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I just called Mama. Shrewsbury and Worcester both had a really awful ice storm last night. There's tons and tons of trees down, and she reported that she could see flares where the power lines a street away snapped. A few branches fell on their house, but there wasn't any damage. So their power is off, and they say it will probably be Monday until the electricity comes back.

But they're armed with candles and caffeine, since one of the neighbors out to survey the mess and got her a few cups of extra large coffees. Papa was considering going out, but didn't want to mess with opening the garage door manually.

Also hugely glad that Gramie, my other grandmother, is at an assisted living center. Both for her health and the continued sanity of my aunt Noel.

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I've created a twitter account just for notes about language and linguistics. So I can spam it with notes and just how cool is the name "Brad y Llyfrau Geleision" aka "The Treachery of the Blue Books" for a government report, and only spam LJ once a day with my fabulous insights.

lingusticality: yes, I just realized I spelled the "linguistic" part wrong. Oh well!