OK, there were a few minor bumps in the road, but the websites are now moved to new servers. I’d been with the previous hosting company since May 28, 2005 (I found the original welcome email), and don’t have anything negative to say about them. In fact, they were very easy-going and friendly. But it was time for a change.
And with the help of your donations, I was able to pay someone to move everything for me, and also purchase a full year’s worth of hosting. I was forking over a hefty amount each month at the previous place, and that bill will now go away. I won’t have to pay for hosting again, until January 2013. At the end of February I might pay for another year, and push it to 2014.
We also took some steps to try to prevent future hackings. I don’t want to say what we did, for obvious reasons, but I’ve got my sausage fingers crossed. I feel fairly confident everything’s locked down now.
I appreciate you guys helping me out. I wouldn’t have been able to afford it otherwise. I hoist a vessel of the golden elixir in your honor. Here’s to a more stable, Russian-free future!
And in case you’re keeping score, I shut down Suggestaholic and FurtherEvidence. TheWVSR, Mockable, and CrossroadsRoad were moved to the new servers. CrossroadsRoad will be turned into a static landing page, advertising the novel; it will not be an active website. Also, jeffkay.com and SmokingFishMedia.com now redirect to TheWVSR.
Metten has tentative plans for Mockable, and I’m going to devote all my energies to this website and the book. No more side projects, or time-sucking sites that never really get off the ground. I’m simplifying, and focusing. I’m guilty of over-extending myself, to the point where nothing receives the attention it deserves and requires.
And so… That’s what I’ve been doing all day. I’m excited that everything was moved with only a few small hiccups. TheWVSR is a complicated mess, with all that old FrontPage material and whatnot. It’s not a simple matter for me to change hosts. But it looks like we pulled it off.
Please let me know if you notice anything funky going on. And thanks again!
Last night I was sitting at the drive-thru window at Taco Bell, at 2:30 am, when my phone made one of its weird noises. I saw that a Google Alert was delivered to one of my email inboxes, and it said the West Virginia Surf Report is mentioned in a news article at the Charleston Daily Mail.
That’s interesting, I thought. But I didn’t have time to read it, because a husky woman was brandishing a sack of tacos outside my car window.
I drove home, wondering what the ol’ hometown paper had to say about our site. I was a paperboy for the Daily Mail, for many years. I delivered it seven days a week, in rain and snow and crack-rash heat. So, I was extra-curious. And after I polished off my pseudo-Mexican bounty, I read this article.
I’m genuinely happy that Jason is getting the well-deserved attention, but what the hell?? His column has to be featured at ANOTHER SITE, before it catches fire? I don’t really care for that part of it. What was wrong with our version of it? Why isn’t “every person in Charleston” reading the EXACT SAME PIECE at TheWVSR? Grrr…
Petty jealousies aside, it’s great that the article is causing such a stir. Seriously. It’s fantastic, and deserves to be discussed and admired. And I appreciate Jason mentioning where it was originally published.
Now I just need to figure out how I dropped the ball on it, and maybe slug myself in the genitalia as punishment.
I finished my 11-day work marathon last night, and don’t have to return there until Sunday evening. It’s a great feeling. Of course I’m dragging massive ass today, but I’ll be back to normal tomorrow morning. I’m still able to manage a one-day turnaround on work marathons, thank you very much.
I’m feeling a strong urge to drink beer, though. A super-strong urge.
Finally, while I was on my way to work yesterday, I saw a man eating off a paper plate while driving on Interstate 81. I couldn’t tell what he was shoveling into his word-hole, but he was using a plastic utensil of some sort to facilitate the transfer.
I sometimes eat while driving, but don’t use a goddamn knife and fork. It’s usually just a hamburger, or a breakfast sandwich. What about you? Do you ever enjoy a quick meal while navigating a boulevard of death, at 85 mph? Please tell us about it.
Also, what’s the strangest thing you’ve seen people doing in other cars, while driving? I see guys shaving sometimes, and people reading hardcover books. I’ve also seen drivers watching a TV, if you can believe it. What have you noticed out there?
And what do you think would be the most difficult thing to eat, behind the wheel? Spaghetti? Soup? Crab legs? Cob o’ corn? What do you think would be the biggest challenge?
So, there you go… Those are your Questions of the Day. And I’m going to stop now, and wallow ‘neath a blanket in front of the B.A.T.
See you guys again tomorrow.
Have a great day!
Now playing in the bunker
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ME!!!
