February 5th, 2010
Multiply 13 times 28 and the result is 364. How many days in a year? 365. “Moonths”, as they were, indicated lunar cycles and made a perfect calendar: 13 moonths in a year + 1 extra day.
And then 13 became unlucky, or evil, or something strangely superstitious so we changed the whole calendar system to “months” which range from 28 days to 31 days and the only way to keep up with it is by counting knuckles or remembering some silly rhyme.
But what really is strange is that I work in a modern building in downtown Atlanta and there is no 13th floor. As a matter of fact, I have been looking for a 13th floor in ANY building for quite some time now. Why do buildings routinely skip the 13th floor? Are we really that superstitious?
Well, yes, we are.
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January 19th, 2010
I have been considering making a blog post for months now and my circular logic (and a bit of indifference) has kept me away from the keyboard. I needed to upgrade my version of Wordpress, I didn’t want to do it (headache!) so I just ignored my blog as a result. Today I had a more daunting task to tackle so, naturally, I took the path of less resistance and decided to upgrade my blog.
When I went into the dashboard, there was the persistent warning from Wordpress “Upgrade Now!”. Ok, ok, enough already. I knew it was a bad idea to push the “automatic upgrade” button so I backed up my database and THEN pushed the automatic upgrade button. 10 seconds later, I got the all clear and everything seemed ok. That is, until I tried to login again.
When I tried a login I got the following error, “Fatal error: Call to undefined function is_site_admin() in /xxxx/xxxxx/public_html/wp-content/plugins/sem-google-analytics/sem-google-analytics-admin.php on line 20″. Well, crap. So I went back and used my backup database to restore. Nada. So I looked on the internets and found this great solution but I did have to make some adjustments.
Basically, go into the control panel on your host, go to the plugin section and modify the folder name for the google analytics plugin. When you change the folder name, it automatically deactivates the plugin and the problem is solved. I didn’t have a folder so renamed all of the associated .php files (2 of them) and it did the trick. That was 10 minutes ago and here I am writing a post.
Good luck!
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August 17th, 2009
I just got back from a vacation in Ocean City, NJ. Years ago I would not have dreamed of taking a vacation on the Jersey shore but my in-laws come from that area, so that was my introduction. It turns out that it is the perfect place for kids – the town is “dry” and there are two different parks with roller coaster and carousel rides on the boardwalk. There is also a giant water park and a couple of massive putt putt golf courses – and all of this is directly across from the beach.
But one of my personal favorites about vacationing there is the food. Aside from all the junk food, pizza and cookies, the sandwiches there were amazing. What I liked most about the sandwiches is the fact that they were not slathered with mustard or mayonnaise (which I like to refer to as “whipped bird embryos”).
I go to several search related conferences each year and even their “vegetarian” sandwiches come pre-slathered with mayo. And just about any restaurant in the South or West is quick to wipe on condiments. I haven’t eaten at McDonald’s in over 20 years but when I was a kid, I spent much time waiting for my special order that did not have loads of unwanted product.
But I was introduced to Primo’s in New Jersey (reluctantly) and it turns out that they have the best sandwiches I have ever tasted. And when I asked about mayo, they looked at me as if to ask, “why would we ruin a good sandwich with mayo?”. And I agreed.
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August 8th, 2009
It’s crazy to think back on the weird chance that I met my wife at a restaurant/club known for Salsa dancing. We met and the rest is history. Literally, we haven’t been dancing since.
I just met a local business owner who runs a couple of ballroom dance studios here in Atlanta and she sparked my interest for trying the ballroom style. It looks like we might take a few lessons and see if we can’t start being social again.
Yoga is great but I’m ready to do something with a little bit more cardio. If I ever get more than just a little interested, I’ll be sure to post more.
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