I stumbled into an interesting post-Katrina piece. Highlights:

• "If your conversation partner had flooding and you did not, etiquette dictates that you are now the listener in the conversation, even if your roof blew off and both your dogs died."


• "It's odd that an impromptu autumn of exile that went Houston-Tulsa (tire blowout) - Indianapolis (fuel pump failure)- Philadelphia - Ontario - Boston with a 6-year-old and 18-month-old is considered doing well, but there it is."


• "I tend not to drive on main thoroughfares because we are still sorely lacking in functional stoplights."