Hooray! After a long weekend of trying to do it myself, my webmaster brother Peeg has jumped in the the cyber-rescue and redesigned the page. The result is this new and improved beautiful design! Oh yes, the simplicity is astounding, yet the complexity is hard to ignore (or something like that). What I mean is that its cool! Links are now in a "roll-over" format, meaning that you have to point your mouse to the linked words to see them as a link. So if I mention something that seems pertinent in my posts, look around and you'll probably find a link. Besides that, there should be a nice long post about my trip to DC and South Carolina soon!
I hope everyone is well!
Peace,
Joe

This is WEBMASTER PEEG! I have redesigned the site. The comments should be working again soon...

Still tinkering...

Ok so here's another try... I promise more actual posting soon.

and another...

Ok so now its time for the redesign. The old page has died. I am going to try to do this alone first, and then break down and ask Peeg. We'll see...
Joe

Nothing seems to be changing much. I will have to wait on the Webmaster supreme to help. Alas, I will keep looking for a solution in the meantime...

ok.

and the beat goes on...

And yet farther away :(

HA! I grow closer to the solution!

Yes, I know... I am but a novice "webmaster." But perhaps my brother Geoff would appreciate my continued effort?

Still going...

Yep.

And again.

didn't work... tried a different alignment.

Hey this new blog stuff is cool... but my page layout is a bit wonkey, so I tried to fix it. I hope it worked... if it didn't then you'll see more posts about it soon!
Peace,
Joe

Man talk about the changes. I have so many of them lately I'm not quite sure what to do. I graduated college, I am moving into a house with my brother soon, Rocky is in heaven, I am dating someone new, going to grad school, and now... now my beloved Daisy is on her way out, too.
Let me explain. I am currently the proud owner of a 1989 Volvo 244 DL, white with blue interior. She is the supa keenest car in the history of all things, but there is a small problem. Her advanced age (14 years) and mileage (almost 185,000) do not make her the best long distance car in the world. This did not used to be a problem. I went to BSC, and everything was walkable. My parents were only an hour away. My sister was right across town. And I lived with most of my friends. So Daisy just had to be a solid, safe, in-town car. And she was! Supa keen, I tells ya. But now I am off to Gradaute School Land, where you drive to many conferences around the country many times a semester. My parents are quite a bit farther away, and my friends are now as scattered as my family, all over the eastern seaboard and southeast and Scotland (Drew!) and the like (except Nick, we will live together!). So I need a more reliable car. No problem I think! I'll just fix up Daisy! But alas, the list to get her in shape for such constant use is too long and expensive for me to even think about. So in the last few days I have worked out the purchase of a new car with my supa awesome brother/webmather/car salesperson. Peeg is getting me one heck of a deal, and I'm actually going to pay for it all myself, thanks to Saturn's 0%APR for 5 years which I surprisingly qualified for. Saturns are great cars - safe, reliable, and cool. I will, within the week, be the owner of a 2003 Saturn ION 2. It will be green, like this, with tan interior. Take a look at the features. Its quite a change for me, but a good one.
Thanks to the Peeg it will be possible, too. I've gone over it like a bazillion times and am still amazed that I can afford this. But with this financing and the money UA is giving me, I can. Wowie.
So I'm 22. Whoa.
I'm sorry this post has been all mushy and stuff, but change kind of bothers me, in that it takes lots of effort on my part to adapt to it. So yens.
I hope everyone is well.
Peace,
Joe

PS. What will happen to Daisy, you ask? Why Joe is donating her to a charity where she will be used by a needy family for safe, reliable, in-town transportation.

PPS. If you have any ideas for Joe's new car, post a comment about it. My dad has already suggested "Kermit." I will not know until I drive her, but its not bad to have ideas before hand. So let me know!

