04.29.04
Literary Merit
As prompted by this thread, I decided to start a separate entry based on frostedlexicharm’s suggestion.
What do you think constitutes “literary merit?”
04.28.04
Best CSS Tutorials
Anybody have any suggestions? I want something that is up-to-date but not difficult to understand. I know the basics of CSS and how they work, but I need/want to learn more.
I’m working on a new page addition (whose layout will look kinda like this but better) to this site, and I would like to do the layout using CSS instead of tables.
I want an easy yet thorough and up-to-date tutorial. Does that exist?
Thanks for the help!
Quote of the Day
Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.
~ Will Rogers
04.26.04
Quote of the Day
I have a ‘Play The Melody’ philosophy. It means don’t over-arrange, don’t make life difficult. Just play the melody and do it the simplest way possible.
~ J. Gleason
04.22.04
css Zen Garden
This is so cool. It boggles my mind, really.
Quote of the Day
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
~ Albert Einstein
"…muscular, masculine, temple of testosterone…"
Breaking News - Top StoryMichael Vick:
[Quote]
He’s here, he’s queer, and his name is Michael Vick.Shocking sports fans around the globe, NFL representatives for Michael Vick issued a public statement today confirming rumors that began circulating earlier this week about his sexual preferences and homosexual lifestyle.
[Quote]
Good for him! I think it takes major cojones, as a professional football player, to come out of the closet.
04.21.04
What, exactly, does a "southern slave owner" look like??
Brattleboro Reformer - City & Town:
[Quote] The controversy over the Colonel image boiled over last October after the Reformer published an editorial by Curtiss Reed, the executive director of the ALANA Community Organization, alleging that the cane-leaning old man resembled a southern slave owner and was offensive to some students. [Quote]
[via Tongue Tied]
Happy [insert new PC name for secretary here] Day!!
I got flowers for Secretary’s Administrative Professional’s Day. (I heard that title on the radio this morning. Funny.)
Here are my pretty flowers! They smell SO good; they’re making me not want to work! LOL
Quote of the Day
“… success in life is not how well we execute Plan A; it’s how smoothly we cope with Plan B. And for most of us, that’s 99 percent of the time.”
~ Sarah Ban Breathnach
04.20.04
12 REASONS SAME-SEX MARRIAGES WILL "RUIN" SOCIETY
========= 12 REASONS SAME-SEX MARRIAGES WILL “RUIN” SOCIETY
========= Courtesy of Gator GSA
========= http://www.gatorgsa.org/gaymarriage.html
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[Editor's Note: This has been floating around the Internet for a
week or two that I know of. I think it makes some good points. US
readers who agree might want to mail copies to their Senators and
Representatives in a letter encouraging them to oppose the
Federal Marriage Amendment.]
1. Homosexuality is not natural, much like eyeglasses, polyester,
and birth control.
2. Heterosexual marriages are valid because they produce
children. Infertile couples and old people can’t legally get
married because the world needs more children.
3. Obviously, gay parents will raise gay children, since straight
parents only raise straight children.
4. Straight marriage will be less meaningful, since Britney
Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage was meaningful.
5. Heterosexual marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t
changed at all; women are property, blacks can’t marry whites,
and divorce is illegal.
6. Gay marriage should be decided by people not the courts,
because the majority-elected legislatures, not courts, have
historically protected the rights of the minorities.
7. Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like
ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire
country. That’s why we have only one religion in America.
8. Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way
that hanging around tall people will make you tall.
9. Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of
crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets
because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage
contract.
10. Children can never succeed without a male and a female role
model at home. That’s why single parents are forbidden to
raise children.
11. Gay marriage will change the foundation of society.
Heterosexual marriage has been around for a long time, and we
could never adapt to new social norms because we haven’t
adapted to cars or longer life spans.
12. Civil unions, providing most of the same benefits as marriage
with a different name are better, because a “separate but
equal” institution is always constitutional. Separate
marriages for gays and lesbians will work just as well as
separate schools for African-Americans worked.
Old Poll Time
I’m sure we’ve done this one before, but I get to wondering every once in awhile.
Which G-blog “theme” do you use?
Do you ever change themes?
Me: jenett radio
Quote of the Day
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
~ Carl Jung
04.16.04
Quote of the Day
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
~ Aristotle
04.15.04
Quote of the Day
This is what I want from now on:
a slower pace, a more centered existence,
and the feelings of perfect happiness
to be found in the moments I come home to myself.
~ Linda Weltner
04.14.04
A Different Sort of "Blog"
My sister-in-law forwarded me to this page, and I have to say, I love it!
Some of these are reeeeally funny!
Quote of the Day
Life is playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
~ Samuel Butler
04.13.04
Too sensitive?
[Quote] Officials at Georgia State University are adding more sensitivity sessions and contemplating the creation of an African-American cultural center because member of a fraternity showed up an off-campus hip-hop theme party in blackface, reports the Atlanta Constitution.Following the January incident, the fraternity involved has been suspended and judicial proceedings have been initiated against the two students involved. [Quote]
[via Atlanta Journal Constitution]
Note: I have not read the original AJC article yet because the site was too slow, and I’m too impatient.
Have we all become just a little too sensitive when it comes to these types of issues? Seriously. Are we a PC-gone-mad world?
04.12.04
Quote of the Day
Don’t fear failure so much that you refuse to try new things.
The saddest summary of a life contains three descriptions:
could have, might have and should have.
~ Louis Boone