Warm, wet, windy

(Not actually raining)

This subtropical moment brought to you by the Storm Formerly Known As Ike.

Downside

News items this morning about NATO boss and various diplomats visiting Georgia (the Caucasus one, not the Peach State.)   That's the problem with alliances.  If Georgia had already joined NATO according to announced intent, as some other former Soviet states have, we could be in a third war by now . . .

Time savers

A phone call from an obvious phone-bank with an accent near-decipherable.  *Jim hangs up*