Walter Mitty Reimagined...

Well, my website is all fucked up again. It's there - more or less. Backgrounds are hit or miss, images are hit or miss, stories are hit or miss. So I sent a note to Mediacom (my ISP) which basically told them to fuck off. I think I'm going to go with GoDaddy - they have a good reputation, aren't that expensive, and their tech people were very quick and very nice in answering my earlier questions.

I also installed Google Chrome, but I'm not sure I'm going to stay with that. It's faster (ie, doesn't bog down finding sites) but it uses tabs exclusively, which I hate, and doesn't have the Google toolbar and in general is clumsier to navigate and use than Firefox - and when I'm opening various sites, while simultaneously searching for stuff and have a couple different programs I'm using... the time wasted having to minimize everything on Chrome just to get to the other stuff hidden behind the damn tabs means there isn't that much time saved.

It would be so nice if these technicians would quit playing with new "innovations" and just have stuff that's simple and works for the user. In this day and age you'd think they'd realize that the computer world is no longer inhabited solely by geeks (no offense to said geeks, btw ;-))

Fang is a girl.

I know this because she went into heat this morning. So now have to make an appointment with the vet and get that little problem taken care of. At least she isn't yowling - yet, anyway. So far more a meow/purr combination, along with the other typical behaviors. At least there's no more waiting to see if "his" little nubbins show up LOL

Still no word on my website problems - well, I've gotten a couple emails from their "support" people (and I use that term loosely) basically telling me to do the same things I've been doing to correct it - and it's still nowhere to be found. Gawd. So looking at GoDaddy and warped.com to see about moving it there. Main concern is finding a place where I don't have to be a computer genius to get it up and maintained.  As long as all I have to do is code the html and upload it, I'm happy. :D

Weather-wise, the near 40 degree temps that were forecast never materialized - low 30s, upper 20s for the coming week or so. And last night we got an ice storm - law enforcement for the area was "strongly recommending" no travel on secondary roads and main highways weren't much better. Intermittent rain/sleet today - walked down to the store a while ago and got soaked, plus came close to some near disastrous tumbles. But now I can cocoon for a few more days :D

My writing has taken a beating with all the tech problems - but I'm getting my psyche settled now so hopefully will be getting productive. I have been doing some holiday pieces and quick picks - about all my attention span will handle at the moment - but at least it's something.

Ah well. Tomorrow's another day...