when are you free to take some tea with me?

We're keeping an eye on Miss Rita down in the Gulf, even way up here in DFW. Take a look: Rita's projected path. By Sunday we may be under a flash flood warning, with 30+ mph winds.

Chuck's family evacuated Houston under mandatory orders and are now safe in Austin (insofar as any good Baptist conservative family can be safe in Austin- also, natch, I wish I were in Austin this weekend as it's ACL), so keep them in your thoughts. We may be getting some visitors up here; friends Chuck went to high school with are thinking of coming for the weekend.

Also thinking of Mikey M, at Rice. Come up and visit me if you need to, I've got plenty of room!