davidgagne.net — The personal weblog of David Vincent Gagne

a bird that whistles Ethel Merman tunes

“That’s why we called him Spawn of Satan,” explained Malloy, who gradually befriended the bird by whistling Ethel Merman tunes during visits to her sister’s Chicago home.

William Joseph Gagne

Today is my dad‘s birthday! Happy Birthday, Dad!

Digital Music

Software for creating CD inserts

Kathleen Gagne

If you live in the Gainesville / Ocala Florida COX Cable market you have a chance to see my mom on television. She’s in the currently-airing COX Happy Holidays commercial, sitting at her desk and waving at the camera. Wave to her and tell her how much you love being a COX Cable subscriber. Hi,

Gifts

In which I receive a gift in the mail

Le Blogeur

Great Caesar’s Ghost! A redesign at Le Blogeur?! Can the return of Sally Tenpenny be far behind? It looks swell, Relton.

weather in Los Angeles and Florida

<understatement>One of the little differences between California and Florida is the weather.</understatement> Today we are under a “Severe Wind” warning. What the heck does that mean? In Florida we were always under “Thunderstorm” warnings or “Tornado” warnings” or “Torrential Freakin’ Downpour” warnings. I don’t really know what to do to prepare for “Severe Wind”. I

Soup and Personality

A University of Illinois professor found a correlation between soup and personality … I love Cambpell’s Chunky Beef and Vegetables and New England Clam Chowder. I wonder what that says about me. link lifted from Follow Me Here

Me and Julio

Well I’m on my way / I don’t know where I’m goin’I’m on my way / I’m takin’ my time but I don’t know where

What Is This?

davidgagne.net is the personal weblog of me, David Vincent Gagne. I've been publishing here since 1999, which makes this one of the oldest continuously-updated websites on the Internet.

bartender.live

A few years ago I was trying to determine what cocktails I could make with the alcohol I had at home. I searched the App Store but couldn't find an app that would let me do that, so I built one.

Hemingway

You can read dozens of essays and articles and find hundreds of links to other sites with stories and information about Ernest Hemingway in The Hemingway Collection.