Author: raisetheshields

22-Mar

lasik beam

On Monday I went to LasikPlus to get evaluated for possible LASIK surgery. I passed even though my nearsighted vision is in the -8 to -9 range. I’ve been wearing eyeglasses for the last 9+ months with the goal of getting LASIK. Contacts change the shape of your eyeball and you have to stop wearing […]

14-Mar

every entry ever

One advantage of having every one of my blog entries in Movable type is that I can dynamically create lists of everything. Check out the list at the bottom of this blog entry, for example. That’s every entry I’ve made — ever. If I had enough time I’d try to categorize things. Actually, I think […]

13-Mar

improve upon

Yesterday I cleaned up the built-in Google search for this site. The search results colors have been showing up as black text on a black background for at least the last year. Google must have made a change recently that doesn’t work well with their custom search. Sounds easy to fix, right? Wrong. The site […]

11-Mar

query letters

I’m starting a little movie script pitching parody website called QueryLetters.net. A query letter is nothing more than a 1-page summary of a script or book that you are either in the process of writing or that you’ve completed. They’re like a pitch so that you can get someone to buy in on your idea. […]

09-Mar

i’m older than you

I went to Number’s on Friday night. I wore my American Eagle jeans, New Balance 991 sneakers, and my Fantastic 4 tee. A had a mini-workout and shower before leaving. I decided to spike up my hair crazy-style with my fibre-paste product. After a quick stop at the Chevron on Montrose for some cashish, I […]

08-Mar

import

I’m importing all of my old blog entries into MovableType. What does this mean? My site’s navigation for entries in the years 2002 and earlier will be kooky until I finish up — hopefully sometime today after I go to sleep and wake up again. I love that.

03-Mar

crime scene investigation

I put together a coming soon trailer page for next week’s episode of CSI. I know CBS does the same thing on their site, but I did one of my own due to being Really Enthused™ about fellow blogger Wil Wheaton’s part in next week’s episode. Go Wil.

02-Mar

the prince patch

I am in the process of aggregating all of my fitness related blog entries into their own section of the site. While I was taking a look at all the Mark In Underwear Photos™ that I’d taken, I realized that my Prince Patch needed some serious tending. What’s a prince patch? It’s my nickname for […]

27-Feb

i have the power… washers

So, I paid these guys to power wash everything outside my house. The walls, the floors… everything. It took them four hours and now it looks like this brand new house is stuck in the middle of a dirty crappy street with dirty crappy houses. My neighbors need the power washing, too. Maybe I can […]

25-Feb

your search results

It’s finally Friday and I’m excited about paying off my bounced checks, getting my exercise program back into swing, and catching up on movies that I need to see before the Academy Awards show comes on Sunday night. I’ll be watching that over at the fam’s house. They have big comfy sofas. Aside from love […]