1 Didn’t have time to get this out there yesterday, but suddenly AOL has stepped in and taken a pair of scissors, arbitrarily cutting the entire second part of my DN constituents out. So you know: if you officially were a member of my AOL DN subscription panel, chances are that you were chosen special, if you even HAD an email.
2 And yes, some others never quite got into that circle, but there were always reasons.
3 Meanwhile, AOL decided to cut my recipients randomly in half.
4 These are many pplz who have enjoyed the DN for years.
5 I’ve been in a frantic search to see who was responsible for this very irresponsible act, but so far, anyone who REMOTELY knows about AOL has kept mum.
6 Fine, sez I, but MEANWHILE, about 50% of my DN peeps have been cut off, and I am pretty upset by that.
7 I can’t even go to OLD DN’s and copy/paste the DN recipients.
8 Anyway, if you ARE on the second half of the DN mailing list, send me yer latest email and I’ll try to divide the recipients into two mailings. Good ol’ AOL. Moving from okay to mediocre at an astoundingly rapid pace.
9 Ah vell. Can’t do much about it right now.
10 Moving On, Part the First: Called my Dad yesterday, and he’s doing great, all things considered. He was bright, laughing, and enjoying a nice long conversation about walking to church on Sundays, Niner football, Giants baseball, and we wound up going through each player on each team, noting similarities. We talked of the Niners of yore, and just laughed into the late afternoon.
11 He has a bone scan scheduled for tomorrow, so they could find more stuff out. No pain, and that was good, and a WHOLE lot of optimism and laughter, which was awesome.
12 Whooops! Something just flicked like this was all going to be erased again. Yeesh.
13 This is my SECOND DN today. I got overzealous yesterday and worked quite a lot on that poem for my Dad, but the my hand hit something that erased everything. Just happened now as well! Unusual stuff since I’m clearly experienced at this time.
14 Whatevvvvvvuhhhhh….^^^^^^^
15 Well, THIS is me second time trying to understand just what is going on.
16 As far as I know, we’re all good for now.
17 Moving on, Part the Second: Well, it appears we’re okay, although I just looked at the teeeeeveeee and they have a theory about the missing sea lions in SF. Looks like those chubby buddies have migrated down to Monterey. Yeesh! Wheredja go, boys?
18 Moving on, Part the Third: I’m convinced that my cat used to be a plumber in his previous life. He is always climbing into the toilet for a drink, or maybe a look at the pipes. This morning I walked in there and he looked like Alice in Wonderland looking into the hole. Or maybe more apropos, perhaps the Cheshire Cat? There’s a Cheshire moon in today’s sky, speaking of the CC.
D <—–feeble attempt at making a capital “D” resemble a Cheshire Cat smile.
19 Moving on, Part the Fourth: I know it’s going to be a grand day. Pulled two matching socks out of the dryer first thing in the morning. When has that EVER happened? = ) <—–sideways smiley dude.
20 LOLZ.
21 Well it looks to be an optimistic, beautiful day, and since the year is so young, it just could be the best day of the year. Let’s all find it in our heart to make each day the best day of the year. Ol’ Emerson would paint the sky with a Cheshire smile.
22 Go out make someone’s day.
23 Peace.
~H~
