1. Yes, I too thought that guest posters would only be posting on the weekends (unless otherwise engaged by yours truly). Turns out we were both wrong.\n<\/p>\n
\n2. Site cryptography: when a certain Dasypus novemcinctus<\/i> reappears for his regular Friday dither, the knowing protein wisdom reader will be free to conclude from that reprise that a certain legal matter that has kept the randy armored rat otherwise engaged (he has been in Ninja training for the past month or so in the unlikely case that the justice of man fails us) has reached the preliminary stages of its conclusion.\n<\/p>\n
\nEither that, or the knowing protein wisdom reader will be free to conclude that the stupid bastard got kicked out of Ninja camp for trying to hump the hole in the middle of a throwing star.\n<\/p>\n
\n3. I am going to have to switch site software at some point, given that Expression Engine is just not working up to even minimal standards of networking effectiveness. This means, I believe, I’ll have to port my archives into Movable Type, then move them again to Word Press.\n<\/p>\n
\nAlso, when I lost my previous laptop computer—and the first hard drive on my desktop Mac—I lost not only all the email notifications from PayPal during my last fundraiser (sorry I haven’t written a thank you note to those of you who contributed, but I don’t know who you are, unless you sent me a separate email to me regular email address), but also the ability to use Photoshop. Anyone with Photoshop for Mac, therefore, is a lucky, lucky<\/i> person. \n<\/p>\n
\nLucky, and software rich.\n<\/p>\n
\nWhereas me? Not so much.\n<\/p>\n
\nOh, to be lucky again—particularly in advance of election season! \n<\/p>\n
\n4. Because my traffic has dropped considerably since this time last year (something I attribute not only to extended absences and an overall decline in the quality of my posts, but also to an inability to trackback to other sites, and a reluctance on the part of other site owners to link me, given that links to my posts reveal only the comments, from time to time), I am going to make a concerted effort, in the upcoming months after my legal wranglings subside, to improve things around here.\n<\/p>\n
\nThis will be my final big push, though. If it doesn’t take, it doesn’t take. \n<\/p>\n
\nBut we’ll always have Paris.\n<\/p>\n
\n5. Did I mention that those of you with Photoshop for Mac are just plain lucky<\/i>? Man, what I wouldn’t give to be so lucky.\n<\/p>\n
\n6. Well, except $600 that I don’t have, I mean. I was speaking colloquially.\n<\/p>\n
\n7. Since others are already posting here this morning, I guess that means I can take some time off to play ‘hit the Cheerio’ with my kid. He’s in for a whoopin’, though, as I’m a crack shot. \n<\/p>\n
\n8. This message won’t self destruct. So, sorry, but you’re going to have to eat the thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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