Remodeling

You may notice over the next little while that the look of the blog changes bit by bit. I made a silly decision to upgrade to the new version of Blogger, and because I had some hacks before, it messed things up a little. Now I'll have to play around with it until I get it like I want again. (And relearn all the stuff I used to know about HTML in the process...) Fortunately, I'm soon going home to see my siblings who are more web-design knowledgeable.

Meanwhile, don't feel obligated to get a Google account and log in to leave a comment. Just click the "Other" option and type in your name or screen name.

Special Me!

My "learn-by-doing" approach to technology once again proves effective! Finally, commenting on this blog will be (I think) simple and intuitive. And since the person I tried to ask is obviously too busy having a real life (no crime there), I figured it out all by myself! I'm almost all the way up to an extremely bare-bones, survival understanding of HTML.

So, if you want to read and/or post comments, simply click the link at the bottom of the post where it says "# COMMENTS" -- you'll find the comment form at the bottom of the page you're taken to, beneath any comments that are already there. Again, you can put whatever name you like in the "Name" field -- it doesn't have to be any kind of registered username. Email and URL are optional -- keep in mind that anyone stumbling across this blog will be able to link to them.

Late-Night News

1. Got the comments hack working! If you want to post a comment, click the "time" link at the bottom of the post, then scroll down to where there's a box for you to enter your comment. You can enter your name where it says "Name" and the comment post will display that name, without you logging into Blogger. So don't worry about registering. Email and URL are optional. Now working on setting up the main page so the "# Comments" link goes straight to the new post-comment section. (Yet another computer situation where I know exactly what needs to be done, but not exactly how to do it.)
2. Got an email from my History of Ed. professor. Glowing feedback regarding my final exam ... feeling very warm and fuzzy now. She even strongly recommended that I submit the answer for one of the questions (a short essay) to a particular publication -- either their e-zine or quarterly publication. It's so nice feeling appreciated, validated, affirmated (I might be making that word up, time to go to bed)
3. Mike (the Brother) tells me it was very nice in Utah today, almost spring-like. Definitely still winter here. Lots of fun driving back home in the snow this evening. Still need to work on inventing a quick, effective, hassle-free way of clearing snow off the car. I can't remember the last time (in Utah) I had to do it more than once in a single day; now that's a regular thing.