D'vorahDavida
Yetzirah

Back In Business
Sun Jul 04 2004


Ta-Da!

What do you think?

I have driven myself half mad in here, tweaking and geeking, going back and forth a gazillion times from page to page until I am about to go whacko!

HTML language is incredibly snooty and persnickety. One little letter out of place and WHAM! Whatever it is you want to show up on your page is totally absent. Fix the ONE letter and SHAZAM! there it is, in it's proper place, smug as you please.

WHO MADE UP THIS SYSTEM?

Anyway, it's done and I'm done. Might have to wait for winter to set in before I change a thing. Take a look at the welcome page, just for fun. I figured out how to make a little logo with a publishing program. All will be well, as long as Hami Pics is up and running.

What is a little disconcerting about this process, is that the old diary configuration changes too. Now this may seem obvious, but when I think of my earliest entries, I see them as they looked then. Computers have no sense of history at all. I just re-wrote my archives in some respects. The past is malleable. Maybe this is why there is such an epidemic of re-writing history in the academic world these days.

In the history of THIS diary there were. . .

Pink roses? What pink roses? I don't know any thing about no stinking pink roses!
It's brown and tan in here. What's the matter with you?

Multi-colored pencils? What multi-colored pencils? I don't know anything about no multi-colored pencils!

And before that, in the mists of antiquity, IN THE BEGINNING, there were ..........


Pink rosebuds. (They are a weakness of mine)

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In other news, I have greetings from the Pragmatist. She is having ISP difficulties now and is trying to get things squared away. But that project will be delayed for a while, as she is headed south to visit relatives for the week. She tells me that a limousine is coming to take her to the airport! (A gift from the family).
She hopes to be back in touch soon and says she feels isolated without her DD friends.

Well, I'm off to make put this project back on line.

To my American friends. Happy 4th of July!

Let Freedom Ring!

PS Ooops, almost forgot. Look what I found on the internet. I think I'm in love.
A painting by Lord Frederick Leighton called "The Painter's Honeymoon".



Lord Leighton



I just wanted to send a salute to all our military men and women all over the world. Thank you. There are not enough words to convey my gratitude. I know there are those who have conflicted feelings about war in general and this war in particular. But all I can say is that I rest safely in my bed at night, and part of the price for that rest is the sacrifice of people who are willing to put their lives on the line for the ideals of freedom. God Bless You, and bring you home soon.

16 Comments
  • From:
    ImNotLisa (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    I said WOW when the page loaded. Very nice, I like the colors. I love the Leighton painting, I also liked his Flaming June, too.
  • From:
    Dustbunny3 (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    Sun Flowers !! I like it .
    Been a hard day but finished filling in stump holes ALL of them. Dusted Dad
  • From:
    MagicWhiskey (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    Ooo I really like this. The more I look the more a want home made strawberry maramlade though.
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    I like your new look. It is very summery and yet also reminds me of September. September when everyone heads back to school and my world gets peaceful again. ahhh....nice.
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    like the changes, yetzirah

    very apt :)
  • From:
    Bookworm (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    Can't say brown is my favourite colour, but it does relect a bit more on your character. Love what you made for the welcome page, though. Great stuff. ;-)
  • From:
    RealmOfRachel (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    Oooh I like this layout the best maybe because I'm a scker for checks but yes I like this very much.

    HTML is a snot nosed language I agree it takes me forever to make the tiniest change to anything!

    Hugs
    Rach xxx
  • From:
    FourKnees (Unauthenticated) (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    I assume it is the husband you are in love with?
    Lord Fred obviously adored the dress but didn't waste much time on the wife's face; it looks as if she has boiled it.
  • From:
    Bogomils (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    Hello and Merry Greetings to you! I love the new set up. I love the colors. The flowers at the top makes it very cozy.

    So, Happy 4th of July to you. I am still waking up and going to refill the coffee cup. I just wished to send love and light to you today. I hope your day is filled with all the naughty foods your stomach can handle.

    Bright Blessings...... Bogomils
  • From:
    Enchantedbutterfly (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    Love the sunflowers!

    Mom and I were just talking about rearranging diaries and what a task it is over the HTML. I feel your pain girl!

    Can't get the painting to load, but I will keep trying.

    Have a great day!

    Butterfly
  • From:
    Zarathustra (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    i've always wondered why for americans july 4 is a semi-military holiday? every american i saw today mentioned the word iraq at least once.
    hm.
    za
  • From:
    Ichandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    nice mon amie i did like the roses but now you have the flowers for the navigating buttons very charming
  • From:
    RealmOfRachel (Legacy)
    On:
    Sun Jul 04 2004
    Repeat after me I am eminently employable! You are you know. Think of the age gap as years more of accumulated wisdom, failing that look them dead in the eye and make threatening noises about age discrimination law suits if they don't hire you.

    Maybe you should dress out of character for interviews to totally blow their preconceptions of your character? Rock chick Yetzirah anyone?
    I have faith in you.
    Hugs
    Rachel
    xxxxxxx
  • From:
    Ichandra (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jul 05 2004
    mon amie does the oracle live in this new home if so please have him speak to me
    oh dearest oracle i am without punctuation without upper case letters some people are deprived that way dearest oracle
    because of this world that i live in i do not understand very seriously now when people leave a comment in my journal they always end it with this chicken scratching ))):::;;;
    now dearest oracle in my blindness to punctuation i can only guess what this means
    does it may they want me to answer or does it mean they are saying that they are answering well isnt that obvious dearest oracle
    i am speaking to you as if you are in this new home or have you left because the roses are gone
  • From:
    Allimom (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jul 05 2004
    I love the new look, very homey!
    Alli
  • From:
    InStitches (Legacy)
    On:
    Mon Jul 05 2004
    Finally had the chance to go look at the Lord Leighton site. Beautiful; I got caught up in his voluminous use of draped fabric. I would love to see these in person. I'll bet they are breathtaking.