There Will Be Posts

I don't have anything to say right this minute, but I will have something up here tomorrow. So, look for a brand new post tomorrow night. I promise.

In fact, it will be something that hasn't been seen around here in a long time. And no, it's not my toes.<sup>*



*</sup>Did I really just make a fat joke? I haven't posted in forever and that's all I've got? I really should hang it up. I'm getting to old for this.

I'm Not Dead and Other Bits of Useless Information

Since you aren't all privy to all of the email, IM or other conversations I've had with some, but not all, of you, I figure I should post an update answering some of these questions.

Q: Yo, you dead?
A: No, despite my eating habits, I am still alive. The inactivity on this site is not the result of my departure from this life, but thank you for your concern.

Q: Have you given up your blog completely?
A: Are you kidding? I just forked over ten bucks to keep this snazzy URL. That would be like spending money on Netflix and never watching or returning your DVDs...You know what; let's move on.

Q: Are you going to post again?
A: What do you think you're reading now? Ok, maybe I shouldn't berate the few readers I have left. Will I post other things again? Yes. Will I post on a regular basis? Well, don't hold your breath for the 3-5 days a week stuff anymore.

Q: You haven't posted 3-5 days a week in a couple years, if ever.
A: That's not a question. Now shut up.

Q: Why aren't you posting anything?
A: Multiple reasons. First, I've had this blog for over 4 years now. I've only got so much to say, and there's only so much I am willing to discuss in a place like this that is quasi-anonymous and not remotely private. Second, my job has been getting more demanding as time goes on, and recently, I changed positions (sort of) making things even more demanding. This all means that I don't have much in the way of mental capacity to think of things to say. Rest assured, when I think of something to post about, you'll see it...assuming I have time to write and can write coherently.

Q: So, anything exciting going on in your life?
A: Not really, no. Unless you want to discuss lot release and need by dates, I'm a boring conversationalist.

Q: Have you at least seen any good movies recently?
A: Actually, yes. We went to see Coraline last weekend. If you haven't seen it, please do. It's great.

Q: What about TV?
A: The usual. Lost, BSG, Good Eats, etc. I did give up on Heroes part way through the first half of this season. It was so bad that I've cancelled the TiVo season pass for it. It could suddenly turn into the best show ever, and I'd never know. We did get an HD TiVo for ourselves for Christmas and have discovered that the ability to watch movies and old TV shows instantly using Netflix and TiVo is a great thing. We've watched lots of Alfred Hitchcock Presents that way.

Q: Read any good books?
A: Yes, I have. I have a soft spot for fantasy and I started reading Brandon Sanderson after hearing that he was going to be finishing The Wheel of Time. I've read Elantris and all three of the Mistborn books and recommend that fantasy lovers do the same. Now, in preparation for this fall's (scheduled) release of the last WoT novel, I'm rereading all of the Wheel of Time books. Of course, that's around 9000-10000 pages (or around 3 million words) of the same author, so we'll see how that goes.

Q: Some of these don't really sound like questions people have asked you.
A: Again, please put your submission in the form of a question.

Q: People didn't really ask you all this stuff, did they?
A: No, it was mostly the things about if I had quit or if I was ever posting again. It did give me a chance to have a conversation with myself and give updates on several things, though.

There you have it. You're now all up to date with my life. If you actually read this far, you have my thanks and my apologies. As a reward, feel free to throw out a topic for discussion. I'll probably ignore it, but you never know; you just might end up with a long-winded diatribe on it. I may be busy, but I'm still opinionated and wordy.

Who Are You?

I've read in a couple of places that this is supposed to be De-lurking Day, so if you're hanging around and reading and I don't know who you are or you don't think I know who you are, leave a comment. Tell us about yourself, where you're from, what you do. It will be like one of those really bad "getting to know you" ice-breaker games.

Useless Information about The Fount of Useless Information

Oh, look. Craig has nothing interesting to say again. What a surprise.

Since I don't have anything to talk about right now, I'll just allow you to feed my narcissism (or my self-loathing, I guess we'll have to see how it works out). Let's find out what you know about me. The quiz below has 20 multiple choice questions about me, all (like everything else on this site) completely useless information. How many do you think you can answer? (and yes, I realize that this is a pathetic post, but like I said I've got nothing left to talk about)

Create your own Friend Quiz here

They Found Me, I Don't Know How, But They Found Me

I was talking with a fellow blogger about weird searches that find our respective blogs recently and decided it had been a while since I last checked on my own stats. Every now and then, I look to see who's stopping by and how they are getting here. Sometimes, I don't really want to know the answers. For example, it's a little disturbing that someone was searching for the words coprophagia and geisha on Google (I've tried to block all thoughts of why they might be doing that from my mind). Even more disturbing, I was the first result.

Mid-Winter Spring Cleaning

I've been doing a bit of changing things here at the old blog, and wanted to point out a few changes. First, I've upgraded to a new blogger template and messed with the color scheme just a bit. On the sidebar, you will find the archives, and links to posts by label (I haven't gone back and labelled all the old posts yet, but I'm getting there). You will also find that the almost never updated list of various blogs is no longer there. In it's place, you will find a list of the most recent comments left on the blog. Now all the people who comment are getting recognition without me having to constantly update. The nicest thing about the new template is that it's much cleaner than the old one where I kept adding new things as I found out about them or learned to do them. Much longer and it would have been mistaken for any webpage designed between 1994 and 1998.

The biggest news (it's not really that big, but we can pretend it is) is that you can now reach this page by going to a new address. http://fountofuseless.info You will still be able to reach it through the old blogspot address, so update your bookmarks...or don't, I'll still be here.

Time for Change

I'm finally able to switch over to Blogger Beta. So, if anything goes wrong and I disappear...sorry.