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Sounds like the TX contingent of HC made it out unscathed. My current house is on high ground with good run off, I think I will make sure all future purchases are as well. And hopefully there isn't a next time.

I didn't think it was going to be nearly as much work as it was to prepare this whole meal, but I made rib-eyes with shisito pepper sauce, wild king salmon with yogurt sauce and skin cracklins, and potato/onion/bacon skewers (with a veggie option substituting zucchini). I was rushed with these pics, but you'll get the idea. Steak pulled off the grill and sliced (hopefully not too well done for Shelly!) Two of three steaks with blistered peppers and sauce, ready to serve This is actually a beautiful 2.8 lb fillet of wild king salmon with sumac seasoning, although you cannot perceive its glory from this image The salmon was served with a greek yogurt, fresh chives, dill and grilled scallion sauce As well as salmon skin cracklins that are awesome as a topping Lastly, other than a salad brought by my brother-in-law, was the potato/onion/bacon skewers and veggie alternative (not pictured) Quick pic of my plate before setting upon it

Toasting the friends I have lost and fallen fellow comrades. Cheers brothers. Air Cav!

Good to hear everyone made it through. Tornados are one part of the midwest I don't miss. Me? I bought a boatload of tubes. And some transformers.

Yup, it's a modushop chassis. I'm just about done with them and will have to move into custom stuff. Using these is a bit like building on sand... Anyway, here it is with the toroid I was forced to install after the R-cores were DOA. It's all attached to the top panel which does make things tricky. Aside from some slight transformer noise it runs perfectly and doesn't get too hot. Here is is running on the bench:

Jude can use Head Fest if he wants to.

According to Centerpoint Energy outage tracker, we don't have any electricity at my house right now. It's a good thing I went to the office. Hope all the food I just bought doesn't go bad.

Stay safe Naaman!

BBQ brisket at Bungalow ale house...and cornbread

Shelly, are you running a computer without a UPS? Is that a cost / benefit to you? - ability to ride out transient surges / brown outs , shut down safely / cleanly for longer outages , avoid disk failures on hard stops etc. Can be inexpensive (e.g. < $60) http://www.amazon.com/APC-BE550G-Back-UPS-8-outlet-Uninterruptible/dp/B0019804U8/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1432677002&sr=8-1&keywords=UPS How much uptime do you want?

My guess is that your power was not out but dipped enough that the Mac restarted. They do not reboot after a long outage according to recent experience here.

http://arrestedwesteros.com/ If one is familiar with both series, this is comedy gold.

No jumpers on that one.

Should be plenty of well-loved 991s around when you're ready to jump. Got some good advice on optioning from one of the dads at our soccer club, who sells them. To whit: -- Everyone orders Sport Chrono and no one ever uses it, unless they really like driving around in second gear at 50 mph. -- No one orders PDCC and they all should. -- Full electric seats are a rip and weigh a fuckload, 4-way is fine. -- PDK is the best thing since naked ladies.

Shelly, mine used to do that in SA when we got power surges. Screen flicks off, WTF?, "Bong!", reboot. No expert but think the logging you're seeing is just because there were processes that were running when it hard quit and it's going to note that those weren't properly shut down.

Carrera 4S is my dream car and, god willing, will be my next car after the WRX. It might be 6-7 years before I pick one up, but getting one eventually is the plan as long as life doesn't get in the way.

Great to hear that you "weathered" the storm Shelly! Some of that news footage was pretty scary so I'm sure that more than a few of us were thinking of you.

Glad you are OK Shelly, and hopefully the Naaman's are as well.

^This!

Glad you're back home safe Shelly!

The video coming out of Houston is pretty much nuts. I remember being in Houston for a Hurricane once and I do not remember anything close to that level of flooding.

Trying to get caught up on projects. Next up ...

Be safe Naaman and Shelly and Steve too! You know what they say about tornados and white trash divorces, somebody's gonna lose a mobile home!

Don Pepin Blue right now.

Now sweet corn, next new York strips and burgers

1 1/4 pounds boneless beef chuck cut into 1/2 inch cubes 1/3 cup water 2 red onions chopped 2 fresh Portobello mushrooms, stems discarded and diced (I scrape the gills out with a spoon before I dice them to keep the chili from being too dark) 2 large carrots (3/4 lb) diced 3 garlic cloves thinly sliced 1 cup dark beer (I prefer a medium red ale it's not as strong, broth or water will work too) 1/4 cut tomato paste 1 chipotle en adobo seeded and finely chopped (I found these in small can in the Mexican food section - freeze the rest for next time) 3 tablespoons honey 3 tablespoons chili powder 2 teaspoons ground cumin 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano 1 tablespoon cornmeal (I skip this completely) 1/4 cut light sour cream for topping if desired spray a large nonstick skillet with nonstick spray and set over medium high heat. Add half the beef and cook until browned about 4 minutes. Transfer the beef to a 5 to 6 quart slow cooker. Repeat with remaining beef Add the water to the skillet; bring to a boil stirring constantly to scrape the brown bits from the bottom of the skillet (I skip this step if nothing stuck to my skillet). Transfer the liquid to the slow cooker. Add the onions, mushrooms, carrots, garlic, beer, tomato paste, chipotle, honey, chili powder, cumin and oregano; mix well. Cover and cook until the beef and vegetable's are fork tender. 4-5 on high or 8-10 on low. (I think low or a mixture of high for an hour or two and then low for longer -- just make sure the meat is tender) (I skip this step) About 20 minutes before the cooking time is up, gradually stir the cornmeal into the slow cooker until blended; cover and cook on high until thickened, about 15 minutes. Serve with sour cream enjoy -- this is a weight watcher recip3 1 1/3 cup serving with 1 tablespoon sour cream is 337 calories, 9g fat, 6 g fiber, 7 points

Orange currant scone with orange butter, plus Mango/Bannana/OJ/coconut milk smoothie

And the name was created by head-casers. I'll likely go if I'm in London at the time and not busy though.

I don't know if they ever asked if they could use it or not. Maybe Jude felt that since the real CanJams were head-fi supported events, that he automatically owned the name... still funny that the last one (CanJam Chicago 2010) was run entirely by HeadCasers

Plugged the ports and played with the springs a bit. Other than that they are stock.

There's a gay joke in there somewhere.