The Right Now’s?

Quick list and a mini-movie

I’m feeling lazy about posting this week, so I’ll just put up my quick list and leave you with a video I enjoyed.
Most Important Tasks

Tweaks for one client
Write back to theme-creation inquiry
Tweaks for another client

The reward
Subscription to All You magazine, which I’ve been tempting myself with for several months.

Find a Playspace online

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Okay, I don’t have kids yet (well, the one I have is doing all the playing he wants in the womb!) but I came across the KaBOOM Playspace Finder the other day and thought it was a great idea.
It’s basically a Google Maps mashup that lets visitors review “playspaces” (by which I’m [...]

Upcoming Olympic sports?

From the August 2008 issue of Parents (given to me at BlogHer):

I really like Katie’s idea.

Why I’m Not a Right-Wing Nutjob

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Where to start? I guess a good place would be the fact that I am not supporting any particular presidential candidate at this point; I haven’t done enough research to justify support yet. I’m a long-time conservative, but I’m getting more moderate by the year (in part thanks to stupid conservatives). It’s also [...]

Car shopping: a rental test drive?

photo credit: xfuture911
I’ve heard lots of discussions about renting vs. buying big items, and I pretty much sum up the best advice this way: Rent things you use less than a couple times a year; buy things you use more.
Very straightforward. (Of course, there are probably some exceptions, but it’s a good rule of [...]

Happiness, Delivered

After staying up till 1am to complete Monday’s tasks (the book writing in particular), and then the book again last night till almost midnight, plus rising with the mister at 5:30am today, I’m pretty well beat. The core book writing is done and I’m whupped.
I’ve spent today catching up on the neglected clients and projects. [...]