Author Archives: Carrie

litterbug

It’s amazing how easy my cats can exasperate me. I just got finished replacing the cat litter, which is a bitch of a process because Renton flings the stuff everywhere and Hermione tends to mis-aim, sending pee all over the bathtub. I clean it all up, wash everything off, and put in nice, brand-spanking new […]

shell of a beach

Last weekend Steven and I got a change to tour the Gulf Shores and Orange Beach area and see firsthand the damage that Hurricane Ivan dealt out. My family has gone to the Alabama coast almost every summer since I was in elementary school; we are the classic annual tourists. We know the great places […]

bless you

Poor Renton has come down with a cold. He’s waddled around the apartment all day sniffing and snorting, spraying sneezes everywhere. He won’t share much, but he will share his germs. This evening Steven and I were settling down in bed to read when we hear Sniffing Renton coming down the hall to be with […]

concepts update

The latter half of December is still looking interesting, weather-wise. Take a look at this wonderful map for Christmas Day. I don’t know if the map will change as the computer makes new predictions or not, but for right now, anyway, it is beautiful. Every part of my body that can be crossed is, well, […]

absurdity

Oh my God oh my God oh my God, how can people say stuff like this? Hopefully the video will be up for a while. Don’t get me wrong; I’m glad to be an American, I’m proud of my ancestors that fought for this country, but stuff like this makes me feel so ashamed. For […]

concepts

Okay, no more wanking about Auburn football, I promise; I just get so MAD thinking about it! . . . Sorry. I shall try to move on. _________________________ Alabama weather: it makes you laugh, it makes you cry, it gets your hopes up only to have them dashed across the snow-free pavement. And still I […]