Jan 17, 2005 | Changes
First Post, First Post! Oh, wait, this is my site. Sheesh.
Ok, so I’m tentatively back. Since I have access to the editor, might as well post. However, there are lots of site improvements still to take place and that means for the moment only the Front-page works. You can click all you want on the links in the menu bar but not much is going to happen. If you are like all those small lab rats who just has to “prove it for themselves” go ahead and click away. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to rig a shock into the link so you should be safe. I think. Otherwise, you can take my word for it–I’ll keep everyone posted as all the new “goodies” go live. There should be far more than I want if IZ has anything to say about it. (Sheesh, give the boy a new toy. . . grumble)
Anyhow, I should be back and blogging full steam later in the week (also known as tomorrow!). Keep safe people, I know how you like to party on MLKJ day.
UPDATE: You may now leave comments. Currently, I’m nursing a migraine so commenting is as close to new material as you are going to get.
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Jan 13, 2005 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up
If you’ve been checking in on Evidently you’ve been seeing some strange
happenings. One minute a site’s here and the next it is
gone.
My apologies!
Evidently was hacked – seriously.
Between the barrage of porn and gambling advertising – I had no choice
but to take the server down and reconstitute Evidently onto a different
platform.
Wende was none too pleased… but she’ll be back from
her hiatus soon – and I’m sure she’ll have a lot to say about spammers,
pornographers, gamblers, and life in general.
Meanwhile, please forgive if this site keeps coming live and going down – just getting the building blocks in place.
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Feb 2, 2004 | Changes
When Pigs Fly
While I’ve been remiss at posting on this humble blog, I have been very busy crafting its replacement. I’ve decided to go ahead and launch the new site, even though there are still several elements that remain to be “perfected”. I’m opting for the “progress not perfection” model. It seems to work in real life, why not my blog? As well, it’s a practical decision to roll out the new site before it’s completely finished–it’s just too much of a pain to double post and try to keep two blogs rolling along. So… it’s official. Low flying pork ahead.
A few notes for those who head over to the new page. . .
Layout: As I mentioned before, there are some elements still in progress. Not every page you click on will load or load with the appropriate template. My apologies. I will continue to post updates on the site when new features are available. So, stay tuned. As well, since I use Netscape and most of my readers use Explorer, there might be a few programming glitches in the way things present themselves (i.e. headers too large, fonts look strange). I’m working to resolve this short of hosting separate sites for each of the different browsers. Hopefully, most of these issues will be resolved shortly.
Content: The blog (the only page plus archives at the moment) is not empty. As also hinted at above, I’ve been posting there most of January in order to test things out and get a feel for the new operating system. There are posts and comments from my lovely “BETA” testers. . . So, don’t let all the posts confuse you. I just needed to practice a bit before going “live”.
Features: Perhaps the largest change (beyond the obvious new template) is that I’m no longer using Blogger to host my site–This was an EASY decision. Perhaps more difficult was the choice to stop using Haloscan for commenting. I’ve been ambivalent about allowing comments and had decided when I moved to my own site, I would dump Haloscan and commenting altogether. However, after much grumbling from certain parties. . . the new site will have modified commenting features. Sometimes you will be given the option to post comments and other times I’m going to be the blog tyrant that I am and restrict access. This is a lovely new “power” bestowed by the operating system. So, what does this mean? Well, it means when you see a link to comment… PLEASE DO! Even if it’s off topic. If you don’t find a comment link under a post, feel free to email me. I will be posting the best of the comments and responses on a weekly basis. Yes, you can be famous! Ok, infamous, maybe!
Finally, I just want to say THANK YOU to all my readers (all three of you!) for your loyalty and patience as I’ve hacked away here for the past few years. I hope you will enjoy the new site and continue to read and post.
That about does it. Without further comment: THIS SITE HAS MOVED TO WWW.EVIDENTLY.ORG. Go there now!
Jan 28, 2004 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up
Free Will
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): The task you’ll be faced with this week
reminds me of what Australian TV personality Steve Irwin did a few weeks
ago. No, you won’t have to literally stand next to a 13-foot crocodile and
feed it a hunk of meat by hand while cradling a baby in your other arm.
But you may very well have to be fierce and tender at the same time, or
wild and protective, or daring and loving.
Great. Just great. What’s next?
Jan 27, 2004 | This Life
Wipe that silly grin off your face!
Well, I’m just a little too happy for my own good. Proof of this is the state of my apartment. It’s a mess and I’m hardly motivated to clean it–despite my foray into organizational bliss when I crafted the now infamous three-page “to clean list”. Nothing motivates me, not even the knowledge that the new semester is rapidly approaching. No, instead of endeavoring to find my inner domestic goddess, I’m opting to sneak away for romantic walks with the lovely IZ. Who needs a clean house when one hand holds a coffee and the other holds the hand of a beautiful man? I ask you, what more do you need?
