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[dc]I[/dc]t really is a shame we can only use Thanksgiving decorations once a year. I mean, I can’t honestly have a pink flamingo-dressed-as-a-turkey-dressed-as-a-pilgrim strapped to the roof of my car¹ on Valentine’s Day, can I?
Is it a pink flamingo dressed as a turkey dressed as a pilgrim, or the other way around? Image via Amazon.
What would the neighbors think? Things are already touchy after my late night/early morning Mario Kart 64 scream therapy sessions.
[dc]S[/dc]tephanie made the most important decision regarding our wedding planning.
She picked a theme.
The place and such are secondary when it comes to wedding planning, but a theme is key. She had already shot down my idea of planning a Back to the Future wedding, so the ball was firmly in her court.
No Nine Inch Diameter Trees Allowed! Photo by me.
Her theme for our wedding: adventure.
To fit the theme, Stephanie decided she wanted to gather up as many old maps and globes she could find.
Which led to our adventure at the Michigan State University Surplus Store one chilly morning.
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[dc]B[/dc]oth of my regular visitors may have noticed a few changes. After reading a few articles on, surprise, readability and blog layouts, I decided to shake things up.
Like a snake with new skin. Photo by me.
This shouldn’t come as a surprise, because I am a frequent website tinkerer: my websites are never ‘done.’
I wanted to switch to a single sidebar layout on the right hand side, but if I did, I would have to make all my comics smaller (the overall width drops about 200 pixels).
Eh. Pass. I didn’t feel like having to resize and replace all of my existing strips.
Stuck with three columns, I just shifted them all to the right. The important stuff went in the first, with the second sidebar being reserved for ads and such.
I’m no expert on design, coding, and/or SEO. I just pick things up as needed, like a kind of blogging Katamari. For example, I read an article saying the issue with three column blogs is the left sidebar is loaded before the content. Hence shifting everything to the right.
I taught myself some more basic CSS and fixed a few of the website’s quirks. I couldn’t stand how the ‘recent posts’ and such looked: the entries were too close together. With a bit of digging, Google, and Firebug, I learned how to tweak my ‘list’ settings.
I also didn’t care for how my paragraphs looked. I wanted the text a hair larger and more space between lines. I played around on W3Schools and eventually figured out what I had to change. I even came across a site that suggests line-width and font sizes based on your blog’s width.
Bingo, dino DNA increased readability (I hope).
and ThinkGeek Deals[dc]B[/dc]elieve it or not, Thanksgiving is just around the corner, so you better be ready to look the part.
For those who need a festive shot in the arm, or a way to scare away annoying relatives, Amazon has a slew of Thanksgiving appropriate costumes. Because there is nothing more embarrassing than lacking a Thanksgiving costume (except, perhaps, for owning one).
Reminds me of something I saw after eating a can of four-year old cranberry sauce. Image via Amazon and © original source.
As the lead photo shows, one can don the likeness of a Thanksgiving elf and scar children for life. Yes, the Pilgrim Parade Pleaser will get you into the Thanksgiving spirit, although it might cause eating challenges and prompt folks to ask about your pot of gold and/or access to firearms.
