What do people get out of rage tweeting/status updates? I’ve recently been somewhat befuddled by folks who watch something on TV (say, a particular channel or program) and then spend time posting anger filled tweets directed at said TV show. Now, I know there are “media” watchers whose job it is to blog or comment... Continue Reading →
My brain is frozen – I need the election to be over
16 plays Fantasy Football so on the weekends that he is here we spend Sunday obsessively tracking his team while watching the NFL game on Red Zone (switches from game to game only when teams are close to scoring - no commercials!) He plays in two leagues and both his games this week are going... Continue Reading →
Teaching my brain how to focus
Instead of constantly bitching about the shiny object syndrome that hampers nearly everyone's ability to focus, I decided to actively try and do something about it. I had already stopped obsessively reading my twitter timeline daily (yes, I stupidly used to actually try and do that. And? I sadly DID for a long time). I... Continue Reading →
May 19th – Hearth and Home
Catchy title eh? Ads a lovely delusion of grandeur to the much more boring reality that I basically stayed put and did chores 😉 OK, not entirely true. I did run out to Starbucks to grab breakfast. My cereal box for the week was empty and I didn't want to make eggs and I have... Continue Reading →
Oh Hi
February is the Monday of months according to the always currently relevant Garfield The Cat. It's also clearly Blogging Prevention Month around here. My writing energies are all used up by the pergola site. With the ebook on sale - one book sold last week! - I have to ramp up the promotion which means... Continue Reading →
Quirky things
I've been following a blog about a cat lovin' woman in Alabama for about 3-4 years now. She lives on a small farm with pigs & chickens & dogs & a shit-ton of cats. OK, to be fair, she is a foster kitty mama and has perfectly set up rooms in her farm house to... Continue Reading →
Vive le difference!
I've had occasion recently to notice the vast range of differences between individuals. Sure, we all know those exist on a large level, but these were examples that to me were more granular and pretty amusing. Some time ago on Facebook I posted this status "Hey, did anyone catch the license plate # of the... Continue Reading →
PSA for my twitter friends
Ways to avoid my personal Fail Whale (muting/blocking/reporting/unfollowing) I was going to tweet this, but it would have taken up over three tweets & my friends and I have an agreement that anything over three tweets is a blog post. MHO (My Humble Opinion for you longhand readers) on rules for twitter. Take them for... Continue Reading →
2010 in review – from WordPress stats. Kinda interesting!
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here's a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads Wow. Crunchy numbers The Louvre Museum has 8.5 million visitors per year. This blog was viewed about 87,000 times in 2010. If it were an exhibit at... Continue Reading →
Trees & Flowers & Birds! 