Category: Blog

  • Today Started A New Gig

    Today I started a new consulting gig training in Quark. It’s a lot of fun. It’s also profitable, but the fun is the main draw for me. The gig should last about two weeks. For more on Quark, see these very active discussions on my blog: Quark vs. InDesign

  • Job Posting: Kissing Ass

    I found the below in a publicly posted job opening. Its good to know exactly what you want in an employee. “ If you have experience in the printing, copying and/or kissing ass/Graphic Arts fields please join our ranks. ”

  • The Cutthroat (and Sophomoric) Literary World

    A glitch this week in Amazon.com’s site software revealed the real names of thousands of people who had posted anonymous reviews of books… And it revealed a whole new world of cutthroat, petty, and often juvenile behavior among published authors and the literary community as a whole. Amazon glitch unmasks war of reviewers | CNET…

  • Response to “The Gay Marriage Thing”

    “ Pagans (from what I am told) don’t get married, they get hand fasted. Is hand fasting even valid according to the state/courts? ” No, it’s not legal in and of itself. Couples who become hand-fasted must either use a priestess licensed by the state to marry (not very many of them), or also go…

  • Must Read: World of Ends

    I don’t say “must read” very often in any context–much less to the diverse readership of my blog. This time, however, I say it. You must read the below web page. World of Ends: What the Internet Is and How to Stop Mistaking It for Something Else. “The Internet’s designers made sure the biggest, most…

  • Free Blog Makeover Contest – Act Now!

    Win a free, professionally designed makeover of your blog–no strings attached! Write me an essay telling me about your current blog, the blog of your dreams, and why yours should be the blog that wins a free makeover.

  • From the Pointlessly Extravagant File, #32

    Oh. My. God. What a shamelessly pointless extravagance. Moreover, what a naked ploy for men’s money. Photo by eWeek My Love Affair with Acer’s Ferrari Notebook “ Every other notebook I have ever had pales in comparison to my new Ferrari-branded notebook from Acer. Since I brought my new purchase home, my IBM T-40 has…

  • Carlie Brucia’s Body Found

    CNN.com – Carlie Brucia’s body found; murder charges filed – Feb. 6, 2004 God damn it! I wish they had found her alive. Eleven years old… We have an eight and a six year old. As a parent, the Carlie Brucia case, and all the news and contradictory advice about predators and how to foil…

  • “Queer Eye” Picked My Computer

    A Queer Eye for the Straight PC? According to an e-mail I got from someone referencing my post Computer Meltdown (restoration): “ BTW, your new computer looks like ‘Queer Eye’ picked it out. ” That’s funny. Thanks!

  • Brilliant Blog Award

    Karen gave me this! Brilliant Blog Award Comment on No Bloggies Nominations