I haven’t been around for a while, my laptop is still fucked and I’m first. The fucking Mayans might be right!!
Fuck the Mayans anyway.
I have seen people, yes more than one, eating cereal from a bowl complete with milk, using a spoon, while maintaining a steady 65 mph. I don’t have that kind of talent.
Yes!!! I’ve seen that too. Besides driving fast to get far away from her so she didn’t crash into me, I wondered how she could keep from spilling milk all over herself. I have a hard enough time with cereal when eating at a table!
Thats when you test your brakes momentarily…
VAGINA CHECK – Mr. Ferguson’s blog stole it from YOU. It actually was your post that made it viral.
It wasn’t stolen. He asked Jason if he could reprint it. He didn’t do anything wrong — except promote better than me.
Yeah after reading the entire post I saw that Jason was also a guest blogger. Thought he saw it here first, though.
I saw a young woman using a compact to help her attach false eyelashes while steering with her elbows. This would have alarmed me if she was slowly backing out of a mall parking lot. I was shit in my pants frightened while she was passing me doing about 90 mph on the Washington DC beltway.
holy bowl o corn! top ten
yay jeff!!! glad to know it’s all good now
I would roll joints while I drove. Guideing my ’73 LaMans with my thighs. I’m sure I was seen on several occasions back in the day. I’ve seen bongs being passed and hit, and I saw a guy take his toupee off, shake it out and throw it in the back seat.
I’ll tell you what would be hard to eat while driving a car: A BOWL OF CORN, MOTHERFUCKERS!
A BOWL OF CORN!
A MOTHERFUCKIN’ BOWL O’ FUCKIN’ CORN! HELL YEAH!
I’ve seen people reading paperback books; also newspapers. While they were driving, I mean. But the best “while driving” thing was when I was driving on the DC Beltway at night and saw a car with the interior light on, with the deaf driver signing to and LOOKING AT his deaf passenger. Eyes off the road, both hands off the wheel.
Hard to eat while driving? Chicken wings. Or an eggplant.
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Meatball sub would be a bitch.
And the original article only got “dozens” of comments? I saw 100. Dozens is like 48.
Easy going and friendly in the business world usually (always) means ineffective.
I’ve eaten big chef salads while driving and poured mixed drinks complete with ice (you don’t expect me to pour them in the liquor store parking lot, do you?).
Well done Mr. Kay. Let’s see Putin get around this!
Fat chicks would be hard to eat while driving.
Thanks, Unc. Wasn’t sure how to inhale coffee into my lungs until I read your comment!
I feel so warm and safe now.
Wow, complete host transfer and a solid year of hosting, plus various security additions and what not.
That’s some pretty good community work.
It’s good to read that the tech issues be fixed, knock on wood. My pc is still semi fucked, damn ruskies, and Van Halen tickets haven’t gotten any less expensive.
However, I did score a 3rd row floor seat to Tool in Toronto (for more than face value but less than double) Tool show #9 for me. First time in a repeat venue. Somehow, I’ve managed to see Tool in 8 different venues since 1994, the farthest one from home being Augusta, Maine in 2002.
I would like to extend a thank you to …alienjeff, Chuck in Belpre and jim britton for their tech advice. My interweb is up to maple syrop speed which is exponentially better than molasses speed. I am still missing my desktop icons and my pics are floating in Windows Live Photo Gallary hell but it is an improvement over last week. Thanks folks.
Ever try snake-handling while driving? It’s not as easy as it looks….
Where the heck is Buck ?
Hard to eat while driving: oranges (how would you peel them?) , crab legs (how would you crack them?), and anything that needs chopsticks.
What would need chopsticks that a fork wouldn’t suffice? and even worse then crab legs, the actual crab. Pulling the gills off to get to that tasty meat below, good god its hard enough with two hands and a table.
I think a person eating sushi with a fork would look mildly retarded.
Drinking milk out of a gallon container without losing the lid!
I often get nervous when I see the bus driver eating while we roll among the streets of Morgantown.
Probably the worst I have seen was while driving in Japan from Yokosuka to Tokyo to fly back to the US. We were hung in stop and go traffic and there was a commuter bus next to us, in the same heavy traffic we were in…the bus driver had a comic book spread out reading on his steering wheel!
I would think that any oriental dish and having to use chopsticks would be a bitch whilst driving.
An entire roasted chicken would be difficult.
A former employer told me a story about stealing his uncle’s Mercedes in New Delhi India, and driving around while eating a large box of mangoes. The steering wheel and seats were covered in mango shit.
