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Not Dead Yet!
I can’t believe I let this website nearly die. It has been over a year since my last post and I am still kickin’. I am doing better than this blog. My apologies to all of you thinking you shoulda … Continue reading
Posted in Code & Graphics, One Foot In, One Foot Out
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What My Other Foot Wants…
…My other foot should get. No doubt you’ve heard of “The Bucket List.” I haven’t seen the movie yet, but I understand the premise. Well, I don’t want to copy the title, but it is, in fact, a bucket list. … Continue reading
Posted in The Bucket List
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Suicide On The Installment Plan
I believed in the black eye — “I would rather fight than switch” (the advertising slogan of Tereyton cigarettes) — but I finally quit almost 9 years ago. After smoking cigarettes for 35 years and pot for 20, I’m finally … Continue reading
Posted in One Foot In
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My Kinda Music: MAROON5
Not a whole lotta real pleasures in my life these days. I really love spending most of my time on this computer, building websites, working with graphics. I also enjoy a few television programs and occasionally I will watch Late … Continue reading
Posted in One Foot Out
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How To: Posting Images In WordPress
A couple of days ago, my new friend, Nancy, asked me how I posted pictures in my blog – the way the text was wrapped around the images instead of beginning at the bottom edge of the image. I’m glad … Continue reading
Posted in Code & Graphics
Tagged code, css, float image, html, margin, pixel, text wrap, wordpress
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I AM The Mad Modder
“The Mad Modder” was a tag I picked up sometime in 2003. I was known as “Grump” for a long time – not an undeserved nick-name – and in ’03, I was hanging out a lot in case modding forums. … Continue reading
Posted in Code & Graphics, One Foot Out
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My Thoughts About WordPress
Although I had planned for a long time to start a blog (I think I made my first effort in 1993 or 4), I had never decided on what script to use until just a couple days ago. I was … Continue reading
Posted in Code & Graphics
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The Bad News First
I should consider myself lucky that I’ve made it through life this far. My childhood was filled with accidents and I prob’ly cheated death a few times. Broke several bones, or dislocated them. Pulled some hair-brained stunts and was involved … Continue reading