Chuckle and Yecchh
Charles has a series of “Only In….” pictures that will provide both some chuckles and some groans.
Yearly Archives: 2003
Getting Better?
I was about to say that I would not wish this bug that has had me down for the past week on anyone.
But, on second thought, realizing how little I’ve been able or even wanted to do over the past week I might suggest it for a few select groups beginning with the members of the US House and Senate.
Tuesday’s Book
It has taken three days, now, to get a usable surge of energy, i.e., to feel a bit better. And, I haven’t read any more books since Tuesday.
Normally I read only one novel at a time. I might have 8, 10 or 12 non-fiction books going at once but only one novel and I’m about 180 pages into the current one: Quicksilver.
Tuesday, though, I could hardly keep my head off the pillow and Quicksilver is just too heavy to hold up where a pillow attached set of eyes could read it. So, I grabbed a small paper back instead. One I figured I could read in a day, even a sick day: Card’s Seventh Son.
Lite Blogging
Well, I’ve come down with a nasty cold, URI or some such thing. Started this past weekend and really began hammering last night.
I stayed home from work, slept most of the day and have no voice…
In between sleeps, since I couldn’t really move much, I managed to read a book which, if I get another bout of energy a little later, I’ll write a bit about.
Linking the New York Times
I might start reading the New York Times more frequently again. I had put them way down my list many months ago when they started breaking links to their articles.
Now, new to me, but apparently circulating in some circles since last June is a method for creating links to NYT articles that have some staying power though the process isn’t as simple as one might hope and might require a change your preferred Times reading method.
So, thanks to Kevin Drum for this tutorial (Hat tip to Lisa Williams who gave Kevin the pointer).
Via Outside the Beltway.
Update (11/25): Mary at Pacific Views adds this tip:
Aaron Swarz has a site that provides a link generator for NY Times articles after June 23. This utility is quite nice and provides you an easy way to take a standard NYTimes link and create the USERLAND link that will work forever when linked into a blog.
I have not tested this yet.