The (Other) End of the Internet

Welcome back!First off, if you came here wanting to drop an EntreCard, you’ve probably noticed that the EntreCard widget has been removed. It has gotten very little use lately, largely because I barely can find time these days to maintain my own blog, never mind going to visit 300 other blogs every day. Also, it […]

Recently, someone posted a comment asking why I refer to my children as “Daughter Number One”, “Daughter Number Two”, and so on instead of just referring to them by name. This post is an answer to that comment.
The short answer, not to put too fine a point on it, is: my blog, my rules. I […]

I like to think I’m reasonably fair when moderating comments. Generally, as long as it is a valid comment that tells me the commenter actually read the post, I’ll go ahead and approve it.
The names that appear on some of those comments occasionally make me laugh out loud. I understand the concept of using […]

When I got home from the hospital today I was greeted with some really wonderful news. One of our web hosting providers (we use two of them) recently “upgraded” to a newer version of their software and, in the process, they managed to break our MySQL connections. For those who want to know what I […]

You guessed it. I just got back from yet another unexpected and unwanted vacation. This time it was because of an unexpected 5-day stay in the hospital. This time I can probably thank my gall bladder - or, more accuratly, my lack thereof.
Because I had to have it removed four or five years ago, there […]