The Ning platform has gone over to a paid plan, and so this social

network is going to be on the minimal plan ( $2.95/month or $19.95/year

).



Some things disappear with this minimal plan: Blogs, photos, forum and

video embeds (such as Youtubes, Vimeo, etc) stay, but Groups, Events (

which we've never used, anyway ), Video uploads, Chat, and Music uploads

go away. So, again, blogs, photos, the forums and video embeds stay.

Groups, Events, Video uploads,… Continue

Primarily these days i am caught between being exhausted by all the silliness and the stupid energy I'm wasting over the impending death of MCF and the raft of choices available as a replacement, none of which actually is a replacement, and being fairly happy because they caught the two kids who murdered my friend last month. It seems two 17 year old boys killed Jerry to get his chevy Impala. Now those boys are going to jail for life without parole. They would have earned enough money at… Continue

Well, it said to write your first entry.


So I am.

In our kitchen this morning we found our coffee maker had died in the night. As near as we can tell, this was due to a myocaffinated infarction brought on by the sudden upswing in brewing activity over the last few days. If it had some warning of the coming demand, it maybe would have been better prepared emotionally. The funeral is Tuesday, at the curb.

I'll be surfing this morning for something stainless, with about a 15BAR pump in it. More later...