Anger makes you smaller, while forgiveness forces you to grow beyond what you were.
Well it merely a "sleep" away and I will be off on my four day kayak adventure!
Tonight it is stuff and pack time. To bed early so we can be off to pick up the kayak we are renting, load it and be off before the currents turn and have us swept out to the ocean. Well ok I don't think they will be that bad but if we can get a free ride or have an easier day crossing Rosario Strait to get to the islands then why not?
Anyway no posts over the weekend! Have a great Labor Day Weekend if your in the USA.
I happened upon the GeoURL site last night when I was looking at sites that linked to my own. I was so intrigued that I made the changes to my site so I could be listed too!
So what is this all about? Basically you enter some extra meta tag information on your own site (which the GeoURL site will help you generate), and then ping your site from the GeoURL site which adds you to their database. Basically you have just added your geographical location to a database.
Then you add a little code to your site which when clicked will show visitors other sites that are geographically close to your own. More correctly it is where the owners of the sites are located, as I am sure most people do not put where their site is hosted.
So this is a quick and easy little tweak to add to your site that 'puts you on the map' so to speak!
Ok so I know Kapers is not spelt like that, however it makes for a great title!
This long weekend I am going on my first sea kayaking trip in the San Juan's. A 4 day, 3 night adventure camping on three different islands. Staring with James Island after a crossing from Annacortes, moving up to tiny Doe island and then sweeping back down through Obstruction Pass down to Spencer Spit, before returning to Annacortes on Tuesday.
No doubt I shall write a lengthy entry and post some photos of this trip.
Preparations are underway as I type for this wonderful weekend!
Assumptions are the termites of relationships.
Most people rust out due to lack of challenge. Few people rust out due to overuse.
If you read my newsletter you will know I started sending it again yesterday.
Just a quick thanks to all the people who wrote in and wished me the best. Thanks for the kind words on my divorce. I appreciated hearing I am not the only person who has gone through one.
Anyway I love it that so many people get a kick out of my newsletter and am looking forward to getting the next one together!
This was a movie I saw in the cinemas, then my friend Eric had a copy so I wanted to see what the extras were like on the DVD.
Firstly as far as the movie goes if you like Will Ferell and crude jokes you will like this movie. Actually it is worth seeing just for the streaking scene that features Will.
As for the extras on the DVD, there are some great deleted scenes, an Actor's Studio spoof with all the main actors and the director and some funny bloopers and outtakes. A nice set of extras that kept the laughs rolling for a little longer.
To sum up I think this is a great movie to sit down with a pizza and beer/wine and just have a good laugh!
If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
Well I have taken the plunge and started publishing my newsletter again. The first being sent to day explaining why I went AWOL for the past six months!
I am using Newsletter Ease to help manage subscriptions and putting together content. I am not 100% happy with the way it works but I know the author Brett will iron out the bugs and give users the access anbd control they need.
To be perfect I would like to be able to select whether my subscribers get the text of HTML version of the newsletter. Currently I cannot.
It also needs to implement a double opt-in system to be perfect.
Anyway have a read of the newsletter and feel free to comment on what I have planned for future issues.
There is no remedy for love but to love more.
Well I have been driving my new little red Miata around this week with the top down. It may seem small on the freeway but it is quick and nimble!
I have a little aesthetic work to do on it but otherwise it is pretty much perfect. The major job is replacing the soft top rear window. The hardtop is going on a hanger I am making for the garage. Thanks to the wealth of information out there on the net for both of these projects instead of having to spend hundreds of dollars, I will need to spend only a few.
Once again an example of how the net can save you money!
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man,
but he is braver five minutes longer.
Farming looks mighty easy
when your plow is a pencil,
and you're a thousand miles
from the corn field.
Just a quick note. My blog has not been working.
We have been updating out hosting server. It is in a new facility. The server itself is lightning fast. A lot to update everyone on. I shall do that later though.
For starters you will see my site now uses CSS for layout. I will update the blog to reflect this in the next few days.
Another quickie, I have a new baby, a Miata. Thanks to my friend Eric who wanted me to get one so I could drive in club parades and Bill Cooper for making sure it was as mechanically perfect as possible!