Tropical Storm Claudette is going to hit my house.

Airlines should not schedule flights at 6:30 a.m., that way I wouldn't have had to drive Cari to the airport at 5 a.m. today.

If you need some amusement, try this (hopefully it still works):

1) Go to www.google.com
2) Type in (but don't hit return): "weapons of mass destruction"
3) Hit the "I'm feeling lucky" button, instead of the normal "Google search" button.
4) Read what appears to be a normal error message.

If it doesn't work, you can read the error message here.

Everything floats except my boat

Sailing last night went well. At least my skipper's shiny new red boat didn't fall apart before the starting line like it did last week. Unfortunately, we were a little off and lost pretty badly. Oh well.

In my own boat's comedy of errors, it is now sitting in my driveway, happy and looking sharp (at least if you don't look too closely). But, after measuring, remeasuring, and measuring again all the dimensions of the boat, I failed to noticed that the part of the trailer that sticks up to cradle the mast is exactly 1/2 an inch too tall to fit through my garage door. Stupid Texas garages. Whoever said everything is bigger in Texas obviously hasn't seen our houses. My house in Philadelphia has a two-car garage, too, and THAT garage is easily two times the size of my two-car garage. Cari's small pickup truck (well, small for Texas) barely fits into the garage. If she had even a slightly longer bed, there would be no way. I swear, a normal size SUV wouldn't even clear my garage door. Its like my house was designed for midgets driving European cars.

Anyway, back to the boat. The mast cradle appears bolted on, so hopefully I can remove just that part which will cut the height by about 2 inches more than the required 1/2 inch. Unfortunately, the bolts are so old that they are no longer squared, but they are rounded, and I can't get a socket on them. Suggestions would be appreciated.