Day: August 17, 2007

The Friday Random Guess 10:

  1. “Center of the Sun” by Conjure One
    And she sings, “They say the most horrible things.”
  2. “July! July!” by the Decemberists
    And the chickens, how they rattle chicken chains
  3. “Nightswimming” by R.E.M., guessed by Bryan
    I forgot my shirt at the water’s edge
  4. “She Will Have Her Way” by Neil Finn
    I might be old but I’m someone new, she said
  5. “(Just Like) Starting Over” by John Lennon, guessed by Kim
    We have grown, we have grown
  6. “Happy Jack” by the Who, guessed by Betty
    The kids would all sing, he would take the wrong key
  7. “The Soldiering Life” by the Decemberists
    We laid on the mattress and tumbled to sleep
  8. “The Muppet Show Theme,” guessed by Betty
    It’s time to put on makeup
  9. “Sunday Train” by Cracker
    When god banished Lilith from the garden, he gave us Eve, he gave us steam
  10. “Ganja Babe” by Michael Franti & Spearhead
    Vibrate my belly like a bomb in harmony

Here’s what happened last week. This week, best of luck!

I think a lot of the posts here are hyperbole and over-reaction — essentially, “my time is most important and even the most minor inconvenience thereof will not be countenanced!” — but it is really annoying to have a technical problem and not be able to get any updates — or, worse, to be told you can get updates, if you just visit this page over here…that isn’t working. Which is what I currently have with Dreamhost.

Look, I get that stuff happens. Unexpected problems arise, and contingency plans fail. I don’t like it. I don’t like not having access to my e-mail, or my FTP, or my website. I don’t like that e-mail sent to me might be bouncing back — or, worse, might just disappear. And I don’t like that this has been going on for hours. But I get it. Sometimes it happens.

But seriously, something beyond the difficult-to-find, never-updated, uninformative, sometimes-not-there-at-all status announcements would be nice.

Update: Seems to be working now.