My name is Gail Shermeyer and I live and work in York, Pennsylvania, USA. Through the Internet, the world is my playground. My sister Barb and I share our house with seven (yes I just counted them again this morning) cats. Check out my cat pages to read their stories. Sometimes it's hard to decide who runs the place, the humans or the cats. I go off to work every morning to Gent-l-kleen Products, Inc., where I hold the titles of Technical Director and Information Systems Manager.

I have a wide range of interests that sometimes conflict head-on with each other. My interests in computer programming lead me to pursue additional studies at the Pennsylvania State University's York Campus, where I received an Associate Degree in Computer Science. As I became more interested in the Internet, I convinced Gent-l-kleen to let me develop a web page for them. In December 2001, the pages I created were replaced with a professionally designed site that I now assist with.

I am also the Choral Director and Supply Organist at my Church, Quickel Evangelical Lutheran.

One of my most time intensive interests is recipe collection. A long time ago, I discovered the joy of collecting cookbooks. My collection is more than 200 strong. About the same time I found out that I enjoyed cooking (and eating!) more than cleaning up. Therefore, I collect much more than I use. This passion led me to the Internet Newsgroups and Mailing Lists. I discovered MasterCook, a really easy-to-use database for collecting recipes for all kinds of sources. I collect recipes from various magazines that I subscribe to and internet mailing lists, as well as other sources, such as the backs of canned and bottled foods. A scanner makes it easy to move the printed recipes into MasterCook. To make formatting and importing even easier, I wrote a program called Mc-TagIt to assist in formatting and importing recipes. I made the software available free for downloading. You can read about it and get a copy here.

I also enjoy reading historical romances, science fiction and (yes!) computer manuals. There are several needlework projects stored around the house that I started at one time or another, but never finished. Sometime........Well maybe not.

If you would like to find out more about my humdrum existence, follow the links above, or below. Be sure to check out my recipe page. I will try to change the offering whenever I can.