For Bloggers

Memes, hacks, scripts, and other stuff I’ve created or modified for bloggers.

week
30
year
3

Super Heroes

Batman began. Spider-Man swung in twice. The Hulk wasn’t that incred­i­ble. Catwoman barely scratched up a nod. DareDevil dared, then stum­bled blindly into the Elektra spin­off. HellBoy, Constantine, and Blade Frankensteined hor­rorific comic book ink

»

week
22
year
3

Targeted!

Ever been tar­geted by someone–maybe an enemy you didn’t know existed? Or maybe it was friend soured. It could even have been by a total stranger, cruel or vin­dic­tive, pick­ing you at ran­dom or mak­ing you

»

week
21
year
3

Defining Childhood Event

If asked to pick just one, what event of your child­hood most shaped the per­son you are now? We are all the sum of our laugh­ter and tears. As chil­dren, events occur in and

»

week
18
year
3

Daydreaming

Standing in line. Waiting for that down­load. Sitting in traf­fic. Ignoring the commercials.

At such cere­brally relaxed moments, fer­tile imag­i­na­tions may wan­der into worlds sep­a­rated from this by a gen­tle nudge or a vio­lent shove. Daydreaming

»

week
17
year
3

I Don't Like To Talk About...

This Slant can be glibly answered with a trite response about a phở­bia or dis­like (e.g. “I don’t like to talk about about spi­ders or pol­i­tics”), but I entreat you to

»

week
16
year
3

I Wish I Was...

Somewhere? Someone? With…? Without…? More…? Less…?

No mat­ter how self-aware, how happy you are with your life, locale, and per­son, there is always room for improve­ment. What do you want to change? What,

»

week
15
year
3

Enough Is Enough

Pushed far enough, every­one will even­tu­ally push back. Where lies the line between tak­ing it, rolling with it, or suck­ing it up, and snap­ping, push­ing back, or giv­ing as good is dif­fer­ent with each

»

week
14
year
3

Recent Scare

In the last two years, what was the scari­est moment you recall? It’s a sim­ple ques­tion, loaded with impli­ca­tions. I won’t con­t­a­m­i­nate the results by pro­vid­ing exam­ples. Be as hon­est as your con­science (and readership)

»

week
13
year
3

A Different Kind of Question

I nearly didn’t post a Saturday Slant this week. I wasn’t feel­ing much like com­ing up with a whim­si­cal diversionary query.

The Saturday Slant began as a means of explor­ing deeper thought and

»

week
12
year
3

Moving Dead Bodies

Friends, they say, help you move. Real friends, they also say, help you move bod­ies. While I don’t expect any­one to admit ask­ing a friend to move a body–unless one has an anony­mous blog–there

»

week
11
year
3

World's Worst Boss

If you’ve been in the labor force for a few years, you have had the mis­for­tune of work­ing for a bad boss at one time or another. What was he like? What made him

»

week
10
year
3

Statuesque

The town coun­cil has announced its intent to erect a new statue in front of the town hall. Since there are enough stat­ues about town of the founder, explor­ers, and other long-dead fig­ures, the coun­cil has

»

week
9
year
3

The Best Decision I Ever Made Was...

What? Choosing to marry your some­one spe­cial? Having a child? Making a career change? Divorcing that some­one who wasn’t as spe­cial as s/he used to be? Going back to school?

»

week
8
year
3

Urgent Spring

Though only late February, Spring is in the air. Crocus have blos­somed along­side the daf­fodils, and the sun­light clings to day just a lit­tle bit longer. About this time of year Spring urges grip our

»

week
7
year
3

If I Were Paris Hilton...

That’s it. No expo­si­tion this time because I don’t want to bias your response. If you were Paris Hilton…what?

How are other peo­ple Slanting? Check the com­ments! Leave a link to your

»

week
5
year
3

Banished Into A Faery Tale

If you were ban­ished from real­ity into a faery tale of your choice, which would it be, which char­ac­ter would you choose to become, and why?

Would you be Snow White, des­tined to

»

week
4
year
3

Sweetheart Re-Met

Think back through the warmer side of your love life, the rela­tion­ships you’ve been party to. Remember your sweet­hearts’ faces, the scents of their hair, that lit­tle some­thing each did that turned up the corners

»

week
3
year
3

Going Back To High School

Peggy Sue wake up. One ordi­nary night you rest your head upon the pil­low and slip gen­tly into the Sandman’s embrace, but he releases you back into your teenage self. Back in

»

week
2
year
3

I've always wanted but been afraid to...

We all have a desire to do, say, expe­ri­ence, be some­thing, but have never acted upon that desire due to fear. It’s a new year, a new Slanted year. Carpe

»

week
1
year
3

If I were King (or Queen) of the World...

A very sim­ple ques­tion, loaded with untold pos­si­bil­ity. Apropos for the first ques­tion of this, the third year of the Saturday Slant. If you were sud­denly elected King

»

week
33
year
2

Naughty Little Impulse

What is your naughty lit­tle impulse never acted upon? Ever wanted to kiss your boss? Do you often feel like telling your mother-in-law that she’s a self-centered, con­trol­ling witch—over Thanksgiving Dinner? Do you sometimes

»

week
32
year
2

Worst Travelling Experience

Whether you were fly­ing back home for the hol­i­days, dri­ving across town for aunt Liz’s wed­ding, or globe trot­ting for busi­ness, odds are good you’ve expe­ri­enced some­thing bad. Tell us about your most embarrassing

»

Navigation

Latest Video

Upcoming Webinars

Testimonials

  • [I learned] many, many skills, including some I can use for immediate application.
    —Roger K.
  • You gave me ePublishing and more today. Thank you so much…I can exceed our web stuff and be in more control, give better information in better ways, and give [our publications] vavavoom!
    —Penny, Genius Solutions, Inc.
  • Very thorough!…[Pariah] clearly knows a ton about the whole world of eBooks. The InDesign work will help me produce my first eBook with the “enhanced” features that I didn’t know how to do.
    —Tali, Astrostyle