Only a really good friend would be paying enough attention to my tiny problems as to notice that in her google feed reader, she could access blog posts going back to 2006. So now I have a text file with everything I’ve posted since about…<checks> November of 2006. It will take time, and it will be ugly, but I should be able to put some old posts back on the site. Thanks a million, Barb.
UPDATE: Strangely, a large portion of the posts seem to have come from 17 Nov 06. Hrm. Oh wells, at least I have the content…
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I want a good way to:
- Automagically backup my blog on a weekly basis
- A Flickr-like photo gallery that I can integrate into WordPress
- A secure site to which I can backup my laptop’s hard drive
- a place to host my delicious library
- a solid RSS feed from the site
- integration with Facebook – both ways
- integrate with livejournal? mebbe?
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http://www.ftrain.com/robot_exclusion_protocol.html
This is one of those great stories that I wanted to preserve forever with this blog. Heh. Follow the link above, or I’ve copied the text below against the possibility that the author’s website will disappear. Continue reading Great short story
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Aaaaand we’re back.
Just reinstalled after a complete blog blank that took out 5 years of writing and personal history. It’s entirely my doing – it’s what I get for not instituting a proper backup policy. Still, there was a lot there I’m sorry to have lost. Expect changes and random outages for a little bit.
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“You can’t possibly mean to hurt me with that weapon.”
“Why not?” Mina raised the gun, aiming down the sights. Slowly, deliberately, she angled it to point at his groin.
His eyes widened briefly, then he smiled. “I’m a vampire.”
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- Sacred Samhain
- Halloween
- Third Harvest
- Festival of Pomona
- Day of the Dead
- Feast of Spirits
- Witches’ New Year
- Samana
- Celtic Winter
- etc.
This is it – the big daddy, the most important of all Pagan holy days. Not to mention my favorite. While this day is of little astronomical significance, it is both Pagan New Year (for many sects) and the feast of the dead for several religions. On this day, the veils between worlds are thin, and we welcome our loved ones back from across the veil. Some may leave food out for them, others light lanterns to guide their loved ones home.
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…hear me roar!
- Front door painted
- Old nasty caulk in bathrooms replaced
- Light switch and (freakin’ heavy) fan replaced in Crash’s old office
- Big, tall wall in master bath painted
Now I’m off to get sauced on dessert wine.
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- Ostara
- Vernal Equinox
- First Day of Spring
7:70 PM (EST) 20 March 2007
Astronomically:
Today, Day and Night are equal – sort of. (Because the Sun becomes visible before it is actually above the horizon, this day is not an equilux. Darn refraction of the atmosphere!)
The Earth’s equatorial plane and the plane of the ecliptic (the plane of our orbit around the sun) are aligned. (The Earth is upright!) Today the sun rises exactly in the East and sets in the West. From now until the Solstice, the equatorial plane tilts further and further South, causing the Sun to appear to head North – it will seem to rise in the ENE instead of the East. The Northern Hemisphere gets warmer as we receive an increasing % of the Sun’s thermal energy.
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Oh, and the Broads have our first big show this weekend. This is the type of event that can draw 10s of thousands of people. If we’re lucky, very, very lucky, this could be a big weekend for us. I’m going to make as much inventory as I can get cranked out between here and Saturday morning.
Wish us luck!
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Why am I still at YSC? Why do I continue to work under these conditions?
- Everywhere you work, there’s something crack-headed going on. People are stupid.
- I need the income, especially with the tax bill/new mortgage application that’s about to happen.
- I hate the idea of walking out when this job could be perfect.
- I hate what it would do to my resume.
- I hate admitting defeat.
Why do I want to go?
- I complain a lot about YSC. Mostly, I’m just letting off steam so I can think straight. However, the same rants keep coming up over and over, and my efforts to make people understand the problems and fix them just aren’t working. Nobody’s listening.
- I enjoy a challenge. I enjoy problem solving. Fixing problems bourne of others’ stupidity while having the basic tools to do my job removed from my control is not fun. It is not enjoyable. It’s non-productive, and a simple waste of time – if you think things through BEFORE implementing them, these problems should never crop up.
- Lastly, surprisingly, I’m under-used. There’s so much bullshit in the form of fighting bad process and stupid tools that I can’t actually WRITE and as a result, I spend a lot of my time with my thumb up my ass and shrugging my shoulders. (Followed by a panic when somebody finally FIXES something and I have to make up a week’s work in a day or so.) YSC, and I, would probably be MUCH happier with a contractor in this position. More importantly, my boss should be fired.
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