Brian and Amanda Lain

Well, we are on again, for now. We have rescheduled for mid-August (in the midst of hurricane season), with the high hopes that we won’t have another Emily. But, in the unlikely event that our trip is once again the target of a mean storm, we will get our money back and go somewhere safer! So, be watching the weather–we definitely will be!

Well, disappointedly, no Cozumel this month. Emily’s wrath aimed right for our destination. So, we are hoping to reschedule sometime in August. And this time we will get travel insurance! (That way if yet another hurricane comes to rain on our parade, we get the money back!!) Anyway, so we are here, and we are safe, but we are not happy about it.
More soon.

What are the odds that we would choose to go somewhere tropical on the day that that place gets hit by a hurricane? The odds must be low, but that is what has happened. Hurricane Emily is due to arrive in Cozumel, Mx on late Sunday, July 17th night or Monday morning. Our flight is scheduled to land in Cozumel on Monday too. Here is its projected path (click on it to enlarge):

Source: The Weather Underground, Inc.

Hey Everyone,
Check out our new pictures! We took a camping trip over the 4th of July weekend, so there are pictures of Balmorhea State Park, Texas and the Las Cruces fireworks. The links are on the right hand side. Enjoy!

Today, I was browsing the net looking for software to help edit digital photos and happened across a site named brianlane.com. Oddly enough, Brian Lane is also computer person and is big on Linux. So, it looks like we have more in common than just the pronunciation of our names. We even share BCL as our initails. Someday soon, I hope to get up my site www.brianlain.com.

“Early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese!”

“It is not necessary that man should be religious, but it is necessary
that he should be philosophical. When he is philosophical, he has the
very best of the blessings of religion.”
–­­ Fung Yu-lan

Polly sent us this newspaper clipping about the administration at Western New Mexico University. I must say, I think Mr. Herrera is right.

Click here to see the clipping.

This morning we left a note on our upstairs neighbors’ door saying that did not turn her in and that we hoped we could still get along. So, after Amanda got home from work, she came by and apologized for being rude. She said that someone turned her in for having a dog to make $50 and it ended up costing her over $2000! No wonder she was pissed…

Read all about here: Apartment Management

Today, I had a short, but upsetting conversation with our upstairs neighbor. She rudely accused me of turning her in for having a dog. Damn, Management… Read more at Apartment Management.

Here is a bumper sticker that I found interesting. Why work when the government will give you money?

Hi everyone. In case you hadn’t noticed, our site has undergone a major face lift. Hope you like it.