Believing is Seeing

Or is writing for the web (or anything else with the “the web” suffix) a  huge sucking black hole of time? I’ve taken to sitting out on the porch in the early morning to work ~ the weather is usually nice (it’s July) at this hour and I can use the fresh air to wake me up.

But outside or in, the trouble remains the same ~ all these diverting little side trails! you go to search for something, or just to find something on your desktop, and the next thing you know, you’re reading old forum posts on how to get and stay organized (that was the one I got to that struck me funny this morning!)

It started this morning with updates to my browser plugins, fer goshsakes! I should just skip them, but then I’m paranoid enough Continue reading “Is it just me?”

I just happened upon this really cool site, this evening, and I used the first four paragraphs of my last post here (which I didn’t think were too horror-rific! ;-)) as text for the software to analyze, and guess what ~ I write like Stephen King! Color me surprised! (and delighted, actually ~ no higher praise could I receive ~ seriously)

Give it a try ~ it’s a hoot! And have a most excellent day!
‘becca

Morning Song: You know how you wake up in the morning with a song playing in your head . . . and then it just goes on and on (and on and on, whether you want it to or not) singing in the recesses of your mind for hours or maybe even days?

Into Dust
Well, that’s the way it happens for me, most of the time. Sometimes, like yesterday, it’s not a good thing. I woke up from a horrendous nightmare and as I was making the bed I realized that the song playing in my head was “Into Dust” by Mazzy Star ~ excellent song, and I like it very much (else it wouldn’t be in the jukebox of my mind), but not the kind of song you want to start out your day with.

Usually, I can trace the song to something going on in the waking world, or the dreaming one, like yesterday. I had a nightmare Continue reading “You’ve got to ACcentuate the Positive”