I figured after my last horse post, I should post something beautiful. From Tom McM.
A couple or three links
Unexpected caller.
The phone rang just as I was headed to bed last night, and it was COUSIN GERALD, whom I had never actually spoken to….
Hello..
Is this Allegra?
Yes, who’m I talking to?
This is Braden’s Grandfather!
GERALD!!!!! I squealed, after the shoe dropped…
He’s in town for a conference, and man, it was great to hear his voice. He’s not here long enough for us to get together, pout, but it was quite a boost for my spirits.
Worth it just for the comments
Heh. I’m watching Band of Brothers with my brother
Seems a little recursive, and somehow, so fitting.
I’ve decided to pass on Jericho tonight – I know, just because the weather is iffy doesn’t mean I shouldn’t go, but I just feel blah – and concentrate on more domestic activities. Wednesday I’m dining out with Asha and we’re going to do what women have been doing for millennia – chinwag about the hopelessly inappropriate people their children are sleeping with – for all the berloody good it will do us or anyone. Thursday, the Luddite will appear for dinner bearing too much chocolate. Not for me, for Jeff.
Look at what the Repulsigans are doing!
Site problems
Jeff sat me down with Google Tools this morning and it appears I owe a certain person an explanation. When my site got hijacked at least one person immediately stopped being able to access it on a mobile device, which should have tweaked me to investigate. Since it wasn’t affecting me, I didn’t. Everything should be working now – if there appears to be something broken, let me know.
Ooooo new theme
The way this blog looks is governed by a canned ‘theme’ which we get off the wordpress site. The reason we had to take the blog down briefly was because my previous theme was not safe – it ended up full of crappy spammy code, which was a surprise and not a pleasant one. The upgrade set the theme back to the default, and now what you see should be the newly chosen theme (which I kinda did on the fly, and on the basis of “Is it clean, can you see the archives, and do the old links appear to work? with much input from Jeff).
Anyway, I have to thank Jeff for finding and fixing the problems, multiple, because I would have continued to be cruising along, fat dumb and happy, without noticing that there was something seriously wrong. Also the site should run faster.
Site is back up!
The site is back up and now running the latest version of WordPress. Bonus: search is now working. In fact, it’s better than before: it now searches comments as well.
You may have noticed that the site looks different. That’s because it’s using the default theme. Allegra will remedy that in the near future.
Site is down for upgrade
The site may appear to be up, but we’re in the process of upgrading it, so please hold off posting and commenting until about 4pm PST or we give the all-clear.
The lasagna’s in the oven and the kids are coming over
That is all….
Jet and Sparky move it, work it, move it
v. relaxed
I finally figured out Mike’s evil plan… the recreational event last night featured a hot tub, and I soaked (and stretched) for a very long time. This morning I lay in bed and contemplated that I wasn’t experiencing any pain for the first time in a long time. As soon as I sat down in a conventional chair, that all stopped, but at least I was pain free for a few hours, and today I’m all slow and stupid with relief.
Katie and Keith are both supposed to show up today. If they do I’ll cook them a meal but I will wait until they get here to plot what.
Today, laundry and puttering, at least until the kids arrive. I had to tell Katie not to bother with a mother’s day present (Keith is smart enough to know he doesn’t have to bother) but that I would enjoy it if she turned up. I’m thinking tortillas… it’s enough of a production to be mildly festive. And, of course, if you feel like it, you can read my Mother’s Day homily, which pretty much encapsulates my feelings on the subject.
Off topic
Here’s a pic that just makes me go…. Yuck!
And here’s one… mOm – what kind of bird is this?
Just got back from Brentwood Mall, where I ate brunch with Keith and Jeff and ScaryClown. Yup, ScaryClown and Jeff have finally met. Now all of my adoptive brothers have met my real one….
So I get off the bus and walk down the hill
And the first thing I see is some flags. The building I used to live in is out of the picture on the left.
And then I see this really bizarre railing. There’s something… wrong…. about it. I guess those rounded metal prongs are there for a reason, but what???
I keep walking down the hill. Blechhhh. Who’s been throwing crap in the fountain?
Damn, I just noticed my battery is REALLY low. More later.
Sundry and various plus HDR
A picture of Vancouver at night in HDR format.
It’ll make a nice break from Tetris on my phone.
Guess where I’m going tonight? You can tell Mike has been here! We fed him halibut and salad and ice cream and fresh mango last night. We also drank beer and watched BSG. And traded bodywork, it would hardly be like seeing Mike if that didn’t happen. I might as well just leave the massage table set up in the living room, but I’m trying to fix it so you can drink beer, watch tv and get worked on at the same time and my tiny pea brain can’t fathom a solution.