The Cotopaxi volcano, one of the world’s highest active volcanoes, spews ash and smoke as seen from Quito, Ecuador, August 27, 2015. Ecuadorian authorities are monitoring activity at Cotopaxi volcano, which prompted Ecuador’s President Rafael Correa to declare a state of emergency and authorities to maintain a yellow alert for eruptions as bursts of ash keep spewing from the snow-encircled crater of the volcano and falling in gusts on residential communities. REUTERS\/Gary Granja TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/center><\/p>\nSo, here’s your open thread for the weekend. I’m about half-way to Bethesda for my annual trek to look at the pretty nurses and doctoresses at Walter Reed. <\/p>\n
If you’re wondering what is happening in LA this week, your guess is as good as mine. I do know that a certain non-CPO has another pair of dates in the Bar Association’s courtroom scheduled for the 24th & 25th of September, so there won’t be anything happening of real consequence today. He’s only delaying the inevitable, though. You know, like he does with everything in his pitiful life.<\/p>\n
If you’re wondering where TSO is, he’s white water rafting in the Grand Canyon with a bunch of veterans this weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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