Patrick Says

So, it’s generally a given that people don’t read your blog on the weekends. Maybe it’s because they go on Branson vacations or just around town or maybe it’s because of the fine sports selections on the weekends. Regardless of the why and for that reason, many bloggers do not post on Saturday or Sunday. Well, maybe not JUST for that reason, but you get the idea.

But I wonder if this rule really applies.

I mean, if you read my posts in a RSS reader of some kind, they’ll be queued up for you when you get to them on Monday. If you subscribed via the email (which I do offer), new posts will be waiting in your inbox. And what about the traffic numbers over the weekend. I don’t see much of a dip as near as I can tell. But on the other hand, if you get zero comments on Wednesday and zero comments on Saturday, it’s hard to chalk it all up to the scheduling.

It’s Saturday morning and I’m writing a blog post. While other people are thinking about donuts and Disney vacations, I’m thinking about about phone consolidation.

I know what you’re thinking. Huh?

I feel like there is a way to save money somehow in my current telecommunications setup. Right now, we have a land-line with AT&T, DSL with a provider who is not AT&T and a prepaid cell phone. So, for the last couple days, I’ve been juggling numbers in my head to get the Internet in the house, phones to connect to the outside world and still have cellular. It’s not as easy as you think.

I’m in a contract with my DSL provider and they don’t do naked DSL. So I HAVE to keep a land-line until that contract ends. And the cost of the land-line is about the same as one cell phone. Hence, the prepaid because it’s way cheaper. I think what I’d like is to get two contract cell phones, naked DSL from AT&T once my current contract expires and ditch the land-line.

Don’t even mention Charter. They are persona non grata around here.

…that the weight loss widget is gone from the sidebar. While I’d love to lose about forty pounds, I’m just stretched too far in every other direction to worry about shedding some poundage.

For now.

I do still want to be healthier. I just need to stabilize my life and the boys’ lives first and hopefully get The Wife home again before too long. So, like Rocky Patel cigars, weight loss just isn’t at the top of my priority list right now.

The Wife is not doing well at all. Therefore, I’m probably going to curse.

Imagine the worst tummy ache you’ve ever had. Amplify it by ten. Then turn it on for days at a time with short breaks in-between just long enough to make you think you might be getting better. Then take a scalpel and cut your belly open. Five. Six. Maybe seven times. Pull some organs out. Allow some time for the wounds to heal. Then go back to the beginning and do it again. Repeatedly. Until you can’t take anymore and you want to quit. Then do it all again.

This is the hell that Jen currently resides in.

So, when people say stupid things like ‘the Lord won’t give you more than you can handle’ or ‘what doesn’t kill you makes you strong’, I want to rip their arm off and beat them to death with it. Because I’m going to have to disagree with you, my friend, the universe will heap as much shit on you as it can until it kills you.

I had a conundrum earlier. It was a comment in moderation. Here’s the thing though. It was an exceptionally excellent comment. It was precise and on topic. It advanced the topic even. It was just really good.

BUT the commenter’s name was clearly SEO-related. You know, when people put their names as ‘Toronto Asphalt’ or ‘Detroit job search‘. And I’ve said it before and it’s in the comment notes when you comment, you will be considered spam when you do that.

Shame really…it was a good comment.