Monthly Archives: November 2005

I’m not as bad as this

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Sometimes, I look at this ol’ blog, and bemoan its Heinz 57 nature. I mean, the domain name doesn’t match the blog title, the tagline matches neither of those, and the favicon is an “off-the-rack” tribute to the fact that I’m a NASCAR fan. Each item was chosen because it’s stuff I like; over time, it will morph into something more cohesive, if cohesion is important.

But, I’m at least not like Pajamas Media, who is still trying to find its ass with both hands. A visit to pajamasmedia.com invites a visit to osm.org, where you’re presented with the new Pajamas Media logo, as well as a “portal” to top headlines, and some self-flagellation about what PM/OSM/whatever should be. Note: I’m not linking to, nor cutting and pasting from either site, since their original TOS seemed to indicate such activities are verboten. Their corporate name, OSM Media, should translate to Open Source Media Media, except that they fell all over themselves apologizing and backing away from the term and URL “opensourcemedia”, the latter being already taken and all. So maybe OSM is just another Three_Letter_Acronym. Talk about “branding” problems.

So, when you stop by here, it might look like things have been lashed together with stuff I could find (they were), but it was done totally in the absence of $3.5 million of venture funding.

-k-

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More administrivia

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When you only have 5 or 6 readers, people ask questions. And having only 5 or 6 readers, I’m naturally sensitive to their needs. So, in the upper left of this page, there’s now a link titled “About Your Host”. Or click here.

We’re here to serve in tbbs-land, we are.

-k-

Heckuva Job, Brownie

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James Slusher of The Chair and Automan fame, links to this story about Michael “Heckuva Job” Brown’s new post-FEMA gig. James says this is the standard by which irony is defined. And I agree with that.

I’d also say this could morph into one of those neat interweb games. You can play at home; fill in the blanks below:

Michael Brown starting a disaster planning firm is like insert some person’s name insert action.

For example, Michael Brown starting a disaster planning firm is like Jack the Ripper opening a modeling agency. Or like Jerry Falwell opening a brothel. Or like the Amish suddenly buying Chevy 4x4s. Or old coots like me blogging.
-k-

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13 Pounds of smoked goodness

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And four more hours until din-din, but progress looks good:

Turkey

This is about 4 hours into the process,the cooking takes place from now on. And yes, we check them internal temperatures before serving.

-k-

PS: Yep,we even wash the prep area here in tbbs-land. Full service, don’cha know?

Happy Thanksgiving, the verse part

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Come ye thankful people come,
Raise the song of harvest home!

All is safely gathered in,
Ere the winter storms begin;

God our Maker, doth provide
For our wants to be supplied:

Come to God’s own temple, come,
Raise the song of harvest home.

From our house to yours, through the internets, be well, be happy, love each other, and be safe.

-k-

In your minds eye, imagine the turkey picture shifted to the right with the above verse appearing to the immediate left, and nicely spaced from top to bottom.

Perhaps one day I’ll be able to give thanks for being an HTML-web-layout-maven; today’s not the day.