Upgraded

It’s always a good idea to let a little time go by before you upgrade anything, especially your personal site’s content management system. Plus, I’m scared to death to screw up my database. All the same, I went and upgraded this site to Word Press 2.0.whatever. And I think it... Read more...

The Comment Spammers Are Here!

For some reason, my post on the Wiccan war dead has inspired a little flurry of comment / link spammers. Typically, the comment is something like, "Gee, this had all the information I needed," or "This blog is easy to navigate." When I follow the link to the commenter's website, it's a "link farm" site designed to pull in content-based advertising. Read more...

New (Old) Posts

If you're one of the handful of people who regularly read this blog (hi!), you'll notice some new posts in the Archives. I'm slowly moving my old LiveJournal posts over to this blog. The posts date from 2003 and forward, so it's a real trip into the way-back machine. Three years ago was a different world for me! Read more...

Wiccan War Dead Discrimination

I've made it pretty clear, both in this blog and in my personal life, that I am not a religious person. In fact, I've ranted against the negative efforts of some faiths on scientific and medical progress. However, I will always support a person's right to have faith in whatever it is that gives them comfort. I saw something today that raised that particular set of hackles. Read more...