2006.01.24 New Domain Home

I'm pleased to announce that I'll be moving the server. Hopefully it won't be too obvious to you all. Right now, if you go to http://longboredsurfer.com it actually forwards you on to a subdomain of http://pablonoesta.com. So, even though I own the domain name, I don't have it hosted on its own. I'm stepping away from that though, and I'll be moving it to it's own hosting place.

2006.01.24 Bunched-up Socks

For Christmas I got socks. That's no problem with me, since I asked for them. The problem is that they're cheap socks. Yes, I'm saying that out loud (not just typed on a blog). The problem with cheap socks is that they bunch up in your shoe. It really bugs when they get all bunched up in between your toes and the main part of your foot (or even at the end of your foot, like when the whole sock moves down your foot). You take your shoe off, straighten your sock out, and put your foot back in there. No more than 15 minutes later (less if you're actually walking), your sock is all bunched-up down there again. Grr. I'm buying myself better socks.

2006.01.23 Soggy Cereal

I really dislike soggy cereal. Some cereals are better when they're a bit wetter, and that's understandable. What I have a problem with is something like Life or Crispix getting soggy.

2006.01.23 Difficult Conversations

Sometimes there are things that are difficult to bring up in conversation. You know it's important to talk about X, Y, or Z thing, but it's uncomfortable doing it. There could be a variety of reasons that it may be difficult to bring up. I'm referring to personal relationships, not to professional ones. The potential problems I can think of are generally:

• Fear and/or uncertainty of the recipient's reaction
• Possible unwelcome changes in the future
• Personal discomfort with the topic

In general though, it seems that after one of these conversations, you feel a whole lot better. Even if both parties don't feel the same way, they are generally for the better. I believe that good personal growth happens due to them, as well as relieving pressure that has been mentally/emotionally building. There are several topics that I don't really enjoy discussing. Most of them are still important, but I tend to have most of the symptoms listed above. This past weekend I spent thinking, almost non-stop, about these types of conversations.

2006.01.19 Handycap Parking

Inspired by an article on Geoff Hack's blog Plotting and Scheming, I decided I should go take a picture of a local sign that I've always found curious. I'll cut to the chase and give you a link to the photo here.