I like Heather, I have a soft spot for girls who sort of whored themselves out and did soft porn in their 20s. In other news, thankfully I have nothing dramatic to report on our fires, they were averted at Escondido Creek, thanks to the wind change. True schadenfreude because when I heard houses on Via De La Valle were burning I knew we were OK. Luckily we were safe behind by a vast and strengthy wall of Republican fundraisers with private fire brigades and flame retardant gel. So my tearful video farewell to our home totally lacks a climactic resolution and makes for pretty boring viewing. Now we are merely burdened with the tedium of listening to 300,000 ex-evacuees breathlessly report their own experiences of "Firestorm 2007!!". I am worried about my friends in Silverado Canyon now. I gotta say, in the heat of the moment, television proved to be a uselessly misinformative and hysterical medium, hooray for teh intertubes! If you ever get evacuated, my advice is leave straight away to avoid traffic jams, and go to Palm Springs or Las Vegas, so at least you have something to keep you occupied. Treat it like a spontaneous vacation because if you just hang around trying to get information you go nuts.