"Mindy, I was speaking with a coworker of mine about 30 mins ago who lives in Rockford.  She said no rain there last night but a couple of flights to O'Hare were diverted to the Rockford airport.  It was fairly nasty here.   "

"I agree with you MB.  I liked the "sweeping overview" of topics on one screen, both forum activity and blogs, that the old homepage allowed.  This was a great way to have different topics catch my eye all in one place and prompt…"

"LOL Carl!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  :D "

"Thanks for reporting that Ruth, I like it better this way! I can't believe a nurse used the word "telescope" in describing what the doctor was going to use to look at your bladder!!!!!!! Wow!  Vocabulary review time! lol. Steph,…"

"Welcome to the effects of 200+ mph winds!"

"This is another way of eventually going back to stating that abiogenesis is impossible, as many theists do. There are bound to be those here who have studied far more in depth than I have, but my own findings have been that we have absolutely NO…"

"Yup, that's why tornado warnings are to be taken seriously.  During severe storms with tornado potential I turn off my TV sound or Stereo in my apartment so I can hear what possibly may be coming my way.  I want to be able to hear the…"

"i didn't see it till today, and it inspired me to start a discussion on it.  but while i had a negative reaction to Wolf, i was much more interested in that brave woman.  it can't be easy to come out as an atheist on national tv…"