Monthly Archives: January 2008

America Re-Rising

America Re-Rising, originally uploaded by grabbingsand.

Couldn’t Go Even If I Wanted To

Perhaps someone should let Facebook know that dear Porter is unlikely to perform tomorrow night. iLike | Porter Wagoner | Facebook via kwout The fault, I suppose, lies with Ticketmaster. Given their monopolistic power, who knows? Maybe they’ve still got Mr Wagoner under contract to perform. Surely wouldn’t make his classic murder ballad “The Cold

Restructuralized

Updated the permalink structure for my blog. Not sure why I hadn’t before. Anywho … existing post-specific links built the old way (with “/index.php/archives/” stuck in the middle) ought to still work. I think. If not, let me know. Also, thinking about installing the WP Super Cache plug-in to try and speed things up around

Word Weary

I’m getting tired of a few words. Most of all, I’m ready to retire “comeback” from my vocabulary, at least for the next few months. Basically, if you’re name isn’t LL Cool J — just letting me know what your momma said or something — then I don’t want to hear it. And let’s just

No Alarms And No Surprises

It’s been awhile since I got my meme on, so I’m picking up one from Alyssa* and seeing where it goes. Based on a familiar list of 17 issues questions, each one weighted from care to not, this quiz purports to play matchmaker with one’s dream candidate. Here’s how I turned out: 88% Chris Dodd85%

This Would’ve Been Cool Two Years Ago

There was a time when I would’ve been all about 3DRadio, a new product unveiled today in Las Vegas at CES. It’s described as “TIVO for Radio.” I know I’ve used that very same phrase, mainly because there would be times that I knew I’d be at work or at rehearsal, right when something cool

Obscuriosity: Week 1

I gave some thought to diving into the daily responsibility of Project 365. That’s the group on Flickr where you take a photo a day, like David does. Even more challenging is the group that Amber belongs to, the one that pledges to post a daily self-portrait. My finger hovered over the trigger, but I

Frozen Fountain

Frozen Fountain, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. In Roswell.

That’s Like Six Cents A Shakespearean Play

The Giants Of Literature, originally uploaded by grabbingsand. Even cheaper if it includes Cardenio.

Everybody has won, and all must have prizes

`What I was going to say,’ said the Dodo in an offended tone, `was, that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race.’ `What is a Caucus-race?’ said Alice; not that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that somebody ought to speak, and no