Still waiting for for The End | Updated WordPress to 3.2 beta 1

Posted on May 21, 2011 by Kirk M

So here I am still waiting for The End to arrive. The lawn’s mowed and the place is generally neatened up, can’t look shabby when The End comes you know. But so far it’s just been a mixture of rain and…er…more rain just like it’s been for the last two weeks although most of my neighbors in this little valley of ours are out there madly mowing their lawns despite the wet.

This could be a sign?

To be honest about it though, I’m getting a little bored with this whole waiting on Rapture thing and when I’m bored I tend to do unwise things–mostly to my computer and this site. The first thing I did was update Just Thinkin’ to WordPress 3.2 beta 1. What the heck, I asked myself. It could only completely hose the thing and then I could get in some re-familiarization training with completely reloading WordPress, it’s databases and such. Something I haven’t done since the “bad ol’ days”. Unfortunately (or fortunately as the case may be), updating the site to pre-release software undoubtedly filled with bugs and unpleasantness went swimmingly much to my disgust so I had no choice but to write a post instead.

I also updated my badly out of date “2010 Weaver” theme, which has been out of development for awhile now, to the new “Weaver” theme (just Google it, you’ll find it) by the same theme author. In the process I managed not to lose my monkeys but I did lose my barn boards which is fine by me as the barn boards really didn’t have a lot to do with monkeys anyway. I also decided to make the look a bit turquoise-y. Not too sure why I did that but if any of you folks find it too terribly hard to read or just generally annoying, please let me know and I’ll try to find something even more annoying.

Well, I guess that’s all for now. Since nothing as far as the dead rising from the grave, earthquakes, volcanoes, raging breezes and the like seem to be happening right at the moment I think I’ll squeeze in a bit of lunch just in case The End arrives this afternoon. I’d hate to be Raptured on an empty stomach.

Yet Another Judgment Day Approacheth

Posted on May 19, 2011 by Kirk M

I heard that Judgement Day is coming this Saturday so I figured I might want to squeeze in a post before the end. Yup, yet another end-of-the-world-as-we-know-it approacheth and it’s sure to come this time due to planetary alignments (again), something to do with the number of days since Jesus was crucified, the possibility the Mayans got the date wrong and it may or may not involve zombies. And in the case that this Saturday does indeed involve zombie attacks then apparently this is the car you want to survive them in (click on image for more anti-zombie car pics and the article).

No matter how It (The End, Judgment Day, Armageddon, Ragnarok, etc) comes all the devout will undoubtedly be heading to heavenward sometime on Saturday. But what about all their furry little friends left behind? Sorry but all these devout individuals wafting skyward are not Egyptian pharaohs–you can’t take ‘em with you so what happens to the poor creatures who have depended on you for their very survival, for love and affection, who have looked upon you as their mothers and fathers, their loving families? What happens to these poor creatures once they’re left behind by those they depended on? Well, no sweat, the atheists will take care of them for you.

Absolutely, the atheists have made a serious offer to take care of Fluffy, Polly and Ol’ Dog Tray after they’re left behind on the 21st of May, 2011. For a very reasonable fee of course and some services will even prorate your contract to 2012 just in case the Mayans got it right. So it looks like most things are covered here.

Back on the local front though I have some more personal type questions about this coming of the end of the world. You see, no one really actually knows if this is the coming of the Christian “Judgement Day” or the actual end of the world as predicted by the Mayans or due to planetary alignments throwing the earth out of it’s orbit and either freeze drying all of us by flinging our planet out into space or burning all of us up by tossing it into the sun. I mean, knowing the difference is really important here. If it’s the former then all sorts of questions arise:

Will I have to mow the lawn after the 21st of May? (I fully expect to be one of those left behind for those 1000 years of peace the Bible talks about)
If so, will it be beautiful and sunny and only sprinkle at night so I don’t have to wait on the rain to cut my grass?
Will I still have to shovel snow?
What about the mortgage, bills, etc? Are my creditors Christian? If so, what happens when they’re carried off? Do I still have to pay?
Can I stop paying my bills now or wait until Sunday to be sure?
What about the VA and the Feds? Can I still receive medical care and my medications through the VA…oh, wait…this is the federal government I’m talking about–they’re bound to stay so no problem there.
Does 1000 years of peace mean lower gas prices?

Of course if it’s the latter then I guess there’s no sense asking any of the above questions is there?

Now there’s probably a lot more I could enjoy writing about on this subject but it’s way past lunchtime and my stomach is beginning to be severely annoyed with me for neglecting it. And in it’s current, re-plumbed condition it’s not wise to ignore it so that’s it for now. See you all after The End…

…or maybe not.

Feeling a bit better?

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Kirk M

It’s been awhile since I’ve felt good enough to post here at the ol’ blog. As you may know from my last post I’m having to deal with a lot of chronic pain of late plus feeling extremely tired all the time. But there may be hope on the horizon.

As you also may know I have to take a fair amount of medication, something my body is very intolerant of and after the last several weeks of feeling increasingly worse I began to suspect one or more of the medications was at fault. You see, I’m at that point in life where the better (read: healthier) years are behind me. Not that I’m a crotchety old bugger…er…yet but it’s about the time the body starts changing ~~for the worse~~ for the last period of it’s life. And in that lies the root of my suspicion that one of the medications that used to work so well in the past might not be working quite so well in the present.

So I followed my suspicions to my pill box last weekend and to the pill in question and promptly removed them from their daily compartments. Now, 3 days later, the jury is still out but it looks like things may be a bit better or at least my outlook on life is a bit brighter anyway despite the lousy weather. The chronic pain will always be there of course but at the very least I felt good enough to write up this short post and that has to count for something?

Anyway, if anyone is still reading this thing wish me luck on my quest for betterment if you would. It would be much appreciated.