Archive for August, 2007

Pancreatic Cancer

What the hell is that, and how does it happen? Mom calls out of the blue to say she might have pancreatic cancer. She’s freaking, Lisa’s hysterical, I’m in denial. Sounds about right for the three women of this family. I pray it’s nothing but some serious heartburn or something. Until today, I didn’t even know where the pancreas was. I sure didn’t know anything about it but you can bet I will before the day is out and it’ll be the main topic of my prayers for awhile yet.

She goes in for a biopsy soon. Good Lord. What is going on? What else can I say? Want to know more? Me too: http://www.pancreas.org

The thought was a good one but the implementation is going to suck.

I got a design in from a friend and fellow ‘developer’. The design is great. It’s really cool. It would make a beautiful album cover or poster. But with all the graphics, textures, and backgrounds, it’s totally impracticable for web design. Everything would have to be an image, and most importantly, it leaves no room for growth or out of the box content.

Meaning, you’re limited to a few sentences. If you get more wordy than that with your news, descriptions, or song track titles it’ll break the layout.

How do I say this all very nicely when someone is pretty set on the look?

Getting Organized

I’ve been working very hard the past few weeks, in spite of all the animal troubles, to get myself organized, on a good Flylady (her site is a mess) routine, and Devon ready for school. And just like last time, I am all organized and excited to have the house in near perfect condition smelling awesome…like a vanilla sugar cookie.

The trouble, as it was last time, is that I get obsessed with the house and begin to get behind at web dev work. So…how can I be super organized and near perfect in both areas? I think I’ve found a way!

I need about 36 hours in a day. 24 to work and clean house and take care of Devon, the animals and BJ. The other 12 to fall on my face and crash.