November 27, 2007
Nirvana Shirts at Walmart
I saw one of those cross-eyed smiley face Nirvana shirts in the latest Walmart flier on sale for $7.83. I think I might get one. If Kurt Cobain's spirit were still inside his body and in the grave, of course, he'd be "rolling over" in it. The marriage of discount-priced heavy volume retailers with the punk rock ethos-following band is quite the dichotomy.
Whew... I'm in deadline still. I'm finally at the stage where every single page is accounted for. I've made corrections to all the errors found in proofreading and all that's left is "printing" each page to a "post script" file, which in turn gets "ripped" into a PDF file by Adobe Distiller. Since upgrading to Adobe Creative Suite 3 recently, I have to set my post-script settings and such according to my printer's specs. Once I get this done, it's pretty fast moving.
I am SO ready for this issue to be at the printer. I might take a day off tomorrow to rest. Lord willing, my wife and I are going to the Green Bay Packers at Dallas Cowboys game on Thursday night. That should be a festive occasion.
I've got some stuff to get to after this deadline... Besides choosing editorial for the next (March/April) issue, I need to fix a lot of stuff on this website. When I try to upload images, the usual windows in this backend editing program don't function properly. No one can leave comments on the site. And the banner ad program needs to be upgraded. Here's hoping I can get that done soon.
We've got some cats out at the ranch now (again). Samson and Delilah took off after keeping them in the shed for three weeks. I haven't seen 'em since (save for one sighting down by the broken pond). I'm keeping these guys inside for about that long (in a small laundry room with a wood floor and a litter box). So far they've been neat. We'll make sure they "know" that this is their new home and I'll build a coyote-proof cathouse on stilts that they can live in. These cats have been named Surely, Goodness, and Mercy.
Surely is the orange Tabby with the longest hair. Goodness is the other orange Tabby; and Mercy is the white cat.
I really hope to take a few days off soon and finish my novel. I'm real frustrated at not having that done now.
Posted by Doug Van Pelt at November 27, 2007 04:08 PM