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April 30, 2005
Looking Better All the Time
I added colour to the sidebar and moved the title over to the right a bit so it's not sitting right up against the picture of the tree house.
This was driving me nuts for a long time but I got help from katymum at the MT forum.
Thanks katymum !
Posted by OldGuy at 7:55 AM
April 29, 2005
A Bit of a Sad Day
Today is the 10th anniversary of my mother's death.
Although I'm a bit sad I'm also sure she's in a good place so I'll just say:
"Hi mom, I miss you."
One of these days I'm going to write about her funeral. Although it was certainly a sad event it was kinda nice too.
Posted by OldGuy at 4:29 PM
April 27, 2005
Movable Type Tips
I found a great blog on learning to use Movable Type.
This is exactly what I've been looking for.
Liz, this sounds like you:
An essential question to ask at this point, is "are you a tinkerer"? If you are, by your nature, someone who likes to get under the hood, someone who likes taking things apart to understand how they work, you may be very well suited to Movable Type".
Anyway, here's the link
Posted by OldGuy at 2:25 PM
April 25, 2005
It's Perfect
Another article for Divorce and Back
Posted by OldGuy at 2:39 AM
Why the Meaningless Post ?
If you've been here before you know I like to do all sorts of different things in the tree house.
Sometimes I'm serious, sometimes I'm philosophical, sometimes I tell a story, and sometimes I just fool around.
Today I felt like fooling around.
Posted by OldGuy at 2:12 AM
April 24, 2005
Meaningless Post
This is a completely meaningless post
It's dry as dust and bland as toast
All I'm doing is wasting time
Juggling words and practicing rhyme
I'm just trying to fill up the page
Cover the white space with nothing sage
There's no big message anywhere here
So go to the fridge and grab a beer
Oh well, that'll do for now ;-)
Posted by OldGuy at 6:21 PM | Comments (1)
April 23, 2005
Blog More Often ?
Why would I do that ?
Posted by OldGuy at 1:31 PM | Comments (2)
April 21, 2005
Just one of those days
I felt lousy and miserable when I started the day but I'm better now.
I wrote a little article and it seems to have helped.
Sometimes retreating into your own thoughts is good therapy.
Posted by OldGuy at 8:31 PM | Comments (1)
April 14, 2005
Just to See You Smile
Here's a poem my son wrote a couple of years ago. I've always wanted to post it. It's called:
Just to See You Smile
I’d sit all day and talk about everything I know
I’d give up the remote so you can watch your favourite show
I’d stay up all night and talk on the phone
I’d put you up on my shoulders to make it look like you’ve grown
I’d give up all the covers if it would keep you warm
I’d snuggle up close in the middle of a storm
I’d give you the last chocolate even though it tastes so good
I’d keep you safe and warm the way a real man should
I’d walk to your house even though I know it’s far
I’d give you a ride when I get a car
I’d watch the dumbest movie even though you know I hate it
If a dog was in the road you know I’d go and save it
I’d climb the tallest mountain even though I’m scared of heights
I’d stand outside your window on the coldest of nights
I’d find two matching snowflakes on a cold winter day
And if you were bored you know I’d come out and play
I’d throw down my jacket to keep your feet from slush
Even jump out of a plane and have an adrenaline rush
I’d run a thousand miles to get you and probably die trying
Ah maybe I won’t run, I’ll probably end up flying
I’d swim a hundred laps, hey I know I can do that
As long as you’re there with me I’ll be able to do that
I’ll try all my life if that’s how long it takes
Cause girl I know you’re worth it for goodness sake
When you say “I love you” I’ll say “I love you too”
I’ll smile just knowing with my whole heart that it’s true
I’d pull down the heavens, which may take a while
But I’d do anything for you, just to see you smile
Posted by OldGuy at 7:20 PM
Another Article - check out the site while you're there
Posted by OldGuy at 1:28 PM
April 12, 2005
Look Me in the Eyes
One thing I don't like about the internet is that body language goes out the window.
When you’re chatting with someone on the net, whether it be in a chat room or a forum or whatever you cannot see them so you cannot interpret their body language. Now I know you’re thinking hey, you could be talking to anybody, maybe someone who is just pretending to be someone they aren’t anyway. But that’s not a problem for me because I don’t do it that often and I get to know the people I communicate with before I reveal anything of real significance to them. I’m careful and I intend to keep it that way.
No, I’m definitely talking about body language here. See, when you have a face to face conversation you can look into someone’s eyes, watch the way they hold themselves, how they’re sitting, whether or not they’re making eye contact at all or trying to avoid it. And those things are important clues to what’s really going on. Ever catch your child in a lie ? Their faces give them away every time. Has anyone ever said to you “it’s not you, it’s me” and you just know from the expression on their face that it really is you ?
This makes it hard (at least to me) to communicate over the net. You have to spell out your message very carefully otherwise the other party might misinterpret it. And don’t count on someone reading between the lines either because sometimes it doesn’t work at all and sometimes they read it wrong and you’re back where you started. Of course you could be the one getting it all wrong too. You read their message and you think “oh man, I screwed up big time” and then you try to fix things and you just keep making them worse until you finally have to come out and say (or write) "you’re my friend, I like you, sorry I messed up." When this happens I just want to reach through the air and grab that person and say “sit here where I can see you so we can start all over again.”
Know what I mean ?
Posted by OldGuy at 8:36 PM | Comments (2)
April 10, 2005
A New Low
Last night my son had his first heavy duty serious as hell low.
Up until now when his blood sugars went low he would start to sweat or get shaky and his mood might change a bit but he would recognize the symptoms and treat them (or we would) but last night was different.
