Hey, honey? David? I really want Firefly – The Complete Series”this.
Just so I have it handy, here are the Television Without Pity recaps just to remind me of what it was about. Gorram Alliance Network suits.
And I have to figure out the whole gorram wiki thing, too – if they get the links working later maybe.
Will have to check this out much more later, too. Yawn
We woke up this morning to find that the faucet in the garage – the freshly repaired faucet with the nice cozy insulation and foam jacked tucked around it – had frozen again. Fortunately, no breaks or leaks. We decided to leave the heat on “normal” all day, leave the hall bath faucet dripping, and hope for the best. David got some tips on adding venting to the inside wall so the faucet gets warm air from the bathroom heat (and yes, I’m thinking the hall bath is going to be hella cold all winter, too. Aren’t you?).
Was it any coincidence that Steve emailed a demand today that we initiate Plan Hawaii2005 Gamma and start the momentous task of planning The Return To The Mothership?
I think not.
The only serious problem I have with implementing Plan Hawaii2005 Gamma is that it is NOT Plan Hawaii2004 Gamma.
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Isn’t this beautiful?
Hunkabutta: Tokyo photos, a stranger’s life in pictures
I ran across it when browsing mediatinker’s helpful and attractive site. And also in the same search came across it again via the great Tokyo Shoes blog tutorial.
I’m impressed by the design aesthetics of the pages and blown away by the gorgeous images. I spent two weeks in Japan, and no picture of mine comes close to these in quality.
Man, I wish I could take pictures like these.
And I hope I remembered right that “Utsukushii” means “beautiful.”
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Well, I went to the MT movabletype.org : Support Forum rather a lot, reeely. And I went to a number of helpful webpages, like ***Dave and so on. And I got the most annoying thing fixed, which was the top line of the border enclosing the blog entries disappearing. But the solid line that appears under the topmost date always disappears on first loading, and reappears after a scrolling refresh. And you know what? That’s… okay.
Just let it go, Louie, let it go.
I added line-height yadda yadda according to Project Whiteguy, I went into the comments listing template following a suggestion from an MT post, and then I tinkered around with padding and margins.
And nothing worked. And that’s… okay.
There are just a few niggling little nits to pick (other than the horrible design) of this page, and the main one is that stupid bug that makes text disappear and reappear in IE6. I’ve tried various fixes noted at the MT forum and the Holly Hack is installed, along with a sprinkling of other suggested fixes.
And the line under the topmost date still disappears when refreshed, then reappears if the page is scrolled down and back up.
ARRRGGGGgggghhhhhh.
I knew there were other fellow parishioners out there:
Contra Costa Times | 11/09/2003 | Worshipping at TiVo’s shrine
A woman in the article mentions that she’d give up her hair dryer or maybe her cell phone before she’d give up TiVo.
Hmm. I”d give up cordless phones or maaaaybe the microwave before I’d give up TiVo. No, wait – need popcorn sometimes. I’d give up cordless phones.
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Our buddy Steve called about the time we were wondering what to do about dinner with only frozen chicken and some green beans in the fridge.
“Hell, yes, we’ll meet you and your friends for pizza at Gino’s East!”
We didn’t know everyone there that well, but several pitchers of Coke and a black olive-pepperoni-garlic deep dish pizza later, it was much more betta.
Oh. My. God. That extra garlic with the olives totally MADE that pizza work. Golf claps were awarded to the person who chose the ingredients. It was a fine time and it was nice seeing some familiar faces and getting better acquainted.
Of the many topics of conversation covered (such as Steve’s continued attempts to find companionship through a dating service) this one was the best.
Arr arr arrrrr!!! (I said this a lot earlier today when fooling with templates)
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movabletype.org : Support Forum
Ugh. Comments background still messed up. Color changes screw up text, which appears after scrolling down then back up. Ugh.
I am such a newbie.
Rands In Repose: MOVEABLE TYPE
This archive post from Rands was helpful, well-reasoned, and led me to his current post, “Editor Religion.” The reasons for blogging will duly be printed out via DYMO and stuck somewhere I can see it from the keyboard.
Today’s blog tasks: more fixing of happy crappy background color horrorshows, possibly toning down some of the color choices.
Today’s tasks requiring me to be dragged bodily away from the keyboard: my GOD, what the hell happened to the house? It looks like the Before segment on “Clean Sweep.”
Today’s shopping goals (for those who hate to shop): Go ta Woodfield. Get some stuff at Eddie Bauer to replace old Eddie Bauer stuff that has holes in it. Get some other stuff (not at Victoria’s Secret though. Too smelly and girly)
Task(s) most likely to be blown off: housework and shopping.
My God. Not long ago, I read the biography of Samuel Pepys by Claire Tomalin – mentioned it in an earlier entry, in fact. I’d been thinking recently that if Pepys were alive today, he’d be a celebrity blogger. Turns out he already is.
This project is incredible. Though I do wonder if he left all the naughty bits in – must read that later. If so, this isn’t a blog for reading at work.
And duly noted – won’t add trackbacks, as they seem to cause problems for the site creator, Phil Gyford.
My own blog gets just a little tweaking, I think. I’m a little old for pulling all-nighters anymore. Oy.
And so (in a little while) to bed.