Hey, hey! Remember Ivan? Well, do ya? I do. Boy, do I. Well, if you’ve been checking the weather models obsessively like I have in the past few days, you would notice something. Mainly, this: Notice where Auburn is on this map? Can you see it? Maybe not, ’cause it’s covered under all the coloured […]
Author Archives: Carrie
Tropical Season!
Tropical Depression Cindy is outside my window. We expect Dennis next week.
speak! and know me better, man
Just writing a quick note before I am off to the lake for holiday. I have a short announcement to make. Wait, before the announcement; an explanation. Anybody heard of podcasts? Click on that link; it’ll explain it better than I can, but I’ll give it a shot. It’s like blogging for radio. You do […]
a quest!
I have discovered a new challenge. I very much doubt I shall complete it, but I will learn from the parts I do accomplish. Hmm, I do love a good quest. Today I discovered that amazon.com is offering a book set for sale. This set is like the Absolute King of book sets: it is […]
I am the TERROR that FLAPS in the night
Steven and I went up to ye olde towne of Alabaster last weekend to celebrate a menagerie of occasions: an anniversary, a birthday, and two Father’s Days. There’s another anniversary coming up this weekend — the last two weeks of June are crazy. We traveled up there Friday night; the original plan was to go […]
work, II
Same work, new office. Look; drywall!
quote of the day
“Well, he put it in my mouth; what was I supposed to do with it?!” — Lisa, explaining her reasons for biting Ken’s arm. What, what did you think it was about? Shame on you!
rotten tomatoes
I smell things a lot. Sometimes it’s perfectly legitimate, like a perfume someone is wearing. Other times, it is something totally random that has no explanation, like a sudden whiff of socks followed by a spritz of wet umbrella, then it’s gone. Usually the question of, “Do you smell socks, Steven?” just prompts him to […]
quote of the day
“I think my husband is going to cheat on me.” — Cathy, referring to her husband character in the Sims 2 game.
somebody can’t count
Was anyone else aware that a ‘baker’s dozen’ is thirteen of something? I surely didn’t. How am I supposed to learn these things if nobody ever tells me?!