Pros and Cons of Small Town MI

Pros:
1.We have a yard and a porch swing!
2.There is a local coffee house/ice cream parlor
3.Great running/biking/rollerblading/walking paths all along the river!
4.Live near the newly redone beautiful local library branch--2 stories of glass look out onto the river
5.We have a fireplace and beautiful woodwork
6.We have air conditioning
7.There are hashes near-ish to us
8. Have improved proximity to Em & Kari by 50% (now we are one day's drive instead of 2).
9. Have improved proximity to parental units by 33 1/3 % (now 2 day's drive instead of.... anyone? anyone? ..... that's right, 3 days)


Cons:
1.The people down the street have a lawn jockey in their yard
2. coffee house is replete with Moose paraphernalia (spelling?!?)as opposed to pierced vegans and rastafarians like the Someday Cafe in Davis Square
3.miss my friends from Boston area :(
4.Live within 1 hour drive of every relative in Rob's entire extended family
5.Still days-o-driving from my family and friends. arghhh.

Emily kills dozens, leaves millions homeless...

And I'm not just talking about my sister......(Bada-Bum-CHING!!!)

Post your favorite Tropical Storm Emily headlines here (real or imagined):

• "Emily causes Major damage..."
• "Emily rips through Miami...."
• "49 dead in Emily's wake..."
• "Emily Cleanup to take months, if not years.."
• "Emily approaches hurricane strength"
• "Oil prices rise as Emily nears..."
• "Islanders stock up on food as Emily churns towards Barbados"....

And so on.

Explain this to me:

Why is it that whenever somebody is walking down the street holding an umbrella, they somehow fail to grasp the obvious fact that the umbrella has just drastically increased the actual physical space necessary for them to safely, and without collision, traverse a crowded street? And that this new physical space consists of a 4’ diameter dome arrayed with pointy spokes at regular intervals right at face-level, so that even if YOU (minus the umbrella) can pass easily between 2 people walking the opposite direction, your umbrella simply CANNOT?

Oblivious motherfuckers.

Soon, Loon Lake, soon......