My wife and I were in the family room when our daughter came in and said to come quick because her brother was hurt. We ran upstairs and found him in the kitchen stumbling around looking totally disoriented and frightened. He kept repeating that he wasn't hurt and just wanted to sit down but it was obvious that he didn't know what was happening. We led him to the couch so he could lay down and immediately set about getting some sugar in him. As this was our first experience with a serious low my wife called the doctor to be sure we weren't missing anything and she told us what to do.
We then spent the next couple of hours getting his blood sugars up and testing his blood to be sure he was okay that way.
He banged himself up pretty good and he's going to be in some pain this morning but at least he's okay otherwise.
It was a very scary experience and having seen it once I hope I never see it again.
Posted by OldGuy at 1:28 PM | Comments (2)
April 9, 2005
The dark poem
Before anyone thinks I've lost my mind, I haven't.
I think I mentioned before that I'm a big Stephen King fan and I wanted to try something a little darker for a change.
It was kinda fun.
Posted by OldGuy at 4:11 PM | Comments (1)
Welcome to the Dark Side
Welcome to the dark side
Where you fall through your nightmare dream
Welcome to the dark side
Where no one can hear you scream
Welcome to the dark side
Where you ride a runaway train
Welcome to the dark side
Where the needle tracks your vein
Welcome to the dark side
Where you slide down the shark's maw
Welcome to the dark side
Where they leave you bloody and raw
Welcome to the dark side
Where rivers of blood you wade
Welcome to the dark side
Where you caress the razor blade
Welcome to the dark side
Where you sit in the chair and fry
Welcome to the dark side
Where you wish that you could die
Posted by OldGuy at 2:45 AM
April 8, 2005
I Did It All By Myself
I added links to Bill and Liz's blogs today.
Now, before you go thinking "yeah, so what, no biggie" to me it is a biggie.
See, I'm not real good at this stuff and seems every time I try something new it takes me forever, I usually muck it up and end up having to fix it and sometimes I cry for help (not that any of this stops me from trying, after all that would take the fun out of it).
But not this time. Not only did I get the links in but when I noticed that the link to Liz's blog opened up a separate window whereas the link to Bill's did not I managed to figure out why and made the necessary changes.
So yay for me, I did it all by myself and didn't lose my blog in the process.
Of course I copied my index and saved it somewhere before making the changes this time.
Posted by OldGuy at 7:53 PM | Comments (3)
Out of the Mouth of Babes (continued)
A couple of nights ago my daughter, my wife and I were all getting ready for bed around the same time so were getting our pajamas on.
My daughter said that my wife and I should sleep naked that night and started to laugh. My wife turned beet red and asked her why we would do that and she replied because then "we could peek at each other under the covers and say silly stuff." When we asked her where she got that idea she said she had seen Monica and Chandler do it on the tv show "Friends".
Needless to say we told her we didn't do that sort of thing but after she went to bed we had a good laugh about it.
Posted by OldGuy at 3:06 PM | Comments (2)
April 7, 2005
Birthdays, birthdays, and more birthdays
Yeterday was my wife's birthday.
We were supposed to go out for dinner but my son wasn't feeling well so he went to bed for a few hours in the late afternoon. He woke up feeling a bit better so we brought in Chinese food and, coupled with a bottle of wine (soft drink for my daughter who doesn't care for wine, I wonder why ?, oh yeah, she's only 7 years old, hasn't developed a taste for it yet) it was a lovely dinner.
Yeah, I know I said I wouldn't tell you what I eat every day but this is different.
Anyway, next Wednesday is my birthday and my son's in May and then they're all done for another year.
Posted by OldGuy at 1:14 PM | Comments (2)
April 5, 2005
What to Talk About ?
I could tell you a story about a cat
But what would be the point of that
I could speak to you of politicians
But I think I'll stick to electricians
I will not tell you what I've had to eat
Or the colour socks I wear on my feet
No point discussing today's news
It's just a rehash of CNN's views
So many pointless topics I could discuss
But I'd rather tell you what I saw on the bus
And talk about the people in my life
Like my son, my daughter and my wife
BTW Liz, I don't have a cat :)
Posted by OldGuy at 6:26 PM | Comments (1)
April 3, 2005
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II died today and I feel very sad.
He was a great human being who loved God and loved his fellow man and nothing is more wonderful than that.
I hate to say goodbye to him so I will say farewell instead, fare very well.
Posted by OldGuy at 3:08 AM
April 1, 2005
Bragging Rights Again
I just have to, I never tire of it.
Last night my wife and I attended parent-teacher interviews at my son's school and the comments we heard were absolutley wonderful.
Now, I have to set the stage a bit here. He had a pretty tough time last year and there were times when he just wanted to pack it in but he stuck to it and this semester he said he was going to make a serious effort.
Well, he did. The teachers had nothing but great things to say about his work but more importantly about him as a person. See, they like him, they think he's a nice young man who really cares about other people. He's polite, considerate and a joy to have in the classroom. He makes teaching worthwhile. One teacher even said he was the only student in the whole class who enjoyed the poetry session. Not only that but he stopped by her desk one day and apologized that the others didn't seem to care about it, especially after she'd worked so hard. Another said that when she got her class list at the beginning of the semester his name wasn't on it so she found him and asked why he wasn't taking her class. He said he was taking it, the list must be wrong. I mean, she tracked him down and asked him to take her class because she wanted him in it. He does peer teaching and his teacher said he's the best peer teacher he's ever had, he's proactive, smart, polite, enthusiatic and the kids really like him.
WOW !
Posted by OldGuy at 6:09 PM | Comments (2)