Wednesday, September 10, 2003

Subscribing is working again Several people have mentioned to me that they thought they'd subscribed to this weblog, but haven't been receiving anything by email. I think what happened is that right around the time I put in the subscription feature, its sponsor, Bloglet, had expansion problems and a lot of downtown. So if you'd like to get my entries by email shortly after I post them, please subscribe again. I think it's working now. I appreciate every subscriber very much. It helps to know someone is reading what I write. Of course you can delete the weblog emails if you have an information overload. I'll still think I have readers. We'll both be happy. 10:44:07 PM    comment []

Hard Work Shopping New discovery today. Making websites and sculptures is easy compared with shopping for underpants. Now that's hard work! I've been trying to buy some new underpants for weeks now, without this getting very high on my errand list. I exhausted the possibilities in the local discount stores, Wal-Mart and KMart. It had dawned on me that cost cutting meant using as little fabric as possible. This made it unlikely that discount panties were going to cover me. So today I set off to buy them at the one real department store in town, Belk's. It's been a long time since I shopped for panties, so I had no idea what brand or size. I'd had the bright idea of bringing a clean pair of my old ones with me - a pair with only a few holes in it. If I could compare these comfortable oldies with new ones, maybe this would minimize the need to head for the fitting room. It didn't work at all. It was strange, but new panties that seemed to match my old ones exactly, didn't fit comfortably at all. I'm long waisted, so add that to some extra bulge in front and extra droop in back, and I have a fitting problem. I ended up finding three - two different brands - that are actually comfortable. That's all the store had, just three. It took me three trips - maybe four - to the fitting room to get that far. I kept thinking, "Making websites and sculptures is a lot easier than shopping for underpants. This is really hard work!" The good news is that now that I have brands, styles, and sizes, it took less than five minutes to find my new underpants online. The prices are less than at the department store. And I won't have to drive anywhere. Tomorrow, back to "easy work" - website, database, sculpture.   10:40:09 PM    comment []