A rack of ribs would be tough to chow down on while driving.
I saw a guy erratically driving on the highway and a few minutes later, a girl’s head popped up from his crotch area. I guess he was getting a freeway BJ.
SUPER hard to concentrate on traffic, so I’ve been told.
I’ve gotten road head before. From the driver.
I guess the dude had mad driving skills
Anything my wife cooked would be tough to eat while driving.
Although the driving part has nothing to do with it.
Many years ago I saw a woman eating off of a china plate with a knife and fork while driving. I was awed and frightened.
A former co-worker bragged that the steering wheel on her Subaru was large enough to hold her text book so she could study while she drove.
And lastly a couple year back I was on an Interstate when a car merged on that looked like it was in a demolition derby; there wasn’t a part that was dented cracked or skewed, and the driver was reading the newspaper.
I saw a woman doing the shoulder phone talk while doing her eyelashes and holding a cigarette in the other hand.
I’m thinking of removing my bumper and attaching a railroad tie just to smash into people like that. Plus I’d get the great smell of creosote all the time.
Dude on the Beltway shaving. With soap, a brush, and a non-electric razor. That one was pretty amazing to watch. If memory serves he even had a towel around his neck so as not to spill on his power suit.
Used to try to think I could be that person multiplexing behind the wheel, but I know better now. This is why I often arrive at work unfed, un-made-up, and with still-damp hair. Either that or I’ve simple stopped caring.
Hard to eat while driving:
Pomegranate
Extra saucy enchiladas
Thorns
Nachos
A whole fresh coconut
Hot soup
Jello
Fried brim (Bluegil to northern folk)
Marbles
Chilli cheese pie
Rice
Grapefruit
Kiwi
One whole pie
Bar-b-que sandwich
Scalding hot fried cheese
Gyro
Boiled crawfish
Boiled peanuts
Boiled shrimp
Human flesh
Ribs
Dodger dog
Porterhouse
Waffle cone with four mix-ins
Sweet peas
Plums
Pad Thai
Chips and salsa
Avocado
First! Anyway, I think a t-bone steak would be hard to eat while driving. I sometimes struggle to carve the meat from the bone while seated at a dining table, not sure how you use a knife, fork and plate while maintaining control of a motor vehicle.
Big Macs (I know..I’ve tried)
Sloppy Joe’s
Pulled pork sandwiches
Hot sausage sadnwiches with sauce, onions, peppers
Deep dish pizza
Sundae (Trying to eat it before it’s soup in 100 degee heat)
Lettuce wraps
My boyfriend frequently pulls that shit of driving with his knees while lighting a cigarette with one hand and holding his phone with the other. He scares the shit out of me.
LOL! Okay, I’m a guy and steering with my knees obviously must be a gut trait! My wife also used to get on me about reading a book while driving.
Most outrageous thing I have done was driving a motorhome down the Interstate while my naked girlfriend was straddling me. …We were in our 20’s, so I guess you can all understand why insurance is so expensive for young drivers.
How’s this for doing strange things while driving?:
http://www.delcotimes.com/articles/2012/01/13/news/doc4f10f0a699cd8610532640.txt
Fucking prudes! It’s illegal to pleasure yourself while operating a motor vehicle? Keep your eyes on the road bitch and don’t worry about what I’m doing over here!
I used to drive a delivery truck and had a great view down into other cars. Believe it or not, saw lots of chicks rubbing one out, but never a dude. Maybe my brain’s optical denial filter works well?
I love that he was doing it on the “Blue Route”
I hate peeing where someone else just peed. What if their is some initial back splatter? How do I know if that is my piss or the other guys?
Try being bald. When you get a hair in your mouth, you *KNOW* it’s not yours.
I have snorted white powder off a guitar pick many times while driving……..and I once saw a guy flogging his dolphin with a porno mag on the dashboard……
I eat lunch on the road pretty near everyday. My criteria, have to be able to hold it in one hand. Needs to be something that if I had to drop it -right now-, it ain’t going to get me wet or make a mess. No way I’d be chowing on something that needs a plate or bowl and cutlery.
For years, I would see this asshat lifting a weight while he drove. And not one of those little colorful dumbells. I am talking a giant old school sand weight. He would be driving all over, going 20 under the speed limit while he worked his “guns” (and I use that sarcastically). In between reps he would sip from a big- gulp size mug of coffee. A local radio station called him out about a year ago and he has since gone into hiding, thank God!