I Farging hate designing websites.

Basic HTML isn't good enough anymore and sites made entirely in FLASH can't be updated by the client easily, so what's the oh-so-cool latest trend? CMS websites. Content Management Systems. I'm learning Joomla and man oh man, I'm just burnt out. How much more insanely convoluted could it possibly be? Extensions, Module Manager, Plugin Manager, Front Page Manager, Media Manager, Section Manager, Article Manager and Components (calendars, news...

It was short, but sweet. Last Thursday we ventured out to a rental cabin named, "Windsong" nestled in the Smoky Mountains near Gatlinburg. The edge eroded single lane roads leading to the cabin were long, steep and twisted. We didn't exactly get lost, but the instructions were pretty sketchy and the roads weren't well marked and some of them not at all. Once we found it, it turned out to be a really nice cabin clinging to the side of a foothill. Even though there are hundreds of cabins...

Twenty One years ago today I stood in front of Judge Ann Lacy Johns in Nashville's Criminal Court and be came a wife. That May 13th fell on a Friday. I never wanted that massively expensive "biggest day of my life" kind of wedding - and my husband has been eternally grateful. I watched both of my older sisters go from happy, loving post-college giggly girls into stark raving, post-apocalyptic mutant yetis over their weddings. I firmly believe in learning from others mistakes.
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It's been 3.5 years since I became a staff employee and my pay rate has never changed. Last November I asked for a raise and was told that it's not a good time, ask again in January. Now it's almost March and I can't bring myself to ask again. I'm afraid to ask. I need it and think I deserve it, but with the economy as it is I'm afraid to open that can of worms. They've cut many jobs, cut hours and closed clubs because of it.

It seems simple. I call my boss and mention the...

Just finished reading Stephen King's "Duma Key". I know it's cliche, but once I got started I couldn't put it down (to my family's chagrin). I really enjoyed the interaction between the two main characters and the humor between them. Lots of little sarcastic jabs that struck my funny bone. Kings central character is more often than not an author, but in this book his main character is a construction guy turned artist after a near death on-the-job accident. His paintings however, are...