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Do not adjust your monitors….
Eagle-eyed readers may notice that the layout has changed a bit around here. I think that Earthlink has reduced the data transfer allowance for people using their bare-bones, free webspace that comes with basic membership, because I’ve been using up … Continue reading →
Awards! I get yer awards here!!!
In the last week, I’ve been given two awards by fellow brethren in Blogistan, which I take to mean that I didn’t return to blogging with any rust on my mad blogging skills whatsoever! Yay me! First up, SamuraiFrog has … Continue reading →
How it might have looked….
Rejected wallpaper for the Blog, originally uploaded by Jaquandor. In the weeks before I returned to blogging, I decided to tinker with the template a bit, and one idea I considered was making a photo montage to suggest the usual … Continue reading →
Tinkering….
I’ve been messing around with the look around here a little more. New life for the blog means some new window dressing is called for, no? Obviously I was finally able to flip-flop the two columns, which means that if … Continue reading →
On with the show!
OK, that’s it for the politics for a while. Here are a couple of nifty things I saw in the last day or two: :: xkcd continues to fill me with joy: I remember when my school district bought a … Continue reading →
President Obama
I’ve been holding this post in the back of my head for about two and a half months now, ever since Barack Obama delivered his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention. I haven’t written it until now, fearing in … Continue reading →
Notable Dispatches
Here are links to some of my favorite posts from this blog’s archives. 2004 In Review: Best Posts, 2004Questions about 2004, Answered 2005 In Review: Best Posts, 2005Questions about 2005, Answered 2006 In Review: Best Posts, 2006Questions about 2006, Answered … Continue reading →
MONTHLY ARCHIVES
Here are the monthly archives for Byzantium’s Shores. I put them in a separate post because I wanted to minimize clutter on my main page’s sidebar. 2002 FebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 2003 JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 2004 JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 2005 JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 2006 JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 2007 JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember 2008 JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugust(No … Continue reading →
It’s a magical world….
Farewell, my friends — farewell and hail!I’m off to seek the Holy Grail. I cannot tell you why.Remember, please, when I am gone, ‘Twas Aspiration led me on.Tiddlely-widdley tootle-oo,All I want is to stay with you,But here I go. Good-bye. -Clarence Day … Continue reading →
Something for Thursday
Last week’s post here was a cover of a Beatles song, and here I have another one. It’s the Beatles song I never thought I’d like — I mean, for years, I’ve hated this song. But then I watched the … Continue reading →