reading: Hating Valentine’s Day.
I finished The Catcher in the Rye last night (I read it at some point in high school, by the way; this wasn’t my first reading). That Holden Caulfield sure does say “old” a lot. Old Phoebe. Old Jane. Old this, old that. It’d be almost charming if he wasn’t such a whiny little bitch.
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Hey, I made a
favicon using some site I wandered across, and now if you look up in the address bar next to the site address, you should see it. You might not, though – it doesn’t always show up, and I’m not sure why. I think it depends on what browser you’re using – it won’t show up in Internet Explorer for me, but it does in Firefox (which is what I usually use – I just keep Internet Explorer around for emergencies).
I used my
badass picture, if you can’t tell. And looking up there and seeing that itty bitty version of the badass picture just cracks me UP.
Oh, shut up. I’m easily amused, I’ll admit it.
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So, if you search this site regularly (using that “search this site” link over there in the sidebar), you might have noticed that I’ve switched from
PicoSearch to
Freefind; PicoSearch has a 1500-document limit for their free search engine, which I was rapidly approaching, and Freefind doesn’t seem to have a limit. Sure, there are some ads at the top of the result page, but they’re not overwhelming, so I think I’ll stick with Freefind for now.
I suggested to Fred that, with his big brain and his ability to whip out software without thinking twice, he could write me a search engine for my site. He agreed that he could – but I don’t think he particularly wants to. Besides, even if he did there are so many other things on the list of “Things to do for Robyn, computerly speaking” that writing me a search engine is pretty far down the list.
I’ve noticed, since I get to see what people are using the search engine to look for (but don’t worry, I don’t know who’s doing the searching) that there have been a ton of searches for “chick peas” and “pita”. Your best bet, if you’re looking for a recipe, is to click on the “recipes” link over there on the sidebar under
Other. The pita pizza recipe is listed under
The Red Auerbach Pizza (in
entrees) and the
roasted chickpeas recipe is in the
sides section.
Also, the carpet cleaner so many of you search for? It’s called
Axi-dent, and it does an excellent job of killing the smell of cat pee on contact. So many people search for that that I think I’m just going to link to it in the sidebar so it’ll be easier to find.
I’ll get around to that this week, hopefully.
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Last night, Fred and I spent a good half hour talking about opening a used book store. There’s space for rent within walking distance of our house, and really – running a used book store would be absolutely perfect for me.
The problem is that I’m sure the space we were talking about is pretty expensive – everything in this town is getting to be pretty expensive – and I’m not sure Madison can support a used book store. There was one a few years ago that went out of business pretty quickly. And I’m not willing to gamble our savings like that, you know?
At one point I said “We could make it a used book store and a used movie store, and name it ‘Couch Potato’!” And then I said “And we could get a store cat!”
Fred said “We couldn’t get a store cat!”
“Why?”
“Because what would we do with it if the store went out of business?”
Damn. He saw through my wily scheme!
Man. If we’d saved every book we’ve read instead of giving them away, we’d for sure have enough stock to open a used book store.
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What better way to spend a rainy, crappy day than snuggled up on The Momma’s bed?]]>
Well, I for one cannot wait to get home and fire up Firefox (hee!) just to see that badass face giving me the stink eye.
What a great idea! I have been thinking about opening my own business (a health food store) after we move to the UK. Maybe if your used book store also sold coffee & muffins, you would get a lot more foot traffic? Kind of like a mini Chapters, only much cheaper and friendlier! 🙂 And I love the name.
well, how about an online used book store?? I get all my books used online.
just a thought….
i am using firefox and the address bar doesnt have the image but the link in my favorites folder does. what’s the difference?
Rebekah: I’m not sure. Try hitting “refresh”?
The used bookstore would be a great idea. It would give me a place to go after school. I love the store cat idea. Heh. Love the picture of da bean.
~Te amo~
tsk tsk…the lengths you will go to in order to adopt a new kitty….. 🙂
the problem with opening any sort of store, even when you sell something you love, is that you’re going to have to deal with people. people, even when it comes to something as wonderful as books, are JERKS. i worked in a bookstore for three years and while there were parts i absolutely adored (books at a discount being the biggest), dealing with the public sucked ass in such a major way.
also, the best thing is when a person comes in and asks for that blue book that was on oprah that one time…
thanks robyn, that fixed it:)
My IE had the icon once I re-added your page to my favorites. I KNEW it was your badass picture before I read it in your journal. I was laughing so at least two people got a kick out it – me and you.
Hey Robyn…totally off the subject but what kind of Dyson do you have. I’m interested in getting one and I’ve been checking them out online, but there’s a bunch of different ones. Also what do you use it for? Carpet or floors? I think I would use it mostly for carpet.
Thanks,
Debbie
hey Robyn,
the used book/movie store and store cat sounds exciting. I hope you go for it if it is what you want.
I think the used book store is a good idea too. If I was traveling down South (I’m in Maine) I would make a special side trip to see it and of course the store cat! Store pets rule!!
Now see, if you take all your MT posts and convert them into Pmachine or Expression Engine, they have a built in search engine! And Pmachine pro is FREE now! 😀
Hubby has 5 shop cats. He does small engine repair. 3 are inside help and 2 are outside help. He’d be lost without his furry tailed help.
Love the bookstore idea…but agree with one of the others that posted concerning the PUBLIC. Also…for small businesses (like my hubby’s)it requires a lot of time from owners. Public wants you open 24/7 and to make it…you just about have to bow to their wishes. Not to put you off…but it will take almost or all of your freedom away. Like anything though…if you want it I’m sure you and Fred can make it work and I wish you Blessings.
Give da Booooger a squeeze for me. Don’t it just make you want to smooch their wittle ears of when they curl up like that.
Hey, thanks for the tip about favicon. Too bad it doesn’t show up in IE, which more people use, but I use firefox and it was fun making one.