Eats for Twenty

| August 22, 2008

That’s twenty pesos (roughly forty-five US cents).   This is my answer to the Thrilling Twenty tag I got from Maver.  A couple of months ago, I could have easily said a pound of bananas.  That was when it was only $0.44/lb.  But the last time we went shopping, I was horrified (yes, horrified!) to find out that [...]

Web Hosting 101

| August 22, 2008

One of the best decisions I ever made as a blogger is to self-host my sites.  Self-hosting has its pros and cons but I can firmly say now, after 6 months of independence from free hosting, that the pros far outweigh the cons.  If you’re thinking of breaking away from free hosting, I’m encouraging you to take [...]

I am a Merlot

| August 22, 2008

Quite frankly, I don’t even know what a Merlot is.  Hee hee.  I’m not much of a wine drinker.  I prefer sparkingly sweet champagne.  But Em tagged me to do this “What kind of wine are you?” meme.  So I thought why not find out?  Here’s the result. You Are Merlot Smooth, confident, and popular [...]