Scattershot
Thank you for the kind birthday wishes; they are truly appreciated. The day itself was rather uneventful, which is what I wanted. I live too much of a jet-set lifestyle1 as it is, so the downtime was valuable. Also, I should have known that Verticus would be the only person to pick up on the Last Tango reference. Is he a film scholar, a pervert, or both?
My employer's fiscal year ends with January, so this is a rather spastic time for me, filled with post-holiday recaps, preparations for annual reviews2, last-ditch efforts toward project completion, and trying to use the remaining vacation days before they are lost forever. (Nope, no payout option is offered.) All this activity has an unpleasant effect on the attitudes of my co-workers, so the new year tends to start with an escalation of stress. This, in turn, leads to a reduction in side-writing.
One of my computers has also suffered a hardware failure, so I'm spending some time sucking the last bits of data from the hard drive before it spins its last. Ah, yes, I love working on computers, I forgot3. Fortunately I still have three more at home to fill in the gaps.
It seems that Blogger is now going to start forcing people to switch to their new version. For people who use BlogSpot the bugs seem to have been worked out. Unfortunately, those of us who own our own domains and have arcane back-stage set-ups have not been so lucky. If the "upgrade" goes badly you may not hear from me for a couple of months4 while I build a new site from scratch on another platform5. I'll let you know.
1: We call this sarcasm.
2: Reviewing the performance of my team is something I enjoy only slightly less than reviewing my own performance. Someday I should write about the pointlessness of the entire endeavor.
3: This is a lie.
4: I'll be even busier than usual with the day job from now until April, so the time to spend building templates and learning new syntax will be very limited.
5: Ye, yes, I should have done it years ago, but if it ain't broke...
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Happy Belated Birthday!
I turn 39 in 4 days.
Since you and Verticus are referencing movies, I have some movie trivia for you: what '70's movie/musical pays tribute to both of our birthdays?
You said...
"If the "upgrade" goes badly you may not hear from me for a couple of months4 while I build a new site from scratch on another platform5."
A couple of months? If you need a hand, give me a call. We'll do it Aminsh-style, and bust it out in a day. I love building sites.
Instead of saying, "I love building sites" should I have said, "I heart building sites". Can you please explain why people on the web say "heart"6?
6. I'm not being sarcastic.
Gus:
The "couple of months" thing is intentional hyperbole. I am a project manager, so I always build in extra time in case something goes wrong.
Also, the "I heart" thing is NYC's fault, based on bumper stickers created (I believe) during the city's backruptcy. The stickers simply said "I {heart shape} N Y". Since it's a pain in the ass for people to type the extended code for the symbol, and many platforms won't let you enter HTML entities in a comment window, "I heart" became a goofy shorthand.
I ⋡ weird Internet trivia.
See, they don't always work.
Thanks for explaining that.
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The answer to my movie triva question was the musical "Hair".
"When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love wll steer the stars
This is the dawning of the age of ..."
Damn, I got so wrapped up in the heart thing I forgot to answer your question, and I even knew the answer. When I was a wee slip of a lad I sang that song in a chorus performance. Of course, that's all I have in common with "hair" these days.
Happy (belated) Birthday! :)
My 21st birthday was when Jupiter aligned with Mars. It was!
I switched to Wordpress. I like it SO much better--easy to upload photos, I love the categories you can create, I like the designs better. I just like it better, period.
Happy Birthday
:::::Tossing confetti in the air::::: Happy BELATED Birthday. Sorry I missed it.
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