bed now. Good night.

Tornados really really really close to where my brother& co live. At least my SIL posted they are ok, just down a gutter and power.

I was just wondering if they were okay, sarameg. January is not tornado season, damn it. Apparently we now have a 12-month tornado season.

We had some serious high winds and two days of tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings and rain, rain, rain. Mr Peabody is stir crazy, and I think I'm starting to mildew.

The rescue/emergency command center is set up just a couple blocks from them, which is how close it was. A fatality less than a mile away, near a lake they go to a lot.

Too close. It looks bad, and they won't know the full extent until there's more daylight and they can clear the roads.

Wow.

Yeah - weather is freaky. Freakishly warm here in IL. . . meaning that it will be icy tonight just thwarting my plans to run errands after work.

ION, Rachel Alexandra and Curlin had a lovely bay colt yesterday. Look at his lovely spidery star. (Mom has a star and a streak - Daddy has a blaze.)

ION - miniature embroidery that you can wear.

I saw an article in Knit magazine (a British knitting magazine) about the woman who does the teeny tiny knitting. She has insane Christmas sweaters that would be tinier than your finger. There was a picture of several - like half a dozen sweaters all spread out across a finger.

Just nutty.