Just a little note to those who listen: I've been feeling kind of quiet as of late, which you may have noticed. Nothing going on really, just sometimes I need to take a mental break from life on the Internet and not feel so compelled to interact with it 1440/24/7/365.2425 (i.e. every minute of every day). Posting inside will be light this week, but I will be wrapping up the editing project and posting the full set in the Members Only gallery, so woo! And I'll talk about some other stuff, too. Yep.

Also, just an FYI, I'm planning on spending this week nervous as fuck all before I head to Seattle on Saturday to meet and work with the infamous Twisted Monk for the first time. Huzzah! I mean, err, hmm. What is a nervous-yet-wholly-excited exclamation I could make? I'm pretty sure the dude plans to put me through the works, so to speak, but I'll be damned if I don't have a few tricks up my sleeve for him. Hmm, I hope he doesn't read this... o_O

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And here I thought that I'd totally missed any chance of fun on this year's crazy date, July 6 2008 (which can be written as 20080706). But I opened the feeds and, to my surprise, saw a picture of myself! It was posted by sex-cheerleader extraordinaire, Miss Violet Blue! I provided visual entertainment for her post on girls and guns, The Sexy Geek Philologist and the AK-47.

The photo she used was from my recent work with PK Ripper, which I mentioned here.

I had to look up the word "philology". It has something to do with the scholarly study of historical linguistics and the evolution of language. You'd think I'd know that word, since I'm so keen on modern language and how the Internet is influencing youth culture.

K thx Violet Blue, ur teh r0xx0rz! Keep an eye on her blog, as I plan to bribe her with more naughty, exclusive photos of myself. Maybe she'll be nice and post them for you guys, too? ;)

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After moving to my new host's server, I wrote to CCBill asking them about re-enabling the whole CGI license thingy that they do that allows people to log in to the Members Only area (there are technical terms in there I won't pretend to understand, even if I do). I got a prompt response on how to do the work on my own, but when I asked for more help I got zilch. I waited a week before breaking down and callng their support line. I doubt I'm the only person in the world who dreads calling tech support, but email wasn't getting me anywhere. Thankfully, a super nice guy named James helped me out and painlessly (for me--I hope it was painless on his end) solved my login issues within 5 minutes. It was awesome. Except the classical music playing while I was on hold; that sounded awful over the treble-tastic headset. Anyway, here are the morals of this story:

• member logins and new member signups are working correctly
• I now know how to prepare my CGI dealy-bobs for future server transfers, and avoid downtime
• calling CCBill's support is not bad at all, and you should never hesitate to do so!

P.S. - additional thanks to the fellow who helped me later in the day; sorry I can't remember your name! But you were super nice too. Glad to know that even though the CCBill site is difficult to navigate, there are useful people on the other end of the phone. :D

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