Grandma turned 104 on Saturday. All the best to her, although I doubt she's ever read this weblog much less seen the web.

My favorite Grandma experience was a few days after my Grandpa died. I'd just moved to the VT/NH area and called her from a pay phone to offer my condolences.

Gr: "Well, after you've spent most of your life with someone there's a hole when they are suddenly gone..."

Me: "Uh huh"

Gr: "...not that YOU'LL ever know anything about that!"

Me: "Hey! I'm trying, I even have a girlfriend now."

Speaking of fiesty and unpredictable, Dennis has confounded forecasters and regained pretty much all of the energy it had lost slamming Cuba. Best wishes to everyone for a safe ride through this monster storm.

Here's some live tv feeds: Miami, FL, Mobile, AL.