Monthly Archives: February 2009

survived migration

So I decided to migrate the blog to a new server – easy, right? Well, it’s not so easy when your site uses a lot of plugins that leave less-than-clean database code behind. So the first three attempts at getting the posts moved were frustrating: partial uploads, errors, etc. For those of you who follow

i guess i am a reader, after all

At least if this quiz is any indicator (hat tip to sprite for this online quiz): What Kind of Reader Are You? Your Result: Literate Good Citizen   You read to inform or entertain yourself, but you’re not nerdy about it. You’ve read most major classics (in school) and you have a favorite genre or

monday musings (tuesday edition)

Since we last met, I’ve been skiing in Colorado (great time – proper post coming soon, though the new header image is from this trip) and spent a weekend in Chicago, where sprite had her annual meeting (inconveniently planned to occur on her birthday). There are plenty of pics from both adventures over at my

monday musings – mid-week edition.

Stuff that’s been in my head: Long before Markos at DailyKos said it, I argued that Obama’s secret way of funding the bailout package is to name high-profile tax evaders to his cabinet and other high-level governmental positions: as they are named, they are vetted, smoked out and must pay. Soon enough, the bailout will