“Groovy Motherfucker”

Reading the list of “Banished

Reading the list of “Banished Words” reminded me of The Economist‘s excellent style guide. Not only does it provide a useful list of words people often misuse, it tells me that I did use that semi-colon correctly earlier. Hurrah.

OK, I’ve changed the template

OK, I’ve changed the template a few times, added a few links about the place, and moved the URL from arsecandle.org to groovymother.com, so that my mum isn’t embarrassed by my choice of domain name.

I’ve always been kind-of-embarrassed by people who write their weblogs believing that they have a huge audience who care about whether they sprinkle sugar on their Rice Krispies, when in fact there’s only themselves and some bored Swedish student (who thought that “Kevin” was a girls name, and was really just hoping to see some photos) reading.

I think my strategy for this is going to be:
Week 1: Just try disciplining myself to writing something in here. See what I come up with.
Week 2: Stick the URL in my AIM user profile so that a few select nosey peeps will find the site
Week 3: If they say nice things to me, put the URL in my email signature.
Week 4: Look at website stats, get bored of the whole thing, and leave the site up as a never-updated ghost site. Probably.

Incidentally, did I use the

Incidentally, did I use the semi-colon correctly in the last entry? I think I did, but I’m damned if I know for sure.

I used to use blogger

I used to use blogger for rOD.log, and it’s interesting how little it’s changed in two years. Not that that’s a bad thing; it’s still incredibly damned swanky. But apart from the ability to choose a template when I created the log (you didn’t think I designed this page myself, did you?), everything seems to be exactly as I remember.

Ho-hum. I thought it was

Ho-hum. I thought it was time to give this blogging lark another go. Let’s see how long it lasts this time, eh popchums?