Is there anything lamer than having two “Sorry I no blog” posts in a row? But I seriously had a good reason. Seriously. Anyhoo, while I prep for the school year, here’s some nonsense. First my first feedback on Solar System Blues from someone who doesn’t know me and is therefore under no pressure to… Read More Content? Fie Upon Your “Content”
I blame Anthony Weiner. Sure, it could be the usual Summer Doldrums, wherein the sunshine and long, lazy nights make the idea of venting on the Internet seem dull puerile. And there’s a sting possibility that Crusader Kings has been eating into my blogging time. But I prefer to think that the prospect of commenting… Read More Severe Shortage of Craps to Give Ending
Some kind of head cold. The wife has it, too. Darling Daughter is thankfully immune. In Lieu of an update, enjoy some Radio Birdman:
(Dirk Gently reference.) Periods of time come when the thought of adding content to a blog puzzles the will. The evergreen political nonsense saps the spirit. Repeating the same arguments to the same applause sounds agonizingly dull. Besides, it’s springtime outside. The human animal was not meant to remain inside shut up with People Being Wrong… Read More Where the Hell I Have Been, or 70 is a Suffusion of Yello
…I found myself overladen with Things to Do. You know the story. Blogging will be light for the forseeable. Right now, enjoy some Dante: I found myself in dark woods, the right road lost. To tell about those woods is hard – so tangled and so rough And savage that thinking of it now, I… Read More Mid-Way on Our Life’s Journey…
One of the things I had in mind for this blog was a combination of my politics blog, Revolutionary Nonsense, with my music blog, Genre Confusion, mostly because writing two blogs was exhausting. And while my political writings shifted over here with ease, the music criticism hasn’t. Genre Confusion was about a lot of things (hatred of trendies… Read More I Write About the Rolling Stones
I changed the theme. I liked Esquire; I really did. The look was the best one I’ve had. But the functionality was nil. All the widgets got stuffed to the footer. I wanted to display my business more prominently. So, after clicking idly around, I settled on Grid Focus. Sure, it’s kind of newspapery, but… Read More I did it Again.
Last year, with Irene glowering down on us and a baby on the way, I went into a kind of proto-daddy super-protective fury: buying up pallets of bottled water, jerky, batteries, etc. Now, I’ve got Sandy about to give a big kiss to a blizzard/Nor’Easter. Gah. I don’t want to freak, but when the local… Read More Hurricane Sandy is About to Ruin My Weekend. Even if Nothing Happens
Yes, every now and then I’m going to refresh the theme of this place. I liked the Chunky Theme: it was uncluttered, and displayed everything in big bold letters. But I felt the need for some brightness, and Chunky was sedate in a turquoise kind of way. So welcome to Esquire. I’ve been eyeing it… Read More One Wants a Splash of Color
Exploding sinuses, gross phlegm expelling from all parts of my body. And the baby is teething, so I can’t quite get enough sleep. So that’s why no blog. You get to that point where you leave work and the last thing you want to do is aggregate the internet for ideas worth commenting on. It’s the… Read More I’ve Been Sick…
Content Blues 