http://upnorth.org Home of Jerry Nowell, an average, all-American guy with a beautiful wife, handsome son, and an overweight cat. Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:18:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It's sad when the only reason I blog is because I recently upgraded Wordpress. Perhaps this reveals a fatal character flaw? Regardless, we will really, really try to post more regularly. Spring is here and that always makes our camera fingers itchy, so you can expect a few new shots ... http://upnorth.org/2008/04/01/back-in-the-saddle/ Yes, it's that time of year again. It's the time when a man must boldly stand up and reassert his masculinity. It's the time when the beardless are derided for no good reason, unless one recalls that they are, in fact, spoiling it for the rest of us. It's the ... http://upnorth.org/2007/11/16/november-is-beard-month/ Joe Lencioni's fabulous photoblog, Shifting Pixel, is up for a 2007 Weblog award. If you're not already a fan of his work, I suggest you check it out. Once you do, I'm sure you'll agree it's award-worthy stuff. To show your approval simply visit the 2007 Weblog Awards website and ... http://upnorth.org/2007/11/02/vote-for-joe/ As my grandpappy used to say, "if it ain't broke, don't fix it." Unfortunately, I've never been very good at heeding sound advice, hence this spaztastic redesign. If you notice things awry, don't fret, I've still got a lot o' tweaking to do before I affix my official seal-of-approval. http://upnorth.org/2007/09/03/redesign-for-the-win/ Man uses blog. Man encourages wife to use blog. Wife uses blog. Man and wife forget about blog. Family complains. Man uses blog... That's a brief recap of our recent blogging fortunes. To placate the disgruntled family members, I'm posting photos with a vengeance. Enjoy! Gilbert trying out the snorkeling gear Gilbert showing ... http://upnorth.org/2007/08/14/finally-vacation-photos/ We're officially back from vacation and we've probably checked our various e-mail accounts around 400 times. We had a wonderful, and restful, time at the lakes and we will eventually post a few photos to prove it. We're eager and apprehensive about returning to work on Monday—a week away is ... http://upnorth.org/2007/07/28/summer-vacation-going-going-gone/ I've upgraded to Wordpress 2.2 and now Wordpress 2.2.1 in the past week. If you notice any problems, I would appreciate an e-mail! http://upnorth.org/2007/06/23/upgrades-yay/ If you look closely at CNN.com you'll find a link to their new beta website. Now I'm not sure what it is, perhaps it's the lifeless gray background, or the individual boxes for each chunk of content, but I'm not a fan. With the completely disconnected horizontal bar at the ... http://upnorth.org/2007/06/11/this-is-not-a-post-about-paris-hilton/ I accidentally rented a horrible movie this weekend. I say "accidentally" in the sense that the description on the case didn't indicate one of my most despised movie devices—the "dream" or "unreality" theme. This is the lazy screenwriter's ticket to freedom. It opens up all possibilities because there are essentially ... http://upnorth.org/2007/06/10/lazy-movies-are-bad-movies/ With a sudden surge of lucidity akin to the proverbial "wake up call," we realized that our little man was, in flagrant disregard of every parental effort and machination, growing up. Many of the cute, baby-talk phrases and words are disappearing from his vocabulary. His trouble with the "r" sound ... http://upnorth.org/2007/05/28/things-mostly-forgotten/