Monthly Archives: March 2008

Tanked Upgrade

My attempt to upgrade to WordPress 2.5 didn’t fare so well. Everything was peachy until it was time to run upgrade.php, which simply exited. No messages. No errors. No signs of success. Bupkis. Subsequent attempts to get to the admin panel were redirected to upgrade.php, with the same disastrous results.
Thank heavens for backups. [...]

Live Siderunnin’

Nearly a year has passed since the kick-ass alt.country group1 The Siderunners played their final show. Today, I was tickled to learn via the Evil Genius Chronicles that the Siderunners are making MP3s of their final live shows available for free download.
I became a huge Siderunners fan after hearing them on several EGC Clambakes, [...]

Cinderella Still Dances

As Davidson wins over Wisconsin, 73-56, and I prepare to watch the KU Jayhawks 40 minutes hence, a note to KU: don’t look past Villanova tonight. Do what got you to the dance, then immediately start looking at the Wildcats from Davidson. They are good.1
-k-

1 Lots of teams named Wildcats

They’re Tearing them a new one

Davidson leads Wisconsin, 69-50. 5:24 left. Hope the KU coaching staff reviews this game film very closely.
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More Hoops

Ahh, what to do? Davidson leads Wisconsin, who I had picked to lose to Kansas in the next round, 57-45. I like underdogs, and Davidson has already won a warm spot in my heart after they took Georgetown out of the tourney last weekend. I have a shot at winning the pool; a Wisconsin [...]

Leather Boots Are Still in Style for Manly Footwear

Race in Heels Trips Man on Workers Comp
Except, evidently, in Hartford CT.
Prosecutors say a video shows a Connecticut correction officer running a 40-yard-dash in women’s clothing and high heels _ at a time he had claimed he was too injured to work.
All this in a sincere, though misguided, effort to win Hannah Montana tickets. [...]

Our Faith is not in Vain

Christ is risen!
He is risen indeed!
Happy Easter to all.
-k-

Bye, Bye Georgetown

Of all the teams I’m glad to see punched out of the NCAA Tournament, I rank the Georgetown Hoyas at the head of the list. Ever since their former coach, John Thompson, became the first US Olympic bball coach not to make the medal round, because he used the Olympics as a [...]

New Header Graphic

I love folks who license their works via Creative Commons. From Flickr, and the kansasexplorer, the newest header graphic to adorn my shabby writing.
This is a picture of Nicodemus KS, a place a scant 50 or 60 miles from my hometown. I can’t adequately explain the significance of Nicodemus, so I’ll quote [...]

Back to the Twitter

You can take the old guy out of the Twitter, but you can’t take the Twitter out of the old guy. I’m back on Twitter, but this time not to the exclusion of the blog. No Twitter Asides either. If you’re burningly curious about what I say on the Twitter, follow the link [...]