Bush speaking on John Kerry's character: "You can't be a leader and send mexed miss -- mixed messages."
A Drivel Runs Through It
Thursday, September 30, 2004
Bush speaking on John Kerry's character: "You can't be a leader and send mexed miss -- mixed messages."
Wednesday, September 29, 2004
I am so excited, if a bit overwhelmed. This Friday and Saturday, the Montana Festival of the Book takes place in Missoula. I've been to all four previous bookfests, and I absolutely love it. If you like reading and/or writing, you owe it to yourself to try to attend some of it.
Details from a UM publication:
The fifth annual Montana Festival of the Book will feature more than 80 authors and presenters in nearly 50 free public readings, discussions, exhibits and more. The festival runs through Saturday, Oct. 2, at downtown venues. Highlights include Friday's free showing of the movie "Fight Club" and Saturday's gala reading with authors Chuck Palahniuk, James Lee Burke and Mark Spragg at 7:30 p.m. Both events take place at the Wilma Theatre. A detailed schedule is online.
Sunday is the Dump Bush Rally, billed as the "red state rebellion." This is a locally organized event, with a rally from 2-4 p.m. in Caras Park. Come join us and help throw the bums out!
Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Thanks to excellent advice from Martha and Rennan, my style sheet now appears to be working on the comments and archives. Each will receive a jar of huckleberry jam for their very appreciated efforts. Guys, send me your snail-mail addresses!
I am still tinkering with the masthead alignment problem; I think I'm getting close. Apparently there is some sort of conflict between the float attribute and javascript in IE. Bear with me.
When I got home from work last Monday, I found a message telling me my Great-Auntie Nan's health had gone downhill fast. Her lung cancer had spread to her brain and she wasn't expected to last much longer. I flew to Portland Tuesday morning. When I arrived, Nan was still lucid and we were able to say our goodbyes. For the next several days, I was honored to help her daughter Kat make her final days as comfortable as possible. Nan went peacefully Saturday night at home, with Kat and me at her side.
I returned to Missoula late Sunday night and took Monday off to recoup. I will post a tribute to Nan within the next few days; in the meantime, let me just say that the world is a better place for her presence in it, and I am a better person for her presence in my life.
Godspeed, Nan. Big, big love.
Monday, September 20, 2004
A big THANK YOU to those who have stopped by and welcomed me back. It's so nice to think I was missed!
The masthead seems to have stopped working in Internet Explorer. (Another reason to hate Microsoft.) I'm posting this from work -- my first remote post, hope it works! -- so bear with me till I can get home and try to fix it.
And I'm still desperately seeking a solution to my comments/style sheet problem. Anyone?
Sunday, September 19, 2004
If you want to comment, you will need to either log in to Blogger or post "anonymously." If you choose the latter, I hope you will leave your name so that I know who you are! I wish Blogger didn't handle comments this way ....
Well, after two months of fussing and futzing, I have a new website. Ta da!
Please note my new feed URL: http://www.patiastephens.com/atom.xml. (If you don't know what this means, don't worry about it.)
Here's why I've been gone so long:
A week after I returned from my DC/NYC trip in mid-July, my computer fell victim to SCDS (Sudden Computer Death Syndrome). It took me a couple of weeks to get a new hard drive installed and restore my applications and documents (those that weren't irretrievably lost, that is, due to my laziness about backing up). I chose not to reinstall Radio UserLand on my computer, but instead switch to Blogger, which offers web-based blogging capabilities. While I was at it, I decided to rebuild my website and teach myself CSS in the process.
This all may have been a bit overambitious, particularly since I started grad school three weeks ago. However, all's well that ends well, as they say, and hopefully this project will end soon. One problem remains, and out of sheer exhaustion I have decided to throw myself at the mercy of my readers (assuming I still have any). Can anyone help me figure out why my style sheet is not being applied to my archived posts and comments? I will send a jar of huckleberry jam to whoever helps me solve this!
You can email me at cowgrrrl.3376666@bloglines.com.
In the meantime, comments are welcome; just ignore the ugliness and scroll down to where it says "Post comment." I especially welcome feedback about things that aren't working or need improvement. Thanks!
