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Since I parked my sorry rear on the couch all day anyway, I decided to get some stuff done. It was a blogging day.

I just posted a blog entry to my education journal about doing a little bit of Five in a Row, and how the boys started learning French, kind of:

http://twobarefootragamuffins.wordpress.com/2011/06/28/mirette-on-the-high-wire-and-french-lessons/

I also webbed by 1410 women's and men's clothing guides (in prep for Atlantia Coronation and spammed the world with it. I'll spam you friends, too. :-D

http://wp.bymymeasure.com/womens-clothing-of-the-1410s

http://wp.bymymeasure.com/mens-clothing-of-the-1410s


Bedtime!

It occurred to me that there are probably plenty of artisans out there who don't have websites to showcase their work. I know not everybody likes to brag, but just showing what you're working on might help somebody else with what they're working on.

I know a lot of people use LJ for a personal journal and for dress diaries, but I thought it might be fun to explore how to set up what looks like a more traditional website than a blog. I've been playing with the idea of transitioning my own website into a wordpress blog, so as to more easily control content without having to deal with HTML, FTP, and a lot of other acronyms. But really, it's possible to do this in a format that anybody reading this is probably already familiar with, LJ.

I'm sure that none of this is news to a lot of people, but I started playing around today, and thought I'd share. Maybe it'll be useful to somebody. I don't think I'll keep the other journal all that up to date, rather, I'll likely use it more as a template or sample to share. Then again, you never know. I might break down and use a dress diary. Generally, I prefer to subject all of my readers to kid pictures along with medievalism posts. Muh hah ha... *ahem*

So, without further ado, I present How to Have a Website for No Money or Technical Skill (at Costly Thy Habit). It's created entirely using the LJ Text editor (yes I WAY prefer just using the HTML editor, but a lot of people don't know HTML) and Flickr. I did just copy a bunch of stuff over from my other site, so there are links to PDFs which, as far as I know, you can't really put on the web without a place to host them, but other than that, you can do everything there for free and without tech skills.

Hope this is useful!

I'm having WAY too much fun with this squirrelizer. If you haven't seen it yet, some people on a vacation in Banff got a funny addition to their posed portrait. The very notion of it all had me holding my guts giggling for about 15 minutes.

But the squirrelizer! Now you can squirrelize any picture that you want!

I've littered a few of my friends' posts with them today, and I'm sure people are wondering what the hell the squirrel is about. I hope you're at least a little amused with them, because I can't begin to hope that anybody else giggles maniacally on the inside (mostly on the inside) whenever they see this ( little guy. )

The Japanese are just weird.

First, watch this (youtube links). There are ninjas involved.

And if that's not enough surreal for you, watch it with 769 Phillipino prisoners. There is just so much WRONG with this idea (but it's hilarious in a HUH? kind of way).

And then youtube for more Algorithm March. Heaven knows what else is out there.

Apparently, it's a dance craze from a kids' tv shows. The TV show looks fabulous. Henry and Edward are obsessed with it. From what I can tell, it's just a bunch of Rube Goldberg machines (this one is seriously must watch for kids). Now that's quality kids' programming.

I've gotta say, I'm so thrilled after six months to finally figure out that they're saying Pitagora Suitchi.

ETA: If we don't have any new clothes for Pennsic, now you know why.

The boys are doing better, and we didn't get what they had. At one point, I was afraid we'd have take Eddie to the ER for dehydration, but he *finally* accepted a juice box, when NOTHING else would make him happy.

However, daycare is still not on the list of things they are happy about.

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Facebook is kinda fun, but I'm not sure why I signed up when I don't even have time for LJ...

I keep getting requests for little applications like pillow fights, best friends, celebrity death match and such. They're all from friends, but I don't really know what they are. If I click accept, it says that the app will import/take my profile info. Are these a security risk? Can anybody give me a short explanation? Please don't be offended if I don't accept these, at least not for now.

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I had one of those recurring dreams the other night that I hadn't done my homework. Trouble is, I woke up, and I really *hadn't* done my homework. Eek! I also totally forgot about class last night until four o'clock in the afternoon. I could have easily let it slip my mind. Next think you know, I'll have forgotten my locker combo, shown up to school naked, and realized that it's time for my final in a class I didn't know I'd signed up for. Ai!

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My cat is a little love slut. She's SO snuggly. She just wants to be ON your lap. Always. Well, except for when the boys are awake, and then she's usually down in the basement. She tolerates them reasonably well, having little to no experience with kids before. Henry is in LOVE with her. He's totally gentle and patient, too, so I have hope for them becoming friends.

My one concern before her arrival was her interaction with the bird. Cat was curious about bird. Cat went in bird's room. Bird not impressed with Cat. Bird squawked and flapped wings obnoxiously. Cat ran. Cat won't go anywhere near Bird's room.

If you've been over to our house, I'm guessing you'll sympathise with Cat. I needn't have worried.