As much as I love WordPress, it can be a serious pain in the ass sometimes. Like today. Today was a pain-in-the-ass WordPress day. I’m a stat nerd, and today was not a good day for a stat nerd. I couldn’t access my site stats provided by a plugin. Every time I tried, WordPress toldContinue reading “On Today’s WordPress Annoyance”
Monthly Archives: March 2011
On Allyn Gibson, As an Alcoholic Beverage
What is it about the writing profession that so many people have the mental image of us as drunkards? 🙂 That’s not to say that I don’t enjoy a good drink, because I do. But I think I have a reputation as a hard drinking writer that isn’t truly earned. I haven’t poisoned my liverContinue reading “On Allyn Gibson, As an Alcoholic Beverage”
On Bahrain and the Arab Revolutions
I saw something today I can’t unsee. Like the revolutions that swept across Egypt that brought down Hosni Mubarak and the revolution in Libya that threatens Gaddafi, Bahrain is in revolt, and their neighbor Saudi Arabia has invaded the country to suppress the protests. The crackdown of the pro-democracy protests in Bahrain has turned brutallyContinue reading “On Bahrain and the Arab Revolutions”
On the Rare Remembered Dream
I’ve mentioned at times my utter inability to remember dreams. I know that I dream — or, at least, I feel that I’ve dreamed. I’ve been in the dream state while awake, which is a very strange place to be. But, by and large, my dreams are walled away in my consciousness and inaccessible toContinue reading “On the Rare Remembered Dream”
On the Shamrock Fest Post-Mortem
Contrary to recent appearances, allyngibson.com is not an all-music, all-the-time blog. I do listen to music, I do write about music from time to time, but I don’t really have the right vocabulary to write knowingly or critically about music. I really just write about the stuff that I like and the stuff that makesContinue reading “On the Shamrock Fest Post-Mortem”
On Psychological Mismatches
There are moments when consciousness jumps a groove, where the world as it is and the world as it seems are two very different things. I went to the grocery story. I needed instant oatmeal, I’d exhausted my supply on Thursday and neglected to buy more. Clearly, a lack of oatmeal would do me noContinue reading “On Psychological Mismatches”
On My Top Ten Elbow Songs
A radio station in Essex (England, that is, not Maryland) has been soliciting votes for listeners (and other fans’) top ten Elbow songs for an upcoming show. Naturally, as I have some small interest in the subject and I have opinions on the matter, I went to the website and voted. The choices on theContinue reading “On My Top Ten Elbow Songs”
On the Moving Story of a Man and His Dog
I forget, sometimes, how sensitive I can be. It was a lovely day, and I decided that I wanted to go for a walk for lunch. I wasn’t sure where I was going to end up, but I knew it would be far from the office, and I would probably get lunch whenever I gotContinue reading “On the Moving Story of a Man and His Dog”
On How I Like My Pancakes
I love pancakes. I also love waffles. But I especially love pancakes. I don’t know why I love pancakes so. I could eat them, easily, every morning for breakfast. I don’t, but I know I could. I don’t like pastries in the morning. I tolerate oatmeal. But pancakes. Yeah, pancakes. 🙂 I’ve mentioned this aContinue reading “On How I Like My Pancakes”
On Late Night Snacks
In my early twenties, I discovered the joys of consuming food late at night. I thought nothing of going to Barnes & Noble at ten o’clock at night, ordering something heavily caffeinated, consuming it, then crashing an hour and a half later. Or of making a run to Taco Bell at 1:30 in the morningContinue reading “On Late Night Snacks”