For Roberto, who’s been by my side pretty much consistently for the past 27 years.. I wish you better health, more mobility and greater luck on PokerStars.net.

For Ivan, my best friend, web design partner, and partner in crime, I wish health, wealth, happiness and love. You did a lot to meet your goals for 2007, so let’s keep it up in 2008! And .. let’s you and I go chase some more business, huh?

For my long suffering friend, Jenn, may your heart find peace and a new love in 2008. (Next time try the launderette or health food store, those seem to be the trendy places to meet guys these days; but what do I know, I’ve always found mine in dark bars!)

Well, it COULD happen. I am currently running WP 2.1.2. I have found some way cool plugins that I want to try and I may as well upgrade all the way to 2.3.1 while I’m at it. So .. we’ll see what happens. Hope to see you guys on the other side.

Update

I had some database errors regarding the tables _categories and _post2cats due to the changes that were made between older versions of WP and 2.3, which changes cut very close to the bone. To shut it up in the meanwhile and so that some of my beloved plugins calm down (e.g., Mini-Blog and WP-Sticky), I restored those two databases from my prior backup (you DO backup your MySQL database before performing surgery on your blog, don’t you?). I’m not sure what long-term effect this will have on the legacy plugins since those two tables will no longer be updated with current data… Time will tell.

What’s New

Most of the stuff that’s new is on the backend, for me to play with. But I do have some things here that add to the front end of the blog too. On the More About Me page, I’ve added LastFMRecords which displays recently played tracks from my account at LastFM. On the Colophone page, I’ve added a plugin that lists all the plugins used on this site. It’s worth browsing to see if there’s anything there you might like. I’m also now using a Site Statistics plugin on the sidebar so you can see just how busy I’ve been here (or what a slacker I actually am when it comes to updating my own web sites).

I am going to figure out a way to keep this post at the top until the Kosovo issue is resolved. And it won’t get resolved any time soon as long as America has its nose over there. Lest anyone forget, here’s what happened the last time we showed up:

And we need to stay out of the Middle East for that matter. (I’m sure I wouldn’t have to look very hard to find supporting video for that either.)

I will say that this video is a graphic depiction of the horror and devastation of war. You may see things there that make you sick. That repulse you. That make you want to cry. That’s all good. It shows that you are human. I cry every time I watch this video. And I feel ashamed to be a citizen of the country that had such a big part in it. But NEVER forget the images you see here and never forget what we did.

Oh, and comments? They’re closed on this post because really, I’m not interested in your opposing views on this. Look, read, take to heart; or ignore it, but keep your illusions to yourself.