Archive for July, 2005

Scrabble & MacLean’s Junior Bootery

Sunday, July 31st, 2005

My Mom’s old Scrabble game came out this weekend. The copyright date on the inside of the box is 1949, but the maker’s game catalog (Selchow & Righter Company, Dept. M 200 5th Ave., New York 10, N. Y.) lists the dates 1867 and 1953. It also lists such gaming delights as: Super Market: […]

Fellini’s Facelift

Saturday, July 23rd, 2005

Today I stopped for lunch at Fellini’s (Howell Mill) on the way to buy frames at Sam Flax. I haven’t been in a year or two, despite it being one of my favorite restaurants since my days at Georgia Tech. A lot has changed in that time; the shot on the right is […]

The Next Great Technological Hurdle

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

I’ve been doing some thinking tonight and have come to the conclusion that all of the brilliant scientists out there concentrating on building faster microchips and laser-powered graphics cards (I am sure that somebody is working on this) need to drop what they’re doing and concentrate on overcoming the Next Great Technological Hurdle: plumbing fixtures. The […]

Robert & Nichole’s Wedding

Friday, July 22nd, 2005

(Narrative of Robert and Nichole’s wedding — with pictures!)

Presenting Mr. & Mrs. Robert F. Morris III

Sunday, July 17th, 2005

Robert and Nichole are married, and off to St. Thomas. Here they are during their first dance together, immediately after being introduced at the reception. ’twas a swing song (what else?) — “Stuff Like That There” — and they really put on an amazing show. And an amazing party, for that matter. The […]