Category: Notables

Sites I felt like linking to – mainly so I remember to add them to their appropriate places on the sidebar when I rearrange it tomororw:

– #!/usr/bin/girl: I used to read Zannah’s site all the time when I first blogged. Somehow a few designs later she got lost, but I’m adding her back now!
– Thanks to Mermaniac, I just learned “How to Become a Lapsed Catholic Quickly and Easily“.
– I knew Liz was cool before, but now she is da’bomb. We have twin glasses! How is that for cool?
– Booboolina: I’ve been reading it from a shortcut for awhile, it’s time to add it to the list.
– Pixels in Time is another site I’ve enjoyed visiting lately, and I’ll keep coming back for more. Gotta love anyone with 3 cats.
– Not for the sidebar, but you can check out the US Olympic Team online. They even have a section for kids which Jason is looking forward to checking out tomorrow. You can also order the *cough*stupid-looking*cough* beret that they wore in the opening ceremony last night, where Sting performed with Yo Yo Ma, which was super cool.

I just discovered H-Town Blogs! w00t! Other bloggers, right here in Houston. Of course I find out after their happy hour – although Thursday night I had Scouts and a horrible migraine, but still! Oh well, maybe next month! I’m just psyched that we have a group! And as an interesting side note, as I surfed the other member blogs, I noticed Christopher talking about “Molly gigs”. I wonder if he’s talking about the local band, Molly & The Ringwalds? I’ve actually seen them before at the Ale House, which I heard last week is now gone, and that’s a shame because it was so wonderful! Like we need another parking lot in Houston! Or maybe a strip mall!

Added Later: Well, a poke through Christopher’s archives revealed he was talking about the same Molly & the Ringwalds! My friend Tom knows Alfred, who plays in the band with Christopher. Now I am starting to sound like a scene out of Ferris Bueller. So let’s just say this – I’ve been there, they rocked, they played The Judys, they played other great ’80s hits (you can see their playlist). I was happy.

No, no, not me! Linh has her site all dressed up with skins! Yeah! It looks GREAT Linh! Glad my half-asleep e-mail message made sense! Now I have to wrap up the tutorial for Amy on how to skin MT blogs. There are just a few little twists in there, like how to skin the comment windows.

One last time because it’s the last day: Anti-Bloggies.com > Vote. I would like the Most Updated Blog. You can leave the rest of the fields blank if you want. In the true spirit of the Anti-Bloggies, I should add that Robyn would like the Bad Hair Blog award. And I think she promised Davezilla some girl-on-girl kissing action if she wins it. I promised to have my photo taken kissing the blogger of his choice at SXSW. Or him, since he’ll be there. It’s his choice, he can pick himself! So vote for us. Come on, you know you want to.

I had a migraine yesterday – a pretty bad one by the time I got home last night. I still have it today, but not as bad. Last night I could manage to whip out the new design, but reading blogs was just too much for my eyes to handle. So I settled in with the Tivo remote and the laptop and let the creativity flow as I caught up on the shows on TV. I have to stop and take a moment to thank Chris Pirillo – first for the hysterical laughter I got out of watching Wednesday’s episode of Call for Help . Yes, it was the Daily Wav bit where Chris kept playing the “I’m a geek, not a nerd” file. Two or three times. And then I rewound the Tivo to watch it again. I was cracking up. Then, just as I made my 1am post last night, Todd called. I had been to quiet, he & Robyn wanted to check on me. (Awwww, shucks! I was feeling the love!) I reassured him that I just had a migraine and was just being an introvert but was otherwise in a wonderful mood. (Thanks to Todd for letting me babble about my latest work news!) As we were getting off the phone, Robyn told him to tell me to go to Chris Pirillo’s site. I already had the laptop turned off though … but after a few minutes the pull was too strong, I couldn’t take it any more. I’m glad I did – I laughed my ass off over their latest family arguement. Huge round of applause for Gretchen Pirillo for her *awesome* talent in that role there. I loved it. And Sprocket! Oh my goodness. (I wonder if Sprocket has a blog yet – I mean he put an ad on Craig’s List, he should be able to handle MovableType!) The best cure for a migraine might just be laughter, you know? So thank you to everyone for making it a little better!