I’ve recently noticed a new kind of spam getting through Akismet and into my comments. It doesn’t contain a lot of links, doesn’t come from email addresses or URLs containing commercial names, and isn’t full of nonsense strings of unrelated words. Nothing so obvious. Nor does it all appear to come from the same URL, … Continue reading New kind of spam on WordPress
WordPress notified me today that my post about Gamma Acosta’s mural “Crayons” will appear on Freshly Pressed sometime in the next week. I’m honored to be featured again but especially pleased that Acosta and his unforgettable mural will be getting the additional well-deserved exposure. … Comments »
This 6′ × 24′ graffiti mural is the work of Gamma Acosta, Longmont, Colo. “Crayons” is his statement about the Sandy Hook school massacre, done a day later. It’s gone now, boards and all, to an anonymous art collector who wanted it preserved. Normally Acosta, who paints on his uncle’s vacant building, would have painted over it … Continue reading Acosta’s ‘Crayons’ mural recalls Sandy Hook
Thank you, WordPress, for making it snow. At the rate things are going, I’m afraid it’s about the only snow we’ll see in Denver this month. Now if you could just make it snow up in Estes … Continue reading Snow!
Yes, I’m playing with the blog’s fonts again. I really liked the Palatino body type I was using, but when my MacBook got sick I was forced back to the old Windows machine. And I must say I didn’t like the “Palatino Linotype” the Windows machine was substituting. Oh sure, I’d checked it out when … Continue reading Changing fonts, again
It’s amazing what a little ol’ presidential debate can do for an obscure blog’s visitor stats. With Romney and Obama together on national TV last night and the cameras giving us mostly close-up shots, viewers had plenty of time to notice the candidates’ lapel pins. For the first time, apparently, many noticed “something” on Mitt … Continue reading The presidential debate bump
