My cats woke me at 3:23 this morning. My neighbor's house was on fire. I called 911 and some other neighbors. For those of you who have visited it was the big beautiful 100 year old pink house across the street. My neighbor made it out with his dog, but lost everything else. Last night he installed a new computer in the spare room which is ( Read more... )

A mama cat walked into Ken's house with a kitten in her mouth. He and a neighbor rescued the other kitten from a tree branch. The mama cat now has both kittens under his couch where they are all safe from the badness that chased them into the tree. Kittens, the man has kittens ( Read more... )

I finally deleted my myspace account. It was really beginning to creep me out ( Read more... )

Today was Match Day. Some of our dearest friends from med school had to "Scramble" because they didn't match. It really sucked for them, though one person ended up with the craziest luckiest match for a REALLY great surgery program. Another ended up going into a completely different field than he wanted (the saddest situation of the day). I saw ( Read more... )

Mardi Gras fun continues! Last night Dan and I hit two parades while Justin attended some sort of microbiology thing at a Japanese steak house (Can you say BORING?). We met two of the most handsomest little kids, Solomon and Seth. We learned firsthand that standing next to adorable kids doesn't get you many throws. Those masked throwers can aim ( Read more... )

We went to our first Mardi Gras parade of the season tonight. I am collecting cups, beads, and Moonpies to add to the hotel guest baskets for Justin's graduation. Before the parade we cooked out at Dan's with some guys from the paper. Tonight I actually liked living in Mobile and felt a sense of pride for my city ( Read more... )

I am a geek because I just added to the pro column for Nashville: an Apple store ( Read more... )

I Need help from you clever, clever people. The neighbor from the previous post has struck again. This time he called the city permit department because of our remodeling, and they showed up this morning. Luckily we were already finished, and we didn't really need a permit for what we were doing ( Read more... )

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Reason #4,354,346,311 to leave Mobile ( Read more... )