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Just a Tip…

I have seen posts around the weblog world about people signing up for NaNoWriMo. (No, I am not one of them. I am not that crazy – have too much to do already!) I realized this morning that if you are doing that and you are using MT to record your writing, you can also use it to count your words! All you need is the Word count plugin for Movable Type from the Kalsey Consulting Group!

Other nifty plug-ins that I need to run myself include the On this day…, the Sanitize plugin (more on that here), related entries plugin (sample code at Unmade) and many more. Matter of fact, the Kalsey Consulting MT archives are right here if you want some more ideas! (And Kymberlie? They have MTAmazon Sample Templates here.) There are a lot of other plugins listed at the MT Resources page. Check them out!

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Houston History…

Everyone keeps telling me that Houston isn’t as bad as I think it is, so now I need to read through websites containing information such as 166 Years of History, The Modern Skyline, The Houston Heritage Society (I enjoyed their Annual Candlelight Tour last time I went), Bayou Bend (the home of Miss Ima Hogg!), and Houston Wet, “a web documentary about the city of Houston, a subdivision that sunk, the flag on the moon … and how we’re building on Earth.” Maybe then I’ll finally agree that Houston is a wonderful city. Then again, we had a subdivision sink … you don’t get quality action like that just anywhere! [via Get Donkey!]

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Hey! What Happened?

Did something change to the blogs that are now running MT 2.5? Earlier, I was at Robyn’s site and I went to link to her. She has already upgraded to MT 2.5 and I haven’t yet (ahhh, the pitfalls of having a social life!) I noticed that when I use my MT 2.21 bookmarklet, I no longer get a list of posts to choose from to TrackBack ping. Dude! What’s up with that? I want my list back!

What? Did I say that *I* have a social life? Yes, it seems to be true. It’s quite nice too, although it doesn’t leave a ton of time for things like upgrading MT. Last night I went out for dinner with Elaine & her husband Kenny, Kathy & her husband Tom, Robert, Oscar, Sky, Joe, EJ, Sherry, and Mike. After dinner most of us headed over to Ashbury’s and I had a great talk with EJ, Sherry & Mike about kids and other things. All in all, when it was said and done it was a fantastic time.

Today has been spent doing the fun house things like laundry, vacuuming, dusting … ah, the pleasures of life. Then I took Mike out to the airport so he could head off for Holland & London for a week. I am glad I parked and went in with him – he almost had to stay behind! They issued him a paper ticket instead of an e-ticket, but didn’t tell him – so he never got the ticket! All turned out ok in the end, it was just a matter of going to the ticketing counter, getting them to issue a new one, and then he was off. I offered to go along to carry his suitcase for him but he didn’t take me up on it. Damn. And I really wanted to go meet D and Ann!

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Today’s Dedication…

I have decided to dedicate today to Robyn and Todd. I may not be a Sooner, but I’m an Aggie so I’m sworn to cheer for anyone out to beat the hell out of “tu”! (or “texas” as Robyn would say.)

I went out earlier to get some milk and noticed all the tu fans heading in to the local sports bar across the street. When I noticed the guy in the burnt orange shirt, I rolled down my window and yelled out a hearty “Boomer Sooner!!!” just for Robyn & Todd!

The game is on and I need to go cheer. They are counting on me…

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Ping, Ping, Ping!

A new feature added over at Picture Yourself? You can now ping the entries! Ping! Ping! So if you want to ping the photos there – now you can!