November 15, 2008
Impeding fatherhood has had me pondering my future pretty much since the second that Brenda showed me the fateful pee stick. I’m back in school, but with an unclear vision as to what destination that will bring. Right now, it just seems like something I should do. We’re moving (more on that over here), partly because the new house, yard, and neighborhood are all more conducive to having a toddler around. Our jobs are obviously going to change somewhat as we try to juggle bills, time, and the Lil’ Screamer (you’re not allowed to leave kids alone for more than four hours, are you?).
Anyway, my blogging has been somewhat less than consistent. I’ve been trying to keep both I Radio Heaven and Becoming Daddy up, but I haven’t revisited their respective purposes. So, I’m going to work on a new plan for both of them. I hate posting goals–or even writing them, since I’m the type of person that thinks that setting your alarm clock to get up early in order to exercise is practically better than actually working out–but I will let you know that I am going to repackage these two little spots on the web that I maintain to stroke my ego. All of my personal stuff is moving over to Becoming Daddy, since all of that really defines who I am as a person and subsequently as a father. This will be all of the political stuff, music stuff, restaurants, media, book reviews — all of it. I’m keeping I Radio Heaven as strictly a music, food, and drinks blog. I wasn’t going to keep it, but I started thinking about where I am now. Right now, I’m the bar manager at one of the best restaurants in the city. For example, we’re about to be featured in Esquire Magazine again. (In case you forgot, that’s twice in less than two years.) My cocktails have been mentioned in D-List Magazine, I have a shout-out coming on the Bombay Sapphire blog, and I very, very nearly won a contest that would have gotten one of my originals in the December issue of GQ (I lost because the liquor that was sponsoring the contest wasn’t the dominant flavor in the drink). I say all of this not to illustrate my non-existent awesomeness, but to point out that I have a unique opportunity (because of my position) to try some of the most unique and delicious ingredients out there, and the owners of my restaurant are very gracious in allowing me to experiment and create some very unique things. I’m not nearly up to the level of some of the guys around here (seriously, molecular mixology? I failed chemistry sooo miserably . . . ), but I’m working at it.
I’ve come to the conclusion that if I stay focused on the future, I’ll miss the great place that I’m in right now. I probably won’t retire a bartender, so I need to work on something else. But, while I’m doing what I’m doing, I should have fun with it, learn from it, and try to grow through it.
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June 14, 2008
WordPress will let you schedule posts to be published in the future, just like Typepad.
sweet.
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July 10, 2007
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June 11, 2007
The blog has been ignored lately, and for that, I apologize. I went from being unemployed to having three jobs, and I’m just now reaching a point of equilibrium.
No matter.
I’ve tweaked the layout to something that should be a bit cleaner. I switched to a three column, changed the background color and the header, and switched my Last.fm charts to their nifty new widgets. Hopefully, the pageload time hasn’t taken too much of a hit. My only complaint is that my header is shoved way over to the left. Anyone know of a Typepad fix for that?
I’m working on some updated articles and album reviews that should post later tonight, so stay tuned and thanks for reading . . .
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May 11, 2007
The process is slowly begining to move from Typepad to WordPress. New feeds, etc, will be coming soon. If you pay a visit and notice something missing, never fear . . .
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May 4, 2007
Since you demonstrate your good taste by reading this blog (ha!), I know that you are all die-hard Arctic Monkeys fans.
So, you’ll be happy to learn that I’m giving away a free Arctic Monkeys 12" over at I Radio Heaven.
Tell your friends . . .
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May 3, 2007
So . . . courtesy of I Radio Heaven, Domino Records, and Cornerstone Promotions, I have a killer 12" from Arctic Monkeys, "Brianstorm," to distribute as I see fit. Here’s the tracklisting:
1. If You Found This It’s Probably Too Late
2. Brianstorm
3. Temptation Greets You Like Your Naughty Friend
4. What If You Were Right The First Time?
Now, I can’t just give this away, so we’re having the premiere of I Radio Heaven "Gives Away Free Crap." And here’s how it’s going to go: Since I Radio Heaven "Gives Away Free Crap" is, well, a crappy name, I want you to come up with a better one. Bonus points will be given for submitting an icon along with your submission. Entries will be judged solely by me ;-).
I think I’ll run this one for about a week, and I’ll announce the winner next Friday.
Happy thinking . . .
Hear "Brianstorm"
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March 30, 2007
So, I’m thinking about joining with the rest of the lemmings and switching to WordPress. I’m not happy with how cluttered my two sites are (especially I Radio Heaven). There are a few WordPress sites that I’ve seen that are, quite simply, bad-ass. I’ve been able to import my old posts fairly easily (to the potential Ubuntu and I Radio Heaven), but i’m not totally sold on the sheer usability factor for the un-tech-savvy. To put it another way, I R STUPEDD. There are a few things that Typepad does really, really well, like how they’re integrated with Amazon and how easy the sidebars are to use. Also, the customization is much easier to do. Importing my top header, tweaking the width of the columns - all of those are built right into the service. What I don’t like is the monthly fee, but to get my site hosted anywhere, I’m going to be paying close to the same thing (though, i did find a very cheap place. Not sure about the management, though. hehe)
Now, there’s seemingly an infinite number of WordPress themes that I can use if I want to go the .org route, but I’m still not sold on how easy they will be to customize. I downloaded Adam Walker Cleaveland’s template Cleaker 2.1 because I really like his layout, and his Readme.rtf file was helpful, informative, and entirely Greek to me (when it came to switching the header, merging Flickr feeds, etc). Same with the theme that Chandler is using at Some Strange Ideas (a site that has been strangely quiet lately), K2.
Basically, I want a theme with customizable headers, widgets, and three columns. I LOVE the tabs that WordPress can drop into the header, keeping the sidebars from getting crammed with too much stuff. I also like the WordPress dashboard, though it is taking a while to get used to. I’m just wishing I could get all this with the free version of WordPress, but I want a pony too and I’m not going to get that either (that’s what Brenda keeps telling me, anyway).
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