I was browsing through my blog, reading comments. Sometimes I miss a few, and I like to know what my commentors are saying. Guess what I found? ADVERTISEMENTS. I don’t know if actual people have to do it, or there’s some kind of bot that does it, but there are fucking penis enlargement and other […]

I took an online quiz. And it told me the truth: I know my damn grammar. Take the quiz here.

I have nothing to show for my time, but I have learned something. Here is the arc of my surfing for the past two hours: Today was the day I decided I wanted to understand feeds. You know how all those portals have fresh news all the time? Clearly there’s something going on behind the […]

Prairie Ag Coop is my latest website gig. It’s coming along; I’m starting to dig the way it’s looking. I went through four drafts before I came up with a look that didn’t suck. I’ve been digging everywhere for weather feeds and finally found one that isn’t too ugly. Now I’m after DTN crop quote […]

I don’t know if you know my co-worker Buzz, but he’s somewhat evil. Today he turned to me and said he was thinking about learning to make absinthe. (He’s already an accomplished brewmeister.) Naturally, I got right on the web and started looking around for info on absinthe. …and now I’m seriously contemplating dropping about […]

The joys of having actual paying gigs to do at home are these: I don’t feel guilty about not doing the chores. I get just as many chores done as I do when I don’t have paying work to do. I feel better about the whole thing because I’m making money. I’m not sure how […]

I’m doing a website for Prairie Ag Coop. Next week, Davis & Palmer might hire me to build them one. And my step-dad forwarded me a lead from my mother, of all people, whom I shall call tomorrow. (“Hi, I realize I sound like a frog but I’m really your future webmaster. Please fill out […]

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I got sick of not being able to connect to the Internet from home. So I rearranged my office/meditation room in order to get my tower closer to the phone jack. I removed the long phone extension. I removed the splitter. I used a known working phone cord. Damn – still no joy. On a […]

So I came in, got my sat card re-written, picked up my check, checked my email, blogged, caught up on Rants, had an impromptu meeting, and coughed a lot. Now I’m leaving. I think I’ll hit the bank, visit City Hall, pay my mortgage, and go home for a nap. NAP! ——–