Deb is related to one of the poor kids who was killed by the storm, so I am glad I did not explain my morning tardiness as being due to having to pick bits of boy scout out of the chimney.


My mom's advice to friends and relatives who had just given birth was always "it's real hard to kill 'em." That was until she offered this advice to a coworker, who replied that her first child had died of SIDS.

Yeah, there's no coming back from that one.