Month: June 2007

Yesterday was, in a Word, Interesting.

Posted on by D. L. Keur

Yesterday proved one of those days of constant surprises.  It started with a site update that turned into a flurry of wannabe clients using the new forms to inundate me with crazy requests.  Next was the loss of a purse by an elderly neighbor who begged my help. (Found the purse, no problem, and, no, she shouldn’t scold herself.  For heaven’s sake, I forget where I lay my keys three seconds after laying them down.  Wish you could “call” keys like you do a lost cell so you could track them down.)  Then came the call that a little boy very near and dear to us almost choked to death.  Next was the pissed off nineteen-year-old little brother.  There was the student in need of advisement.  And last but not least was this very odd email wanting to know how much I’d sell zentao.com for.   Very suspicious, this last, because the emailer claims his name is John Y Chu, suspiciously close to author, prankster, and friend John Chew.   And of course there’s Dr. Mononculous and the Million Writers Award race. 

I didn’t get much scratched off my to-do list, I went to bed when I usually get up, and got up this morning five hours later than usual to lukewarm coffee.  Still need to make fresh…which is where I’m off to now.  Then it’s back at the list.

Oh, the boys got that 85k+ job — congrats, all.  Good job.  Now to build it.  *grin* 

Okay, so I lied.  zentao.com isn’t updated.

Posted on by D. L. Keur

CSS that’s “W3 compliant” sucks.  Why?  Because any script, like those doing previews at snap.com takes it and makes it look like SHIT.  My “partial remodel” job of this very old site, using div containers instead of tables, everything mapped out on a pixel grid, wound up looking GREAT in all popular browsers, from opera to firefox to IE.  It even looked good on older browsers…and on Macs.  Then I had snap.com do a “preview” of it. 

GASP!  Quick, get the OLD index back up there!

*sigh*

Back to tables.

About “Infinity & Beyond, Forever”

Posted on by D. L. Keur

One email I got today was simply curious what I mean by: “Infinity & Beyond, Forever.”  They ventured to suggest that it sounded a bit arrogant, officious, or juvenile. 

Well, first, let it be known, I NEVER, EVER grew up.  (I’m only five-foot-five…and that’s stretching it.)  More, though, I am perpetually the curious six-year-old — always exploring, investigating, thinking about “stuff,” and observing.  My persistent question is “why.” (Used to drive my teachers CRAZY!)

Aside from that fact, here is where that comes from. I have a saying when teaching the zentao thoughtway:  “Take it to infinity, then take it beyond.”  This is a perpetual (the forever part) admonishment when exploring any posit, precept, idea, concept, ideological perspective….

So that’s its explanation.  I might change it, but, right now, in the flurry of trying to juggle running five businesses, keep up with phone calls and email, keep an eye on the servers, websites, and do some actual coding and graphic work, as well as setting up the links, look, and accessories that this blog and website needs, well, that’s lower down on my list. 😀

For the Record

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Okay, so my blog is, what?, one day, maybe two days old.  And here comes the email!  Am I some sort of “bleeding heart liberal?”  Am I “one of those weird [expletive deleted] ungodly atheists?” Am I….

*Sigh*

Okay, FOR THE RECORD:

  • I exercise my right to vote — regularly exercise it
  • I vote my conscience, not some party affiliation
  • I’m a U.S. citizen, could easily be a member of DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution, for the acronym-impaired) should I have chosen to join…and I was invited, yes.
  • Believe in a woman’s right to CHOOSE
  • Believe in the RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS, including handguns using hollow-point bullets
  • Believe that “cunt power” — Feminists who promote reverse discrimination — should get a dose of what they preach fully and thoroughly applied until they figure out that EQUAL TREATMENT APPLIES TO EVERYONE, regardless of whether they have software or hardware.  Same goes for RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, and ANY OTHER DISTINCTION
  • Believe that all things, both living and inert, deserve respect, own the basic right to exist, to self-determination, and to non-interference
  • Rapists should be castrated and have their penis amputated
  • Premeditated murderers should be at least incarcerated for life, and definitely executed if the act was heinous
  • George Bush is the worst U.S. President in modern history, and, in all probability, because his actions had the farthest-reaching global ramifications, the worst U.S. President of all time
  • I’m a Preservationist. That means I’m a tree-hugger, a Spotted-Owl lover, a crow lover, a raven lover, a condor lover, a grizzly lover (they scare me, though), a wolf lover, a rain forest lover, and, especially, an old growth forest lover…
  • I believe in using Solar power.  I also believe in nuclear power.
  • We should send our nuclear waste to the sun…provided that it isn’t going to destabilize it
  • War should never happen.  Not ever. 
  • We should consolidate humanity into small islands of well-planned, high-rise urban development, not allow suburban sprawl or the development of rural land and wilderness.
  • Human population is the most critical factor driving the planet’s problems.  I’m for negative population growth.  We need to get the total population down under one billion, and keep it there.  How to do it?  Voluntary self-control.  (Of course, I know it’s impossible, but it’s the truth.) 
  • Children should have two parents, the exception being when one parent is killed or incapacitated. 
  • Parents have an obligation to raise their children to be productive, responsible, moral, ethical, and tolerant.

That’s enough, I think, for now.