:::north carolina!:::

wait a minute we did go to north carolina...

thanks stephen - for more nc pictures http://picasaweb.google.com/sp.strawbridge/NorthCarolinaAug2007

:::henry frederick:::

hilarious moment in the life of...

:::north carolina?:::

we used to say that if you dont have a picture you didnt do it because my mom would take so many pictures on vacation... according to that we didnt do north carolina, because this is the only picture we have...

we didnt run with knox and spookie in the morning

we didnt play scatagories

we didnt play lots of cards

we didnt go hiking

we didnt have a relay race up the mountain

and on...

:::bob and illaria:::

bob and illaria turned an atlanta wedding into a southern swing and spent a couple days w/ us in the 'dale (auburndale)... there was much skiing and fishing...

:::arietta fishin':::

just may have figured a little something out on lake arietta - uncle david caught an 8lber (sadly no camera), there were a couple 6's and several in the 4 range...

bob and i with a few of the fish...

:::goodbye old friends:::

A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning

As virtuous men pass mildly away,
And whisper to their souls to go,
Whilst some of their sad friends do say,
"The breath goes now," and some say, "No,"

So let us melt, and make no noise,
No tear-floods, nor sigh-tempests move;
'Twere profanation of our joys
To tell the laity our love.

:::my mole:::

"my wife, Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn... will recover..."

word from the dr. is that my mole-anoma has been completely removed...

statements, such as, " you know, i'll likely be dead in 80 days are you sure i should spend my time changing these diapers" have less play than they did before the report...

i have shifted to blame shifting, e.g. "listen, monica, its your own fault. if you hadnt saved my life spotting that cancerous mole, you wouldnt have to deal w/ me."

this proud nose-picking, freaky looking, 1/2 naked bunch will still have a father...

:::the devil:::