Who needs a memory?

For years, I've had dim memories of reading Robert Bloch's last published work, in Omni magazine. The horror author was one of H.P. Lovecraft's penpals, and the writer of Psycho. Part of me thinks Lovecraft would have sent Bloch an angry letter about Psycho.

The essay was significant, first of all, because it was message from a dead man, about his approaching death. Bloch wrote it a just days before he died, and he knew he was dying. It was published just days after his death.

Secondly, it was significant to me, because I remembered him raving about inferior races of humanity in it. And I went around telling people that Robert Bloch was a racist. Just now, I used the net to look up the date of the issue, and then went down to the basement to dig around for it. Lo and behold, it was the sitting right at the top of the box, ready to hand.

And, it turns out that Robert Bloch was not a racist, at least not in this essay. He just made a single wry comment about how he's an elitist and didn't think all men were equal, except under the law. Not the same thing at all.

My brain had embroidered that single statement extensively over the last 15 years.

More Claire Fun!

She broke off the internet coax cable at the wall. Snapped it off.

And How!

Sitting up to watch the show:

"INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WITH INTENSE LIGHTNING... THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 100 KM/H TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS GIVING 50 MILLIMETRES IN UNDER AN HOUR AND LARGE HAIL TO 2 CENTIMETRES. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS... THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF A TORNADO."

Our friends have not had good luck with moving! And safe drive to velvetpage, who is up visiting wggthegnoll and ruiskafleck!

Lightning!

They weren't kidding about intense lightning. I've counted 50+ flashes in a minute.






Some frames from video I shot, showing lightning striking nearby - less than 500 metres. These was two seperate strikes, though it seemed like just one to me.