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‘How to create a WordPress blog post’
This is a brief YouTube video that some really new users might find helpful. If you are considering participating inj the Blog Peoria Project, but worry about switching from a familiar format — like Blogger.com — to an unfamiliar platform, this should alleviate your worries. »
Celebrate Blogger’s birthday by moving to the Blog Peoria Project
Sunday is the 10th anniversary of Blogger, the little company started by Pyra Labs that opened the floodgates for blogging and citizen journalism. This free service let people go to a Web site, write someone in an empty form field, his a “publish” button, and those words magically appeared on a Website. No hand-coding... »
How to embed photos and other media on your blog
I’ve gotten a few questions about how to do this. The following video is from WordPress.TV a great site go get videos full of helpful hints. »
Site News: Introducing WordPress instructional videos
This is the first in a series of videos that will show how to use your Word Press blog. This one is an introductory video that is designed to give new users an overview in how to use their spiffy new blog. As I download and post more of them, we’ll get into how to... »
How to login when your site isn’t showing up
There are times when your cannot see your blog. This happens, usually, when a corrupted file or plugin causes nothing but error messages to appear. Sometimes, the theme you have been using gets deleted and you will see nothing but a white page. And by “gets deleted,” I mean “I deleted it” or “I lost... »
How to change lurkers to blog participants
The summary to this fine article: In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action. And the bad news: These numbers are not going to change much, no matter what you do. All bloggers can do is... »
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Surprise winner in Superhero Smackdown
So, who won the final bout in the big Superhero Smackdown, Superman or the Flash? Batman. Why? Because he's the $^*#^%$ Batman. Batman "lost" to the Flash in an earlier round. But the idea that Flash could take out Batman is silly. Flash has trouble putting down ordinary, non-super-powered bNeglecting this blog
It's come to my attention recently that I've been neglecting this blog. I probably should do something about that. It's not like I've stopped writing or anything. So, I'll try to remember that I actually like writing here and go forward from there.In All Things #15 (Gabrielle)
Today I am thankful for the Church. Yessiree, that there Body of Christ is one wacky bunch. I have been in the church my entire life and I still don't get how it works. Somehow this collection of losers, sinners, arrogant fools, freaks and weirdos all get lumped together and made into something beau
Today I am thankful for clean laundry. It happens so infrequently around here that most of the laundry in the house is cleanish or at least not scattered on anyone's floor that I get really excited when I think it might happen. It never actually happens, of course, because all of the people in this
Today I am thankful for Flyleaf's new album Memento Mori. Their first album was excellent, but they have topped themselves with their second. It's kind of music that makes me want to dance and sing and cry. They understand life and sing about it in song-sized chunks. Pain, fear, glory, Heaven. The lWarriors 3 to be part of new Thor movie
Via Cinematical: The ranks of Asgard are just about full! Marvel Studios reports that the Warriors Three will be joining Thor in all of his frosty battles, and as usual, Kenneth Branagh has done a bang up job with the casting. Stuart Townsend, Tadanobu Asano, and Ray Stevenson have joined the cas
Good lists from io9: 15 Dumbest Superhero Retcons and 7 Superhero Stories Too Big For Movies. Good reading.326
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Today I am thankful for late night talks with Seth and Crystal. It seems like some of our best conversations have happened at mumble-thirty or later. Most of the time I'm stupid tired the next day, but I'm usually emotionally settled and back on track to do what I'm here for. Thank you, Seth and
This weekend didn't go quite the way I was expecting. We had a busy couple of days scheduled with Night of the Burning Plum and family coming in from out of town. Crystal and I were gearing up for stashing six more people someplace in this house and then feeding them repeatedly. The Lansberrys were
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Adam: I too spent many times down in the woods below Guardian Angel Home.We used to explore "Dry Run " Creek . I don't know if that's was the official name for it but that's what we called it.Never had any water in it unless it rained hard. We also used to go to Kickapoo Creek.which was even farther (More)
to all my loyal and dear friends on this website ,:::::i feel like i've betrayed you this past wk. while i was, "out of town",so as too speak !last Sunday after watching nascar race ,they were interviewing drivers .iwas so tired /exausted /and VERY sleepy.i thought i heard phone lightly in backgrou (More)
Hi Everyone - Another memory -- this one of Miss Cassidy and Gary Johnson...it was probably fifth or sixth grade and Gary raised his hand and said "Miss Cassidy, Sophie just called me a queer" and Miss Cassidy put her hand on her hip and said back, "Truth hurts, don't it, Johnson." We were shocked (More)
well yeah.. but then we'd pretend where we'd spend our share of the 'loot'. (More)
Soledad O’Brien is such a phony. In April 2008, Reverend Jeremiah Wright gave a speech in Detroit to the NAACP. One of the things that he said in this speech was that black and white children learn with different parts of their brain, and then gave an "unflattering imitation of the way white (More)
Dingeldine Hall at Bradley. Had to "google street map" this to be sure. (More)
That pipeline was built to transport petroleum products from barges to the Amoco and Mobile Oil tank farms built in that area in 1947-1948. (More)
This is why I think that in the new heavens and the new earth we will all be naked. There's no way dirty laundry can exist in a perfect world. (More)