Okay, they did. Here’s how to ask tech questions of experts on Forum and Message thread sites. I wish I knew this a month ago!

I feel like I’ve been running in place for a really long time. Well…a year. It FEELS like a long time. I moved my blogs over to a site I own and started the WordPress.org blogs and within two months the shownotes for the podcast had ground to a halt. I’ve had to break, replace, and do everything except purchase a new domain. I’ve spent, by my calculations, over 36 complete and actual hours on the phone with “tech...

Dear Mr. Riordan, As an educator, a former production and executive assistant in Hollywood, and an aspiring YA novelist I just wanted to send some sympathy your way. My 9 year old son and I—both fans of your book The Lightning Thief—went to see the new film version of it last Friday. My 9 year old really loved it—with caveats. I was willing to go along with the inevitable book-to-film discrepancies for most of the movie. I...

Ah! The new year! Last year I spent the First doing little more than spinning silk. This year I did that on the 31st. Heaven. Finished off a pile of Polworth from the last SOAR I went to. Light worsted. I have very little faith that I’ll be able to spin regularly this year either, but perhaps now that the wedding knitting is done… I have learned that ANY fiber prep has to happen during the cooler months. I just can’t seem to...

So a few days ago I spent over an hour writing and refining a new post–it’s been so long since I wrote rather than just uploaded pictures. I went to click “Publish” and Safari (I’m thinkin’) had a little argument with WordPress and…my ENTIRE database was erased. It took a couple of days to figure out what to do and how to fix it. So…a short post for now to make sure I don’t destroy...

Grown men left these… Really? Didja NOT know that kids in pre-school manage to throw out their own trash!? And this is in the rich edge of town. Hate that attitude…just had to vent…over-developed sense of injustice according to an old roommate.