I had some work done to the website this weekend, and I’m pretty excited by the results. For one thing, check out how fast it now loads. Is that quick, or what? I love it.
I’d been using a program to serve and rotate ads, and it just stopped working one day. I have no idea why. It’s a well-known program, used by many thousands of websites, but it fully and completely shit the credenza on me.
I went to the control panel, to see if I could figure out the problem, and all my history was gone. It looked like a brand new account; everything had been taken back to the factory settings. The adzones were gone, and everything. WTS?
And when this happened, the Surf Report slowed waaaay down. The sidebar would appear ten seconds after the rest of the site, and it seemed to be laboring and groaning every time. And man, that bothered me with gusto.
Plus, there were all these empty spaces where ads used to be. TheWVSR was becoming like one of those houses where they never mow the grass, or fix the shutter that’s been hanging sideways for the past three months.
But all the bad code is now removed, and I’m using a simpler program built especially for WordPress to do the same things the fancy-ass “solution” used to do. And the site is now lightning fast. I’m almost giddy with excitement.
I also had a bunch of stuff removed from the sidebar, added a Facebook widget, and reorganized the footer. That section down there labeled “friends”? I’m gonna list your websites there, as soon as I get a chance. I’ll start working on it, ASAP.
I’m never completely satisfied with the site, but right now I’m close. I think it looks and functions better than ever. If you need some work done to your blog, I can recommend a guy. Send me an email and I’ll hook you up.
Our boy made it back from Maine in one piece. He had a good time, but I’m glad he’s home. The family calibration was way off, and we were wobbling and struggling. I have a feeling I’m going to have a big problem when he and his brother go off to college. I don’t much care for the wobbling and struggling.
On Saturday we bought the latest season of Curb Your Enthusiasm on DVD, enjoyed a few Dogfish Head 60 Minute IPAs, and watched the first five episodes. Five, in one sitting, and I was lobbying hard for a sixth.
Second-hand semen… Denise handicap… Larry racing home to break up with his girlfriend before she receives her cancer diagnosis, because doing it after would be cruel… What a great show! Larry David is a genius.
Amazon sent me a $5 gift certificate as a thank-you for purchasing a subscription to Esquire magazine. The mag cost $8.00 for two years(!), and they sent $5.00 back to me. I used it to download the album now playing in the bunker. Not bad.
While I was in the library on Friday I heard a man refer to the fire department as the “hose house.” I almost did a spit-take. I’ve heard it referred to as a “hose company,” which is also ridiculous. But never a “hose house.” Sounds like a gay bordello.
And a woman at work calls a pad of Post-It Notes, a “notebook.” She says, “Can you hand me that notebook?” and my whole body goes rigid, because I know she’s not really talking about a notebook. What the hell? It’s Post-It Notes! Everybody knows this.
Also, I recently saw an episode of House Hunters that featured a full-flower douchebag going on and on about wanting a home with a nice “men’s den.” WTF? I’d never heard that phrase before, and don’t care for it. The men’s den, the hose house… what’s going on here??
And that leads me to the Question of the Day. In the comments section, please tell us about weird phrases you’ve heard people use, to describe common things. Like “lettuce salad,” for instance.
I’m not talking about words being pronounced the wrong way, or things like that. I mean unusual titles and descriptors that momentarily confuse you. Possibly because of regional differences, but not necessarily. I hope I’ve described it well enough…
And that’s going to do it for today, boys and girls. I’ll be back tomorrow with more of this high literature.
See you then.
Now playing in the bunker
A two miles walk? MILE.
Anyway, Stephanie, sounds like you have a Nancy on your hands.
Which reminds me, I was in Home Depot the other day and there was a couple in there dressed to the nines in Renaissance wear. They were all like, “Prithee forsooth, where-eth be-eth thee drywall-eth?” and such. As Jeff says, a grand gang of doucheketeers. I don’t know if they were just like that “normally” or if it was some sort of Ren Faire hazing.
Hot Fuzz: Go walk the shit hounds!
Stephanie – where’s Jimmy Kuhn when we need him?
Actually ever since that life threatening surgery to block off the plumbing, I’m firing blanks. You should conduct some research to determine if there is a taste difference. Right now I’m a Sunkist. All juice and no seeds.
Dave’s not here – tough one without the reference because you lose all the “that pussy looks a little mangy or flea infested” jokes. Not crude but mean might be something simply like “nice cat”. Or, “grass looks nice; Scott’s turf builder?” Or, “reminds me, I need to mow.”
Oh wait. Maybe that’s it!!! Ignore the cat (the obvious) and go for something like “nice patch” or “nice turf”… I wouldn’t mind being on that patch (or turf).?” Or one I do that’s sorta vague and an inside joke “wow, you changed your hair, do you like it?” which is the inside joke version of “why the fuck did you do that to your head?”
I’d like to PET your pussy but you’ll have to move your cat first. Sorry.
Jason – funny typo that turned it in to a verb.
Made me laugh because it reminded me of a line from a Ben Stiller movie – Heart Break Kid where his dad (real life dad who is far more talented) says to him:
“Now listen to me and listen to me good! When your wife, on her honeymoon, asks you to cock her, you cock her good, God damn it! “
You might ask her…”Which one of you has made the most bad decisions?” She most likely will anwser…”Me, definitely.” Just smile, nod and walk away.
@hotfuzz – brilliant! I hadn’t thought of the turf reference, I’m using that!!!
That’s the beauty of being a volume dealer when it comes to comments. Make enough and one of them should be funny… eventually….statistically speaking…in theory…sigh…
heh – I said comes
I didn’t know we were going that route. I thought you said “crass” and I’m the king of “crass” (in fact I’m feeling picked on in this thread).
She obviously wants attention, so why not do the opposite? Say something like, “Hey Sara, I just can’t bring myself to try breakfast at Subway. Doesn’t seem right. What about you?”
And she’ll say something like, “I didn’t know Subway made breakfast. What do you think of my pictures!!!!?”
And you’ll say, “Oh. Sorry. Haven’t had time to look at them. Prolly won’t for a while.”
That’ll make her crazy. And she’ll either shoot you in your sleep or fuck your brains out.
We’d like the benifit of seeing her photos. That would make things a lot easier.
Shart. That one momentarily confuzed me. As in “I nearly sharted in my pants………….”
I’ve always been confused about phrases like “big penis” and “painful urination”.
On a more serious note “dirty whore” seems redundant.
And to be slightly topical, 3 days later in the comments (I’ve been in Cincy not getting shit done) when they say the combat troops are leaving Iraq, what are we leaving behind? Accountants and florists?
My favorite is the Kentucky phrase, “ink pen” – as opposed to what? Pen of blood? Water pen? Pig pen?
My father-in-law call cereal “breakfast food” and it drives me bonkers. Isn’t any food you eat for breakfast basically breakfast food? What are you having for breakfast? Oh, just breakfast food.