Tech says it’s time for a new post, and he’s right. I don’t participate in the Thursday Thirteen, but here’s an Unofficial Moving Thirteen. Getting word back from the Transportation Management Office (TMO) about whether your preferred move dates are good or not is nerve-wracking. Especially when you have to … Continue reading →
Zoe asked how to do widgets in WordPress. It took me a little figuring to get it the first time, too, so here’s a brief tutorial. In the WordPress Admin window, select Presentation, Widgets. On the sidebar arrangement, look under Available Widgets. You should see Text 1. If you don’t … Continue reading →
I finally got around to putting a widget for LibraryThing (random books from my library) in the sidebar. It’s way towards the bottom. I may play with its location, but for now, it’s hanging around below Search but above Trackbacks. I put the 200 book version at the bottom of … Continue reading →
I’m not sure how much I’ll be saying here over the next couple of months. I should be preparing to move — sorting stuff, deciding what I’m going to hand-carry in two trips, securing stuff that stays with the house — that kind of thing. I’m procrastinating, but I’m pushing … Continue reading →
Back at the end of January, I mentioned several of us were starting a virtual walk of the West Coast Trail in British Columbia. We were pleasantly surprised to hear from Parks Canada’s Metropolitan Outreach Officer after we finished the trail. It turns out he’d found our discussion of the … Continue reading →
About a week ago, a strange residential mini-dumpster showed up on my front curb (just like everyone else’s — Montgomery gives each household a mini-dumpster to roll out to the road up to twice a week for trash pick-up) . It wasn’t mine. Wasn’t my next door neighbor’s. I saw … Continue reading →
I think I said that a couple of posts ago, but it’s still true. I have lots going on and nothing. If that makes any sense to anyone. I think someone at one time or another said, “It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” I … Continue reading →
Thanks to TECH‘s insightful critique, you’ll be spared from experiencing my wimpy ending in Twilight. He took one for the team and highlighted many, if not all, of the places where Twilight leaves a reader wanting, and there are many. He did exactly what I hoped he’d do, and he … Continue reading →
In March, 2005, I had PRK surgery on my eyes. One year after the procedure, my vision had attained my pre-surgical best-correctable state: 20/15. Three years later, it’s slipped. The doc didn’t seem too concerned about it, but I am, getting a new prescription. Just slightly stronger, and it looks … Continue reading →
I know Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, hears this all the time, but he’s captured my world exquisitely in the storyline beginning February 12th. I’ve been living some version of this (at times multiple versions of this) for the last year. For me, it will end in early May. … Continue reading →