May 25, 2006
Let Me Introduce You To Mr. Sidebar
As you may or may have not noticed -- I'm sure most of you never even glance over there -- but over the past few weeks, I've been revamping my sidebar a bit. (Mom, that's the column down the right side of the screen with the pink heading bars and links and such.)
This was prompted partially by boredom, and partially by an email exchange I had with Fresh Pepper?. I was mortified when he took me off his sidebar, but he dried my tears, set me on his knee and explained that he juggles his links around a bit, to keep them fresh. That way, we of the MTV Generation are more likely to pay attention to them.
And this made sense to me. I was a blogoholic having a moment of clarity -- what I needed was less sidebar.
Indeed, the result of much futzing is a sidebar more worthy of your scant attention span. I'll give you the nickel tour, starting at the top.
Click on "Proposition the Pirate Wench" to email me with your dreams, your desires, your death threats. But remember that I only check it once a day, so don't use it if you're a friend who already has my private email address (Mom), which I check much more often. Like obsessively. I'm checking it right now.
Back! Next is Recent Mishaps, my four most recent blog entries. In case you've been in bed sick or outta town for a few days. Or bound and gagged for a while (you know who you are).
Objects of My Fickle Love are just that -- my most favorite and oft-changing set of links. They are people, places and/or things that I am familiar with and heartily endorse with much squealing and drooling and licking..., or that I'm hoping to become familiar with soon. And if that's not a big enough hint, let me remind you that my birthday is October 30.
I used to keep OOMFL in alphabetical order, but that requires thought, so now I'm just putting my most recent additions at the top, to make it easier for all involved. Also, I'll never have more than eight. Why eight? Well, maybe eight is the number of Cadbury Eggs I can consume in one sitting. Or maybe it's my total number of toes. Or tattoos. Perhaps it's the number my numerologist ascribed to me upon learning of my full name, my birth date and my hat size.
Actually, there's no reason -- just a random number that I picked. Nine looked like too many.
Guess how often I read my Everyday Reads. Give up? Every day. Except sometimes on weekends. And when I'm sick. Or on vacation. But I often check them several times a day, so it all evens out.
I have three men and three women on my Friends & Lovers list -- I'll let you decide who is which. And no, these are not my only friends; the others just don't have blogs. Even though they should. Nicholle, I'm looking at you.
Nor are these the only other blogs I read. They're just the ones I read most often. And MostlySunny is temporarily on hiatus. Chances are, if you've commented on my site, I occasionally catch up on your blog. Why am I telling you this? You don't care. Let's move on.
Whatever I'm currently reading is On My Nightstand. I may do the rare pointless book review, but that just seems so highbrow for this blog. Feel free to email me if you want my not-worth-a-damn opinion on a particular book, or if you just want to mock me for taking so long to read it.
Almost Famous (an unoriginal title totally ganked from the movie) are my friends who are in bands. Or in Joe's case, is a band unto himself. If any of them are playing near me, or anywhere particularly interesting, I'll try to put it in the sidebar. If I remember. I'm awfully busy.
Hide 'n' Seek is where you can search my site for particular subjects, like vagina or Heather. And yes, as you may have surmised from past posts, I can see what people have searched for on my site. However, I can't see who has searched for what. So go ahead and search for ugg boots or tied up goats or whatever -- I will giggle, but I won't know who you are.
Organized Chaos (is a really gay title, I just realized) are my categories. Why I couldn't just call it Categories, I don't know. Trying to be cool and failing miserably, I guess. So if you wanna see all the photos I've taken, or read about my dog, or -- for the anal retentive -- see all my lists, that's where you go.
Beyond that is my monthly archives, i.e. My Sordid Past. Can you believe I've been blogging since August 2004? It seems like only yesterday I was wondering what the hell I would find to say every day. Nothing. Not one damn worthwhile thing. Anyhoo, Heather recently added a scroll bar to my archives! Isn't it neato? She's a genius, I tell you! GENIUS! I just wish it was lavender.
After that, Misc. Etc. is just... I have no idea. Seriously, I guess it's important stuff that supposed to be there because Heather put it there, but I don't know what it is.
And there you have it. These links are fully endorsed by the Pirate Wench. Peruse them as it suits you.
Comments
OK, so she added a scroll bar...but did she fix the "Remember This Information?" button?
Posted by: Marty at May 25, 2006 02:45 PM
After typing all of my crap in again, I guess the answer is "No."
Posted by: Marty at May 25, 2006 02:46 PM
(for what it's worth, firemen are f*cking HOT)
No pun intended.
Posted by: Celtic Elff at May 25, 2006 03:57 PM
I come here through the LJ syndication, which goes to the archives. It took me a few minutes to realize that your changes were to the front page only. The archive pages still have what I presume is the old side-bar.
Posted by: some_other_dave at May 25, 2006 04:43 PM