Right, sort of a grab-bag entry. No, that's not the expression I want. Um.
Ok, first off, thanks to Vickie for getting a photo of me with Happy Rhodes at the show last week.
Shame it's the most unflattering photo of myself I've seen in ages, but I'm going to chalk this up to bad lighting. And too many Vodka & Red Bulls before and during the show, which, since this is me, means two. You can click the above image and get a larger version of the photo, but I can't imagine why anyone would.
Wait, to get a better look at Happy. Sillly question.
Ripped more code off from Mandarin Design, since I finally noticed the problem some folks had described in IE in 800 x 600. Or rather, in Avant Browser, since I was missing my tabbed browsing in IE. Seems like a nice program so far; give it a try if you have some odd phobia abut Mozilla and Opera and the like.
Also installed Spybot - Search &. Destroy, since no matter how pretty Avant is, it's still the IE engine under the hood. And that engine needs some serious work in some ways. If your browser's been acting up lately (resetting your home page, bringing up random popup ads, calling the Cayman Islands), you maybe wanna give it a try.
Oh, and removed Tina the Troubled Teen from the sidebar, since she was part of the problem with some visitors not being able to see the sidebar. Guess I could make it a wee bit wider to accomodate the image (since resizing the image with width didn't work very well). Or ask Michelle about this instead of doing even more damage to her lovely design. Or something.
Speaking of whom, after I whined pathetically about it, she changed the archives pages so they display the number of comments for an entry, and you can click the number to bypass whatever I was banging on about and go straight to the only interesting part of this place, what other people had to say in response.
And that's it, I'm off to get more Red Bull. Without the vodka. I swear.
Except for the 'locs, you look like my cousin Rich.
And mad drunk.
Ronn, don't think I'll be following in the Good Twin's footsteps and cutting the 'locs off. Unless it costs more than I want to pay to get the several months worth of new growth out of "rat's nest" mode next time I head to the locktician. . .
And, really, I was just confused that I was drunk and having my photo taken with a hot babe, but a) she was straight and b) we were fully dressed.
This is a new experience for me.
Practice makes perfect, though. And it's easier when you're not drunk, I'm told.
Piffle. I think you look tasty. But then I'm a sucker for long-haired hippiefreak men.
(My husband absentmindedly took the trash out yesterday sporting the pigtails he's donned to keep his hair out of his eyes while cooking. He got some very funny looks: a 5'10", 220 lb, broad-shouldered and square-built white guy, the guy who made small children in Japan cry at the very sight of him, wearing pigtails?? I thought it looked fabulous.)
it's terrible what crack cocainered bull is doing to our community.
seriously, we used to call those "bedroom eyes". hope you got lucky.
and another html tag bites the dust!
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Y'know, I really should look at crafting my own sanitize spec file, since I like using strike as a gag so much my own self. . .
And hey! I did not get lucky. There was no luck. And also no joy and no club.
Garrity, you just keep getting cooler.
Hanne, you just keep getting. . . Hanne.
the comment spammers are getting clever, I see.
Sigh.
Karin, my fault. Should have updated my Blacklist, and when you come right down to it, there's no reason to leave comments open in old threads.
Just can't bring myself to close them, though.
Ok, I'm too lazy.
I know what you mean. Personally, I haven't even started looking into the MT plugins for that particular problem, but the fact that my blog seems to be beneath notice seems to help avoid that problem.
Oh, and your DVD went in the mail today. Hope it gets there safely.
Karin, the really scary -- or maybe gratifying -- thing is checking the Activity Log and seeing how many of the damned things are getting blocked.
No idea why I get to be the target. I mean, it's not like this place is that popular, and I haven't gone around making enemie. . . oh. Right.
Yay! on the DVD. Will patiently wait by the mailbox once I'm back in IL, and send out your ¡Nalgonas Unidas! button. . . I could have just asked for your address instead of waiting for the package to arrive and using the return addy on that, couldn't I?
I am dumb.
Ah, s'okay. Not like there was any rush about it.
If the package doesn't get to you by Weds. or Thurs. of next week, the post office will have failed me -- hopefully *that* won't happen again. (I've had some seriously strange shit with incoming packages of late.)