What I need is a good dose of my typical depressive self. IZ is fond of pointing out that there is a direct correlation between the health of our relationship and the state of our abode. The same can be said of my mental state. I keep trying to pick a fight with the boy–I clean best when miffed. “I’ll show him! You’ll be able to eat off my floors when I’m finished scouring this kitchen. Teach him to call me, difficult!” Short of a good fight, I will just have to settle for a temporary stint in depression. There is no other choice… must think GLUM thoughts. Like this:
I am depressed. And I almost like it. Depression is seductive: it offends and teases, frightens you and draws you in, tempting you with its promise of sweet oblivion, then overwhelming you with a nearly sexual power, squirming past your defenses, dissolving your will, invading the tired spirit so utterly that it becomes difficult to recall that you ever lived without it. . . or to imagine that you might live that way again. With all the guile of Satan himself, depression persuades you that its invasion was all your own idea, that you wanted it all along. It fogs the part of the brain that reasons, that knows right and wrong. It captures you with its warm, guilty, hateful pleasures, and, worst of all, it become familiar. All at once, you find yourself in thrall to the very thing that most terrifies you. Your work slides, your friendships slide, your marriage slides, but you scarcely notice: to be depressed is to be half in love with disaster. Stephen L. Carter: The Emperor of Ocean Park.
In my case, my apartment doesn’t slide, it gets thoroughly cleaned. Yet, lately, try as I might, I just can’t do it. Maybe because the beautiful man just made me a perfect Mocha.
The clean apartment will have to wait.
Jan 26, 2004 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up
Fortune Cookie
People find it difficult to resist your persuasive manner.~From tonight’s Chinese dinner.
You can start sending your checks to me any day now. 🙂
Jan 25, 2004 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up
The Missing Link
Between loads of laundry and scratching off chores completed on my “needs to be cleaned before the next semester starts” list, I have been rebuilding my list of links. This is no small feat, considering two years of links disappeared with the new operational install. Compound that with my faulty recall and there is a whole lot of “google-ing” going on. Slowly, but surely, I’m finding them. If only the same could be said of my memory.
For your consideration I offer the following conversation:
me: IZ? What’s that thing in the bathroom called that you weigh yourself on?
IZ: A scale?
Alzheimer’s can’t be far behind.
This brings up a interesting conundrum for me regarding the new site which should be going live in the next week or so. To Link or Not to Link? At present moment I do not have a reciprocal linking list. While, it’s an unwritten law in the blogging world among the equally qualified hacks out there: You link to me, I’ll link to you–I’m not in the mood to play by the rules. However, it gets me thinking about how best to organize all these links. And even though I’m still leaning towards “NOT” (as I am with dumping Haloscan and commenting) I’ve compiled a few category suggestions:
1. I know them, but they don’t know me: People I stalk.
2. The Twenty-somethings: People who don’t know any better but think they do.
3. Obligatory links: People who know where I live and will hunt me down if I don’t link them.
4. Classics, Standards, and Jason Kottke: this is obvious right?
5. Everything you ever wanted to know. AKA: Google.
6. Everything I pretend to read but really don’t.
7. “Pining” for home: People who post from Seattle
8. You know you want to…(some things are best left unexplained)
I’m sure there are more… but I want to scratch off “Laundry” from the list, so I’d better get. ~~Wen
Jan 19, 2004 | You Can't Make This Stuff Up
Speaking of the cat…
Jan 19, 2004 | This Life
Reprieve
I was supposed to have a meeting this morning to discuss my Special Reading Course with my advisor. But when I hauled myself out of bed at 8 to check my email I received a reprieve. I wasn’t dreading the meeting… I just really wanted to sleep. I think this foggy weather is getting to me, honestly. No vim an vigor when it’s murky outside. That and the major “task” at hand is laundry which can zap the energy of any strapping young woman. So, I bundled off to bed with the blinds closed and passed out. You would be surprised how much the sound of typing becomes white noise when you are really determined to be lazy. Rather soothing, really. Poor IZ didn’t fair as well. His computer screen did not herald a similar fate… so, he’s been toiling away while at his terminal… which, frankly, might be the death of him! So… guess I had better go rescue him with a Latte.
Jan 18, 2004 | Cat girl
In-Box
I’ve been cleaning out my email in-box and found a few gems… this one is from IZ:
HOW TO BATHE THE CAT
1. Thoroughly clean toilet.
2. Lift both lids and add shampoo.
3. Find and soothe cat as you carry him to bathroom.
4. In one swift move, place cat in toilet, close both lids, and stand on
top so cat cannot escape.
5. The cat will self agitate and produce ample suds. (Ignore ruckus from
inside toilet; cat is enjoying this.)
6. Flush toilet 3 or 4 times. This provides power rinse, which is quite
effective. Cat is too big to go anywhere.
7. Have someone open outside door, stand as far from toilet as possible and
quickly lift both lids.
8. Clean cat will rocket out of the toilet and outdoors, where he will air
dry.
Cat will return when hungry.
Sincerely, The dog
Sadly, this reminds me of “kitty doorbell.”
