the lightbulb just went on. I have a hook for the longer version of SimpleWeb – “a tale of two gerbils” – structure the whole thing around putting together a specific project, in this case, the home page for Antom and Maurice (RIP).
I link because I love.
“according to my blog’s opinion poll…” 😉
christ on a crutch…John Hiler is only 27 – I never would’ve guessed.
“John W Dean made this announcement : He’s gonna reveal the identity of Deep Throat on June 17th.” [quote cite] wow. Watergate is a part of my mental landscape, tho I wasn’t born until it was all over. (The very day Nixon was pardoned.) Why is a relatively long story for another day.
linky goodness: text arc –
text arc – must play with this later
a glossary of terms useful in critiquing sci-fi – I just wish it had an index.
20 faces – serif fonts used for book text, with commentary
so after a spate of
so after a spate of small notes to self, wacky links, etc., I feel the desire to ‘blog a little more extensively, more in the journaling style of old. but at the same time I’m hesitant.
it’s the usual dilemma of a public journal – how much of what I write here can be a private expression, and how much is by necessity my “happiest, shiniest self” (damn, I wish I could remember that quote from the sweater – K?). and oddly enough, I’m fascinated by that dilemma, like a knife’s edge that causes both pleasure and pain, because it speaks on a deeper level to a tweak in my psyche.
it’s not easy for me to be honest.
friends may (or may not, I don’t know) mark this as strange, because I usually treasure honesty. but I’ve realized lately that I tend to prevaricate, waffle and spin when I feel that I’ve not done my best. it’s difficult to admit not only outright failure, but even less-than-optimal results. and I find most results of events in my life to be less than optimal, and I’m often embarrassed by my motivations. thus the little white lies.
but no more. if the truth is not as I like it, and I can’t bring myself to say the unvarnished truth, then silence will have to do. (“i’m sorry i flaked out on you,” and no more.)
this thought, perhaps, to be continued later.
and I can’t figure out
except that…well…I can’t find or
static footer demo – because
static footer demo – because I’m a geek.
tonight I’m gonna integrate this into my new site, I swear.