I’ve been ordered by my web host to upgrade my weblog software because of the spammers. So if the site shows signs of severe metamorphosis or mental illness, it is either because I’m doing what they asked and failing miserably at it or because they have totally disabled my site for NOT doing what they asked (they threatened so!). Whatever happens, please keep your hands and ears inside the compartment and don’t panic. I barely know what I’m doing. I’ve…
Okay, so 2005 hasn’t gotten off to great start, but I expected it. How could I not? After a Chinese dinner with H.E., my fortune told me, “The current year will bring you much happiness.” Just my luck. It was New Year’s Eve at the time. December 31, 2004, and only a handful of hours before the “current year” was over. So 2005 began with pain and rain and doctor’s appointments. My computer nearly died, and my commute’s eerily fried,…
Bull. I’d rather win. The only problem is that it’s a popularity contest, and I usually don’t win that sort of thing. I came in 17th last year. Read my lips. 17th! And I was tied with someone else or two. How pathetic. So, hey. If you love me, please vote for me! Here’s the main page. And I show up here (at least three times in the list) and here. Even if I only make the top ten, I’ll…
First post of the year, and it’s kitty porn. This is a neighborhood cat, one that never lets strangers get close, least of all me. Yet somehow or other I managed to capture it with my camera. I actually took this shot on the first or second day of the year. The rest of the year has so far been stormy—rain after rain, after rain, after rain. It’s as cold and damp as a good day in Seattle. So I’ve…