UPDATE: Whatever is going on is related to my Safari browser. So here I am using Firefox and everything seems fine. Phew! Apparently my Blogger account (not Google account, just the Blogging part of it) is having some problems, so I will be attempting to do some blogging via e-mail, which is the only way … Read more
Note: If you don’t know what RSS is, it’s short for “Really Simple Syndication”. It’s a mechanism for having one’s blog posts delivered to your inbox, Google Reader or other web syndication tool. This keeps you from having to visit a webpage every few days. My new posts can be handed to you on a … Read more
…which wasn’t on this blog. It was on MySpace in July 2006. that’s just the link to one blog. To see everything I wrote between July 2006 and August 2007 — I stood up this Blogger.com blog in December 2007 — use this link and select the “More” button at the bottom of the page … Read more
Today I was uploading recipes to the Pioneer Woman’s public cooking website: Tasty Kitchen. A pretty neat website — like a Facebook for amateur cooks. Or Ravelry.com, which is a community for yarn craftsmen. Anyway, one of the recipes I had uploaded was the Linguini Salad that I make for pot lucks and picnic. I … Read more
Well, it looks like my flapping of the gums has once again made it into mainstream media…. For those unaware, I had written a blog post about the USAF’s “Above All” campaign of 2008. It was a positive discussion about it, a little tongue-in-cheek at worst. I think I make mention of videogaming teenagers perhaps … Read more
On two recent blog posts here, there are comments written in Chinese characters. This one: http://vollmerdp.blogspot.com/2010/03/big-top-cupcake-love-it-or-loathe-it.html And this one: http://vollmerdp.blogspot.com/2010/04/garden-season.html The first one went up on March 14th, and I get the comments sent to my e-mail account. So there’s all this Chinese in my inbox. What do you THINK I’m going to do with … Read more
“Hi, my name is Major Mom and I have a problem.” “Hi Major Mom!” I’m addicted to a silly little game on Facebook. It’s called “Bejeweled Blitz” and Facebook went and made it interesting by turning it into a challenge against my other Facebook friends. So if I hear about one of my friends beating … Read more
We met our new neighbors — Dave and Jamie, and their two sons. They live in the house behind us. Yes, even more boys to top off the overflowing supply of little boys in our little corner of Bellevue. Just kidding, since two boys left that house, with two more to replace things it’s still … Read more
Have you heard the cover of the Peter Schilling “Major Tom” song by Shiny Toy Guns? It’s featured in the 2010 Lincoln MKZ commercial on TV. I really like it. The You Tube below will play for you the whole thing. Interestingly, last year Lincoln used a cover of the David Bowie version to advertise … Read more