Write what you believe! I consider this a cardinal rule of online publishing. Now you might ask why is this so important? To me, it’s quite simple: once you click on the “publish” button, more often than not, it’s out there.
If you do not believe or fully support your writing you may find yourself in the uncomfortable position of having to fabricate its base.
If you do believe in what you wrote then supporting your words is much easier as you already have a vested interest in their validity. Developing a supportive argument, theory, or premise becomes simply an extension of your original posting.
Remember, when you post something on the Internet: it’s out there … and so are you!
One of my favorite dinners is bangers and mash au gratin. It’s a simple dinner to prepare and only takes about an hour from start to table. It may not be the best dinner to serve with our current temperatures but it is well worth the heat and efforts. Below is a gallery of random pictures of dinner tonight. The basic recipe is rather simple although it is not always the easiest to find the bangers to use.
Follow along if you will:
Start with instant mashed potatoes (it’s just easier)
While the mashed potatoes are cooking start the bangers
The potatoes will be ready long before the bangers, put a lid on them and set aside for later
After the bangers are cooked, make the sauteed onions
Grate the cheese while the onions cook
Once the onions are ready add the gravy and cook together
Put everything together: bit of gravy/onion mix; bangers; rest of gravy/onion mix; potatoes; grated cheese
Bake for 20 minutes at 400°F in the oven
Serve … and Enjoy!
… and do not forget to share.
Bangers in the baking dish
The Mash!
Fresh out of the oven
Going into the oven
The table setting
Sauteed onions in gravy
Grated cheese for the au gratin.
Sauteed onions
Freshly served
Bangers and Mash au Gratin
Ready to eat …
BooBoo … after dinner
BooBoo waiting patiently …
PS: Alcoholic beverages are purely optional … but strongly suggested.
The use of foul language to express yourself in writing is generally nothing more than self adulation. The use of common curse words when speaking passionately to make an explicit point may be understandable but to use the same language in writing does nothing to improve the context of the message being made.
When you speak you cannot unsay your words; when you write, you can edit them. There is no good reason one cannot simply go back over their prose and choose more appropriate words to use that better speak to their audience and the public in general that may come across their writings.
It is simply rude and obtuse to use swearing in the written word, for most cases, but if you do have the undeniable urge to curse at least be creative in the way you do it.
It’s just a pet peeve of mine, you can feel free to tell me to go to h3!!
Last month I recapped the Toronto WordPress June 2010 Meetup and wrote about the new friends from China I met on the TTC subway system. I did not think to take any pictures myself, but most of these visitors did. I asked one to send me a copy and was very happy to open my email this morning and find this picture from Pi Yizhou:
It seems every so often my wife, myself, or the both of us will get the family tree itch and start looking through old records, pictures or whatever other sources we find; and, since we are on vacation this seemed like a great past time for when it is simply too hot to do anything outside … and so we have started, again.
The number of people are adding up quickly in each or our respective family trees. I believe we will use the online versions available at Ancestry.com. You can currently visit Terri’s or my respective trees at:
A lot of the information in my family tree is from memory with help from mom (thanks). A few more branches were found with some research based on the starting points we worked out, but unfortunately no one seems to recall much about my father. I have not seen him since I was about two years old, although I do have a picture of us together likely sometime in 1967: l-r: Joseph Caissie and son Edward Joseph Alexandre Caissie
I also have a generation photo. This picture has four generations including myself from my mother’s side of the family. In the front, I am sitting on my mother’s (Karen Morin) lap. Next to us is my maternal grandmother Winnifred Ferguson nee Homer; and, her mother Gertrude: l-r: Karen Morin, Edward Caissie, Winnifred Homer, Gertrude
Have you traced your family tree? Are you part of our family? Do you know me … or my dad?
Technically I started vacation Friday but yesterday was the real beginning.
[rant] Friday was three hours of “live help”-less support from my current Internet services provider. After threatening the CSR with canceling the service I was finally able to force them to try and help. Unfortunately the person did not have the skill set to do the job. I eventually sorted through the issue on my own well enough to restore full Internet service at the cost of my VoIP services … can you say not happy? [/rant]
Yesterday … yesterday was a great day! We had to take our foster bunny Peanut in to our vet for a minor treatment. He needed his teeth trimmed due to malocclusion of his incisors. Afterward we returned home with Peanut, then my wife and I went for lunch.
My wife decided to surprise me with the place so we got into the car and she said we’re going to Port Credit.
We ended up at Snug Harbor on one of their patios and enjoyed a great fresh fish lunch which I washed down with a couple of pints of my favorite beer, Stella Artois. We then walked along the pier to the lighthouse at the end taking a few pictures along the way.
There were some rowers in single, double, and four-man with coxswain; some young men clowning around on the edge of the causeway; numerous seagulls; and some friendly graffiti, too. Check out the gallery below.
I met my wife, Terri, sixteen years ago today … and we are still going strong. We were married less than a year later on March 24 and we have not looked back.
I have reluctantly realized if a customer wants to spend their money you should just let them … as long as you also make sure they are getting equal or greater value in return. There’s no reason to turn away business as long as all involved are getting what they want out of the transaction.
Did you know I have several WordPress powered web sites? Of course you do! This is one, my personal domain, where I often let my writings ramble and wander and sometimes even I have no idea where they will go.
BuyNowShop.com is another WordPress powered web site I own and operate. I often refer to it as BNS and use those initials on the plugins I write and release for mine and other WordPress.org powered web sites. If you are looking for information about my WordPress themes or plugins feel free to drop by and have a read. Each has their own page, leave a complaint or a compliment … constructive criticism is always welcome.
If you want to read about an interesting function, pick up a tip, or a trick to improve or customize your WordPress web site then surf over to another of my web sites, WPFirstAid.com and find code behind some of the functions and features I have used in my themes and plugins. Explained and free to use on your own site or in your own WordPress theme or plugin, too.
… and last but not least, visit my first WordPress powered web site where it all started: Rattitude.com. This is where you will find information about fancy pet rats and other related items of interest. Find out about these marvelous companion animals and maybe learn why I say, rat … the new dog!
