2006 December

It bugs me when I go to a business or charity type of site and find they have nothing extra to offer me. Not only is it harder and harder to find a real way of contacting anyone online but they are often really skimpy on content too. What are they saving it for? Why […]

I don’t understand the big emphasis on incoming links in deciding which sites are popular. It seems a very backwards way to judge the value of something. Especially when you consider how very easy it is to create as many incoming links as you can stand to create. Leave a comment in a blog and […]

Spam blogs, those which offer no original content (of their own making) yet flood their blog with Adsense and other get rich quick type of ads are known as splogs. I’m sure you’ve seen a few at least. Advertising has been around for years, on websites and all other forms of media. But, television, magazines, […]

One thing I really wanted to do with this site was bring together a list of resources (including sites and ezines) for plus sized women. So far I have only found a few that I really like on my own. I’m looking for some reader input here. If you have a site or know of […]

What else would you call the anniversary of your wedding once you have been divorced? If Alice in Wonderland can have an UnBirthday, I can have an UnWedding Anniversary. So today I did. I was married on December 14th, some year or other. It was a snowy day in a small Illinois town.
Today was another […]

Why are you online? What got you started? Chances are it had something to do with socializing. As great as it is to meet people from around the world while sitting in the comfort of your own home, it’s also a pressure cooker. In part being involved with any group can be a lot of […]

Wrapping paper and Christmas cards are part of the tradition but how about being even more creative and environmentally friendly? Sending online Christmas cards isn’t the same but it’s an alternative. If you buy cards get them in a box, buying a single card will cost a lot more. Plus you will have enough cards […]

Long ago when the Internet and its websites were still campy versus professional, there were webrings. I miss webrings. Sure, they are still around but it’s not the same. Webrings are just one more dinosaur leftover, not quite retro yet.
I’m not sure why they began to die off as a species. You can still find […]

I know a group of useless men who will answer any question you email them. I like to come up with questions for them. Some real, some in fun but I would really like to find a question that just totally stops them in their tracks. That question that even the Useless Men and One […]

I let him in because I knew a guy was coming to look at the furnace, sometime between 10 and 12:00am. He was there to look at the furnace and let the landlord (my brother) know if we needed a new one or could refurbish the old one. Maybe air conditioning too. So, I let […]