Did you hear about the hurricane?  Yes, you did.  Because that is all that anybody anywhere has been talking about, which is especially interesting to me because I have zero interest in it.  

The only interesting thing about hurricane coverage is the fact that the hurricane is given a name for some reason.  I guess it's just a way of personifying the storm in an effort to make it easier to hate.  Anything that makes it easier to hate is a good idea in my book.

Person1:  "What are you going to name your baby."

Person2:  "We're naming it 'Katrina', after the thing that destroyed all of those southerners' houses."

Person1:  "Aww, that's cute."

In fact, I like the idea of naming disasters so much that I think it should be expanded.  People should be allowed to name whatever disasters they want.

Husband:  "Hey honey, I heard that your dinner last night was such a disaster, scientists have named it Diana."

Wife:  "Whatever."

Husband:  "Diana was then upgraded to category-4 this morning, with a storm surge in the vicinity of our bathroom."

Wife:  "Well, I heard that 'Punch in the Face Javier' is expected to cause record damage within the next few seconds."

Expect sustained winds throughout the day, with gusts that could knock over a houseplant.

-FG