New Website Design
Hi everyone. I hope you are all having a great holiday season. I haven't posted for awhile now because I've been incredibly busy with life. I decided to take a few days off from work to rest up a bit. The 31st is my birthday, so as a treat to myself, I took the three days off after Christmas. It's been nice to just relax and chill out, but I'm finding that there's so much that's been filling out my days.
Kent continues to go to work everyday (he's a work-a-holic), which leaves me alone at home to read and catch up on all the stuff that I never seem able to get too. And, part of what I've been wanting to do for some time now is to redesign the website. I upgraded to the latest Movable Type, which went really well. I've noticed that they've put a lot of work into the archives. You can now look at the data a multitude of ways, be it by category, author, tags, or monthly.
The banner is a bit busy, but Kent said to keep it. It was my effort to show pride in who we are. For those of you who don't know, the pink triangle that is under all the names of famous gay people throughout history, was a symbol of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals in World War II. In the concentration camps, Jews were required to wear a yellow star. Likewise, homosexuals were required to wear the pink triangle. They were considered the lowest of the low, worse than Jews. And they often suffered from Jews in the concentration camps who also felt they were the lowest form of life. Their life expectancy was close to zero. I thought it was important to remember them in some form. A few of the names I have quoted... some of my favorite quotes.
For my birthday, we are going to Lake Winnipesaukee, in New Hampshire. For those of you who saw On Golden Pond years ago, that is the lake it was filmed at. There's not much happening up there this time of year. The forecast is calling for a 60% chance of snow when we are there. We hope to do some snow shoeing, and perhaps cross country skiing, and of course, photography.
For Christmas, we just stayed home. We cooked a nice dinner for just the two of us. It was peaceful and very nice. Sometimes I miss having a big family where everyone comes over. But that has it's drawbacks. Sometimes people don't get along so well and, when you cook for so many people, it's not really fun. It's work. Our Christmas was nice because it gave us quality time together putting together a nice dinner. Then when we sat down to eat in the dining room, it was just us with our little dinner, and very quiet. And after dinner, we rested awhile, followed by apple/cranberry pie in front of the TV. It was really a perfect day.
Kent continues to go to work everyday (he's a work-a-holic), which leaves me alone at home to read and catch up on all the stuff that I never seem able to get too. And, part of what I've been wanting to do for some time now is to redesign the website. I upgraded to the latest Movable Type, which went really well. I've noticed that they've put a lot of work into the archives. You can now look at the data a multitude of ways, be it by category, author, tags, or monthly.
The banner is a bit busy, but Kent said to keep it. It was my effort to show pride in who we are. For those of you who don't know, the pink triangle that is under all the names of famous gay people throughout history, was a symbol of the Nazi persecution of homosexuals in World War II. In the concentration camps, Jews were required to wear a yellow star. Likewise, homosexuals were required to wear the pink triangle. They were considered the lowest of the low, worse than Jews. And they often suffered from Jews in the concentration camps who also felt they were the lowest form of life. Their life expectancy was close to zero. I thought it was important to remember them in some form. A few of the names I have quoted... some of my favorite quotes.
For my birthday, we are going to Lake Winnipesaukee, in New Hampshire. For those of you who saw On Golden Pond years ago, that is the lake it was filmed at. There's not much happening up there this time of year. The forecast is calling for a 60% chance of snow when we are there. We hope to do some snow shoeing, and perhaps cross country skiing, and of course, photography.
For Christmas, we just stayed home. We cooked a nice dinner for just the two of us. It was peaceful and very nice. Sometimes I miss having a big family where everyone comes over. But that has it's drawbacks. Sometimes people don't get along so well and, when you cook for so many people, it's not really fun. It's work. Our Christmas was nice because it gave us quality time together putting together a nice dinner. Then when we sat down to eat in the dining room, it was just us with our little dinner, and very quiet. And after dinner, we rested awhile, followed by apple/cranberry pie in front of the TV. It was really a perfect day.
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