So much has been going on in the last few weeks I hardly know where to start. The most important thing that happened was the death of Rocky, our German Shepard. After a long battle he gave up on Tuesday, and my mom and I went to the vet and held him as they put him to sleep. That day Nick and I buried his body in the far back yard, making the largest contribution by far to our pet cemetary. We buried him with his favorite cow femur, and mama sewed him up in a blanket. Nick and I got about 2 feet deep before hitting bedrock, and so we surrounded the area with rocks and piled cured oak firewood over the dirt. Tomorrow we are looking at filling in the gaps between the wood with concrete and smoothing it flat. He is already sorely missed.
On a much brighter and earlier note, I attended the APS conference in Atlanta a week and a half ago. Man alive it was grand. I saw so many of the people that I have been readng about for the last few years. I heard them speak and got to interact with tons of other people that are interested in the same things I am. I even saw one of them (whose name I will not mention for fear of being sued) drunk off her butt coming back into the hotel one night. Among many others I saw Daniel Schacter, Elizabeth Loftus, and Anne Treisman. All the talks were incredible. It was also the first time I was identified with the University of Alabama. It was on my name tag. Talks during the day and Irish Pubs at night. It was a grand time.
I suppose the next major adventure type thing was the Red Hot Chili Peppers concert the following week. Man, they rock. And I really mean that. Alot. There was a point in the show when Flea walked out onto stage on his hands. They sound great live, and Snoop Dog even opened for them. He smoked much of the "wacky weed" and sang a whole song that consisted of the words "What are we going to do? Get high, get drunk, and fuck." That was the whole song. Sometimes he said, "ATL?!" Yep. The Chili Peppers mostly played stuff from By The Way with a few older songs mixed in. They came on for one encore and played Under the Bridge. We all banged on the bleaches for at least 5 minutes to get them to come back out. Then we went to a gay bar because all the other bars were closed on Sunday night after 12. It was not as grand as the concert, but what can you do? They didn't even have Bushmills. Urrrrggggh. The next day I drove home and slept. Alot.
Yesterday I went to Camp Sumatanga to see Jennifer do what she does during the summer. She runs a retreat-type camp for High Schoolers and Pre-teens. It was a beautiful day. I got there at 5:30am and we hiked up the mountain that the camp sits on and had breakfast in an open-air chapel. The rest of the day I followed her around and tried to be as helpful as possible. By the end of the day I read a prayer at the Vespers service they had, and helped Jennifer lead a discussion group on Peacemaking. It really was a fun day. She has a great open mind about the religion and such, and it reflected well in what I otherwise thought might have been something akin to Catholic Youth Day at Six Flags. But I was very pleasantly surprised.
Today, Friday the 13th, I went to buy a filing cabinet. As I was paying for it the check-out lady asked me if I was superstitious. I said yes, sort of. She pointed up and I saw that I was purchasing this filing cabinet in aisle 13 on friday the 13th. Peeg told me not to put any important documents in it. To tell you the truth, with my luck, I probably should return it and trade for another one. Also, my palm pilot died. That means one of my arms is now cut off, effectively. My cell phone was in it, all my appointments, addresses, etc. Luckily it is baked up on Stan (my computer) and can be restored to another. But I may be purchasing a lap-top fpr grad school (it is highly recommended by many people) so that may replace Joe's love affair with the handheld computer. Speaking of Grad school, I got an email today from the director of my program saying that my office was ready to be moved into. Whoa. I have an office. Its Gordan Palmer 190 for those of you that attend or have attended the 'Bama. Orientation is the 13th of August, and Nick and I move in to our house on the 12th. Stuff is about to get crazy all over again.
Sorry this post is solong, but I had much to talk about. If you've made it this far, you rock.
I hope everyone is well.
Peace,
Joe

Also, I changed the marquee. It is some wisdom from Nick.

HOLY CRAP! The cycle is complete. It started with da Peeg, then Will, then me, then Nick. Now beyond all odds, LIZ HAS A BLOGSPOT! I have added a link to it in the links section. Go there. Read. Be amazed.
Peace,
Joe

PS. Liz is my very nice sister. Yens.

HOORAY! I just read a comment by the Peeg (Oh great webmather!) that he has fixed my page. He done fixed it reeeeeel guud. THANX PEEG!
peace,
Joe

Howdy. Heads up on a few things:
-Sorry the page is still messed up. I've emailed blogger and looked at the code myself and can find no reason for it. We will see...
-Sorry I haven't posted in so long, but there are a few things I will be talking about soon, like the APS conference in Atlanta and the Chili Peppers concert, also in Atlanta.
-Third and most importantly, pray for my family dog, Rocky. Or meditate, think about, send good waves toward, whatever you personally do. He is dying and its been tough for everyone here. If you are a family member and you have not heard about this, I really do apologize for the lack of communication, its been crazy here at home. I will call you (directed toward Peeg and Will).

As a result of all this, this too will be a short post.

I hope everyone is well.
Peace,
Joe