Thoughts on My Brother Turning 40 and Mullets
My brother, John, is turning 40 this weekend. I’ve enjoyed teasing him about it, but, of course, I will always be older.
Turning 40 didn’t really bother me – not as much as I expected and not as much as turning 30 did. But, for some reason, John turning 40 is really affecting me.
Even though he’s one of my favorite people, part of me still sees him as the 9 year old bratty brother that I couldn’t stand. The one that I was always trying to get away from and the one made me wish I was an only child.
And then I stop and think, “wow. John is 40. Where did the last 30 years go?”
A Simple Homemade Valentine Card Project
I am not an arts and craft sort of person and am far from Super Mom. Actually, I don’t even try to be Super Mom – being Good Enough Mom is fine with me.
In previous years my daughter and I have gone to the drug store, purchased one of those boxes of character Valentines, made sure we had one for each kid in her class and we were done with it. My daughter always enjoyed this – and especially liked deciding if she would get Princesses or Winnie the Pooh. I remember enjoying going to the store to pick out these boxes when I was a kid – but they weren’t so commercial then. Instead of cartoon characters they had kittens, puppies and hearts. (Back then Happy Meals didn’t have movie tie-ins either).
How to Change the Name of Your Facebook Page
On Facebook Pages, which is news and information for the admins of Facebook fan pages, I see the same questions asked over and over and over. And many of these questions can be answered by doing a quick search on Facebook.
The most frequently asked question is “how can I change the name of my fan page?”
Well, here’s the answer.
RIP Howard Zinn 1922-2010
Howard Zinn passed away yesterday at the age of 87. Zinn was a “radical” historian and one of the first protesters of the Vietnam War.
He was probably best known for his book, A People’s History of the United States, which showed that our history was not only shaped by those is power but also by ordinary people who were struggling against class, racial and gender issues.
I don’t really have many famous heroes but Howard Zinn was one of my heroes. Reading A People’s History changed me and partially shaped who I am today. The book made me believe that a single person could make a difference. That one ordinary person could be a catalyst for change.
How to add a RSS Feed to a Post or Page Using a WordPress Shortcode
Last week I wrote about how the WordPress fetch feed function could be used to display RSS feeds on a website rather than using the RSS plugin.
While I was working on the articles it occured to me that a shortcode that provided this feature would actually be a lot easier and with the shortcode the feed could easily be used in a post or a page.
(Anti) Social Lists 2/7/10
This week I have a variety of links – WordPress, zombies, negative comments, un-packaging and more.
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