jon-david schlough

A Collection of Excuses for Not Bloggin More

the f blog, via kottke:

"I just don't enjoy it as much  as I convince myself I do"

"there isn't anything new about the adoption  just the same old 'waiting game' "

"I just haven't found the need to express my thoughts for the whole world to see lately."

"Mainly because I haven't taken the time for my mental  to be at ease allowing my thoughts to flow."

"So, I got paid twenty bucks to write this. "

"Sometimes it can be exhaustingly overwhelming to say what you think, which is why I haven't posted in awhile."

Leta-Momma & Blurbodoocery : Profilin' in Utah

Heather B. Armstrong, author of one of the better blogs around just got profiled by the Salt Lake Tribune. Evidently, dooce.com is

"...quite possibly the most well read parenting blog on the planet."

Oh fuckness. Busted. Ok so, I technically read 'Alpha Mom' as well - but only because dooce dooces at that internets.

Via his presentation of this damnning evidence that I secretly desire to be a thirtysomething Mom [who knew? Lois did.], Matt Canham just made my short list. Just because Heather has the chutzpah and disorder that makes her blog about her real life, and those moments sometimes involve the guy she's married to and their insanely adorable daughter Leta - and Leta grows and poops - doesn't make it a parenting blog.

Canham, you bastard.

Heather had this to say [note I take her out of context please]:

My complaint is that when you take some of the things I write out of context they make me sound as if I am perpetually running up and down the street in the nude waving my tattooed middle finger at innocent old ladies who are cross-stitching passages of scripture as they sit in their wheelchairs on the porch. And that is so not true. I only do that on the weekends.

 

Found Personalized Bumps are the Best Bumps

Funny thing is, I just stumbled upon this - I didn't make it....I should have though. In fact, I'm going to start making some bumps. Maybe I'll only communicate via bumps, or start a new blog - that's just original bumps...with stolen beats on my bumps...since unlike AS, I have no arrangements with Madlib to keep me in beats for my bumps.

Why Haven't I Been Posting Much?

Are you kidding me? How dare you ask such a question. Bastards. You mean you weren't content to watch the Bush movie over and over? Whiny punks. Stop emailing me.

You think blogging is easy, huh? You think it's all fun and games and APIs and comments and trackbacks? Sure you do, sure you do. N00bs.

Let me tell you something Jack, this is some hard-ass shit with which to stay all-up-ons. I mean, for starters, you have to have a reasonably interesting life. I guess on some days, I may pass muster. Since I bought my new huge, piano-black dope-ass huge-ass TV and started the next round of remodel projects, yeah right. Between work, MNPublius, Beckham, the birth of my 3 car garage complete with glassworking studio [to donate a kiln email me right now], the birth of my dope 2 season porch and back bedroom walkout lanai, not to mention the 8 foot cedar fence I'm enclosing my backyard in....I just don't have time to keep this shit current. That and I need to watch my new TV - a lot. Leave me alone.

Allright, allright. I'm going to try to get my shit together and get my blizzog back on-lizzine. My friend and boss-hoss Mitch is blogging now, and he inspired me and shit by saying, "we'll get coffee just let me finish this post". As soon as I get the URL I'm going to add him to my blogroll. He'll be the only one. That's right, Mitch and I keepin' it real, holding it down, one site blogroll - that's how I roll bitches.

So until next times, hopefully tomorrow or whateva, life moves pretty fast - if you don't stop and pound out a post about it once in awhile, it won't be indexed in perpetuity in the wayback machine after you're pushing up dandelions like Ralph Cifaretto.

On the Redesign...

Ok ok ok. I've gotten a number of emails complaining about the text in the redesign. That while bigger, it's too smunched up. One of these emails was extremely profane and totally uncalled for - you know who you are, and let me just say this - let me just say once, you just keep in mind my friend, that I have 3 of your pSp games on my desk right now. I could be using them as coasters, I could be flinging them from my windowed office, I could be selling them to Pedro and using the dough to buy an antique Kirby mini-bat to pummel you with....but I'm not - so be nice you surly bastard.

To my friend in Cali who was the ONLY one to compliment my new masthead, thank you! I'm having fun noodling with design a bit more...you are the sweetest and I'll see you Friday :-)

So, I increased the line-height to 120%, now stop your whining. Of my entire blog audience of like 10 people, half of them complain the first day I redeisgn. If any of them commented that much or told anyone, ever, how super-sweet my blog is, I might have more traffic and be able to make beer money on GoogleAdwords.

They don't and I can't.

Welcome welcome and welcome, Simon and AC

Hokay, so: for all the folks that check this site regularly, you will start seeing posts from this guy Simon, and another guy - frequent commenter, AC.

These cats are 2 of the brightest young political minds I know. Simon has worked on DFL campaigns in MN and Adam has worked on G&Ts in MN; both to great admiration and fanfare.

But seriously, these guys have the cred to back up their positions, degrees and everything. I'm really looking forward to seeing what they have to say. I'm also thinking of rebranding the site, or possibly teaming up with these 2 to spin off a Powerline busting blog of epic proportions. Any comments or ideas on that thread?

Anyway, welcome guys! I'm glad you're joining me, at least for a while :->

::Housecleaning Posts Alert::

I'm sure all ? readers have stopped checking in because of the lack of insightful posts and funny links of stupid Florida frat boys lighting their throats on fire with flaming shots lately.

Truth is, I've been busy with stuff in my life. BUT - I've collected a significant amount of crap I found interesting, funny, or compelling. Over coming days, I'll be undertaking a shock and awe campaign of aged shit.

Housecleaning.

Enjoy.

15 things you can do with RSS

Tim Yang has a nice post listing 16 uses of RSS. Many are redundant, but there are some jewel as well.

Book Tapestry

My friend Sheila has started blogging – good on ya! Sheila and I met at work and have become friends. She is one smart cookie who reads many “books” – you know, 2 covers…some pages…and words.

Check out her blog, Book Tapestry, if you’re also into these “book” things. It’s always interesting to get in on a blog at its inception and see what the author does with it.

 

MindMaps as RSS Reader

So 2 of my current favorite technologies, MindMaps and RSS, are together at last. I am so excited to try this I can barely contain myself. Via Elwin, via The Student Tablet PC, via MindJet blog

If you’re not familiar with MindMaps, check out this program. It’s spendy, but has truly changed the way I work - the way I plan – the way I think concepts though, everything. It’s been the biggest thing for me since RSS.

If you’re not familiar, RSS stand for ‘Real Simple Syndication’, and it is actually is real simple to build and to understand. Blogs, news sites, etc… all have ‘items’ every day. Wouldn’t it be nice to read a digest of the ‘items’ quickly so you can see if there is anything you’re interested in, without clicking all over tarnation? That’s what RSS gives you.

I’ll write more on this later, but if you’re so inclined, give Feedburner a try, plug in some feeds, and off you go. Even for people who don’t blog but read general stuff, special interest sites, and industry news, RSS will increase the volume of information you can consume, and reduce the time it takes you to consume it.