Since WordPress 2.5 has Gravatar support, I’m attempting to add Gravatars to my blog template. Unfortunately, I just keep getting errors, or the default “no Gravatars” image (even for comment authors who I know have Gravatars, like me). I’m certain…
Stupid School!
I just found out that DeVry didn’t “package” my financial aid for this semester. Huh? I registered the day registration opened, or nearly so, as I recall. I wasn’t scheduled to graduate. I did everything I’m supposed to do, in…
SBQ: Essential Needlework Gear
Yay! Another Stitching Bloggers’ Question: What items do you consider essential to your needlework that you keep in your stitching bag The pattern, fabric, and ring of floss cards for my current project, the scroll bars or Q-Snaps or hoop…
Hump Day For You, Date Night For Us
It’s amazing how much a mid-week date can cheer you up! I do recommend regularly scheduled dates to anyone who has a significant other or others. Especially if you have kids! The girl went out, as usual. She surprised us…
Thank Goddess That’s Over
This was, officially, the Day of Driving All Over Atlanta. Since Sam did all of the driving, and I actually only had to go to one of the five scheduled appointments, it’s ridiculous that I’m even tired. My poor sweetie…
Weight Discrimination As Prevalent as Racial Discrimination
I was going to ask, “This is news to whom?” Then I realized that it’s perfectly likely that people who aren’t fat really don’t realize how much size discrimination there is, while it’s impossible for the rest of us to…
WordPress Upgrade Woes
Ack! I upgraded to the latest version of WordPress (2.5) yesterday, and now one of my favorite plug-ins (Now Reading) isn’t working! You can see the books I’m reading at the moment over there in the sidebar, and I can…
Book Joy! And Stuff
I’m so tickled! In the last two weeks, I’ve found not one, but two books that Sam and I have wanted for ages at good prices on eBay! First, I’ve been looking for Seeing Red: The Rapture of Redheads by…
Friday Links
It was a nice, boring day, which means I don’t have much to talk about. Happily, other people do. Open Relationships: What the World Already Has is a very good post over at Huffington by Jenny Block. I hope to…
Date Night Happiness
My sweetie had to run a bunch of errands before he got home last night, which shortened our date a bit. Groceries were needful, though. We had some delicious deli-style sandwiches after he got home, so there wasn’t a kitchen…