Hurricane, schmurricane...

Hating Irene. Hating the Weather Channel. Hating most comprehensively all those hyper-alarmist people who caused Amtrak to go spastic and cancel trains. Not only was I forced to be a no-show for a conference panel I was supposed to be chairing, but (WAY more importantly) I had to cut short my vacation with my mom, meaning that I didn't get to eat here or see this. To add insult to injury, we were tied in Scrabble four games to four, and now we'll never know who's Queen of the Universe.

Curse you, weather gods!!!!