Sometimes I’m Oscar the Grouch on Mondays

Sometimes I’m Oscar the Grouch on Mondays

You name it, I hate it… I found a sheet of stickers in my scrapbooking box, and it struck me that I needed to talk about my life last Monday. Basically my attitude toward like was “Don’t EVEN TRY to make me happy – It won’t work and then...
IVAN – here we sit

IVAN – here we sit

Currently there is a tornado warning out there, it’s windy and raining. The glass doors on the fireplace blow open from time to time. We got the Auburn University central computers down last night at about 11 – the library servers were shut down before we...
Hurricane Watch – again

Hurricane Watch – again

OK – it’s hurricane week again – First we watched Charley – and got some rain. And, we watched Frances developing while Charley was ravaging Central Florida. Then, we braced for Frances within a week or 10 days. (And we noticed Ivan’s...

Weather in Auburn

Thought you might like to know what the weather is like here in east Alabama – we’re sitting in the projected path of Frances… this should change thru the weekend. Update: Frances seems to have slowed a bit, so we think we’ll see effects on...

learning to do drop shadows – css style

So – I’m wandering around and came across an article on AListApart – cssdropshadows – and I thought I’d try it out. I really find this rather fun and interesting… and it works on different sized images without having to create the...
On the Road Again – Family Reunion in Maine

On the Road Again – Family Reunion in Maine

“Pre-Reunion” – a day at Pine Point (Maine)… We had a lovely day at the beach on Saturday before the big Nicol-Vermette Family Reunion. Nice sun, good company, card games, novels, walks and a bit of body-surfting. The day began late morning...

Family Reunion

The next day was the Official Reunion…. More pictures are coming, but these are the few that Louise (the real power behind the reunion) sent out almost immediately.
Greetings from Paris

Greetings from Paris

This week I’m back working in Paris again. I’ll post pictures later. Update: I’m finally getting around to posting the pictures from Paris. These are just the one’s from the day John Freund and I had lunch with Giovanna. She’s doing well...

Undeliverable Gifts: Christmas 2003

Tomorrow’s the night before Christmas three dogs in my house two cats are in hiding I hope there’s no mouse… That’s the easy part of Christmas. My food box/Christmas gifts delivery for Lazarus Ministries hasn’t turned out to be as simple...