http://www.themook.net/blog Friv-o-lous: trivial, unworthy of serious attention ... Pro-fun-di-ty: wisdom that is profound, difficult to uncover Tue, 24 Jun 2008 08:15:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So I notice it's been nearly three months since last I posted. No surprise there, I tend to live in my own time continuum where weeks and months fly by and crawl by simultaneously. But eventually something sufficiently motivating will occur and I'll do a little typing. I just found out ... http://www.themook.net/blog/2008/06/23/george-carlin-passes/ I am so, so unbelievably upset right now! I'm amazed I can even type my hands are shaking so bad from anger and shock. It was supposed to be a great day. I've been planning on getting a tattoo for years, and my sister offered to pay for it with some ... http://www.themook.net/blog/2008/04/01/unbelievably-awful-day/ So Gary Gygax died yesterday, at the age of 69. I know that for very many of you reading this, your first thought is 'Oh that's too bad - who is Gary Gygax?' He was the co-creator of the role-playing game 'Dungeons & Dragons'; which gave birth to a galaxy of other ... http://www.themook.net/blog/2008/03/05/in-memory-of-a-fallen-hero/ Made a few more site changes and updates for our enjoyment: Updated the Soldier of Fortune 2 Player Stats for those who play on our Laid Back Assassins server, the Kill-a-Rama. Changed the tracks in the site Jukebox; this set is a shout out to the smoking crews. Added a new section called ... http://www.themook.net/blog/2008/03/02/updates-and-stuff/ Wow. Did you ever see someone and just want to slap the ever-living hell out of them? I mean seriously just want to pop them in the mouth until they cry? This is the biggest, most obnoxious d-bag I've seen in years. Seriously, just watching this clip makes me want to break ... http://www.themook.net/blog/2008/02/14/utter-waste-of-skin/ Howdy Folks! Had a pretty "productive" (as productive as working on TheMook.Net can be) weekend, most unusual for me, but I got a lot done around the site. Tons of little tweaks here and there to try and get everything working and looking a bit more uniform. Some of the bigger ... http://www.themook.net/blog/2008/01/23/a-little-site-cleaning/ As a complete counterpoint to my recent issues with other companies, let me tell you about the webhosting company I use for TheMook.Net, EsoSoft. From day one they have been an absolute pleasure to work with. My website's uptime is well over 95%, probably closer to 98% or 99%, and ... http://www.themook.net/blog/2007/12/22/esosoft-best-webhosting-ever/ Okay, it's been just about a week without any downtime at all - I'm ready to say, tentatively, that my internet problems are finally over. As it was before all the trouble started, the connection is once again rock solid and fast as hell. I've never had any complaints at all ... http://www.themook.net/blog/2007/12/20/comcast-internet-seems-stable-again/