MoodyTunes

I bailed on my latest writing workshop.
Online workshops are strange beasts. They’re enjoyable, don’t get me wrong, but you have to make sure you don’t lose track of your goals. It’s easy to get caught up with writing exercises, online chats, reading your classmates’ work, and other assignments. You dedicate ten weeks of your time [...]

Once again I’ve strayed into heavy territory and feel bad for bringing everyone down. So today is going to be fun. And brief. I’m not sure the brief part is possible. I’ll. Try. Promise.
First, a fun link my pal Mitch sent me: Netdisaster. It’s simple — plug in a web site and watch it get [...]

I thought I’d share something I saw in the paper recently. Locals will recognize some of the problems, and out-of-towners may be surprised by a few things. I don’t know that I have an opinion on this topic yet, but I’m posting because the whole thing struck me as very sad. So I guess I [...]

(Last week I talked about decisions. That was a therapeutic process, so we’re continuing the theme today.)
That wheezing sound? That’s my IT career on life support.
In 1999 I told the CFO of my company that I was jumping into the world of IT. Until that point, everyone I’d talked to supported my crazy idea to [...]

The WordPress theme experiment is over, and I’ll write more about that endeavor tomorrow. I’m going to stay with what I have. If it ain’t broke, don’t break it.
Working on the site reminded me that a couple of people have asked about comment moderation. I added a line in the About section to clarify:
“Your first [...]

I’ll be messing around with different WordPress themes this weekend so don’t be surprised if things look wonky at times. Weekends are slow around here, anyway, which is a good thing. I spend my weekdays attached to a keyboard so I like to use Saturday and Sunday to attach myself to Guitar Hero or Burnout [...]

Hi.
It’s 4:30 a.m.
Usually I post random links on Saturday, so that is what I’ll do now.
Here’s a helpful list from The Onion: Fighting Insomnia. “If you got less than three hours of sleep the previous night, it’s important to inform everyone you meet of that fact all day long.” That is true. Have I [...]

It’s been a long week, no? Let’s all kick back and relax with some Trivia Day. Grab your coffee or tea, ignore the phone, and settle in for thirteen seconds of fun.
First of all, congratulations to Jam Master Jay for pulling off a rare combo win in last week’s contest. He took home two [...]