America’s Saddest Day?

I hope against hope that today doesn’t mark America’s saddest day; the day we lost our way, and began acting outside the law. First strike has never been our country’s policy, and the … Read more

Spring Additions

While out looking for cool hacks to add to my blog, I came across the girlie matters MT tricks page. I was struck by the entry counts next to the category and monthly … Read more

Such a Long Long Time to be Gone

and a short time to be there. (Box of Rain) In honor and memory of Laurina Cipra, who passed away one year ago today. She still lives on in the hearts of her … Read more

Planted Tank March 2016

Spring Cleanup

Over the weekend I updated my installation of movabletype to the latest release, 2.63. It went without a hitch, and all seems to be working well. Once I was working on the site … Read more

English San^H^H^H W/Out French

The Christian Science Monitor takes a hilarous look at just how hard it would be to excise all traces of French from our everyday conversations. Here’s a snip from the article: “To which … Read more

Here, Here, and Here

It seems that there isn’t a topic or concept that isn’t represented on the web. That’s a good thing; a technological ark in some ways, it seems to me. Here’s the latest such … Read more

Freedom Loving Americans

I was in my local Tower Books yesterday, and was struck by something I saw there. Like many bookstores, they had a small table with a variety of books on display. What caught … Read more