[album=#,extended] or [album=#,compact] - Create a page and put this code in. Change the # to the ID of your album. This page is where galleries in that album will show up. The compact style will only show the photo gallery cover, name, and number of pictures. The extended style will also show the gallery's description. [gallery=#] - Put ... See Full Entry »

Today I remembered that I needed to send some Thanksgiving flowers to Tim's mom back in Boston.  I always send her flowers for major holidays like Thanksgiving, Easter, and Christmas, plus, of course, her birthday.  No matter what, you can't go wrong with sending a woman flowers! Last week I got a postcard from Teleflora.  They ... See Full Entry »

The Los Angeles subway system, called the Metro, has introduced late night service on its most popular line for the holiday season. [official press release] Between Friday, November 21st, and Saturday, December 27th, the Metro Red Line, which usually runs until about midnight or so, will run until 3 AM on Friday and Saturday nights.  Sponsored ... See Full Entry »

Please note: The following was written for NextGen version 0.99.1 and Wordpress 2.6.3. Depending on your version of NextGen and/or Wordpress, there may be slight to significant variances. I have noticed that there's a lack of clear documentation for the NextGEN photo gallery plugin for Wordpress.  The programmer doesn't have time to write anything clear ... See Full Entry »

As promised, here's a picture I just took of my Solotica Hidrocor Ocre colored contact lenses on my nearly black eyes.  They look gray in these photos, but in real life I think they look more brownish-gray.  I asked Tim and he said they look brownish green.  Huh? I'm still getting used to them... they look ... See Full Entry »

Thanks to the great Mike Rudolph for these: See Full Entry »

The AT&T technician is here. He called me bright and early (8:03 AM) to let me know he would be here within half an hour and was here at 8:15. It's 8:40 now and he's still here, trying to determine the source of the problem. Apparently there's no issue with the signal from the ... See Full Entry »

Just got in with the dogs. I took them for a bonus walk down to the bank a couple blocks away.  I needed to get some cash from the ATM.  I'm hoping that I can convince the delivery driver tomorrow to bring my dresser up for an extra $20. The included delivery is only for ... See Full Entry »

I have AT&T for my residential home phone service. I have the absolute basic service simply because I need a live line for DSL and for my apartment building's intercom system. Back in August, after having no dial tone for 3 days, I put in a trouble ticket online. They made sure to tell ... See Full Entry »