Digressing again.

this is a somewhat belligerent post, but then again, that would be in keeping. I closed the store tonight, and had several conversations with folk who were staying here in Bryan-College station Texas because their homes in the hurricane effected area were destroyed. Why were they 450 miles from home? Because ours were the first hotels they had encountered that weren't full!
Wow, I may say, and then Wow again. That's a few million people displaced. That's bucketsfull of tradgedy.
So, I have to ask.
Wait, I'll hold that query a bit. first, let's delve into some legal lore for a bit, and consider that this sort of event, in insurance contracts, is referred to as "an Act of God." Y'know, a bit of divine intervention, like Sodom and Gomorrah, or the Great Flood. I mean, today I Joked quite legitimately that perhaps this was Divine Retribution for Sin, or something. 9Legitimately because this sort of expectation is a necessary aspect of an All-Powerful Deity. Falwell may be a jerk, but at least he's consistent in pronouncing misfortune to be an aspect of divine retribution. I mean, read the old testament, and it becomes at least consistent.)
Oh, Hell. I gotta go to bed. Let just say this. If this is a divine act, or something that could have been prevented by divine action if there were a god, then God is a Fucking Asshole.
Yeah, I said it. And I typed it out, too, despite all the beers.
Plus, it's not a tenth as bad as the Tsunami.
Yeah, Jesus loves us all to death.