Part of my side business is building web pages for people. And lately I’ve been busy building blog pages for folks. I’m utilizing WordPress for these sites. [I'll sing the praises of WP later.]

In order to better support the software I’m using, I decided I should be writing my blog in WordPress. So….. drum roll please….. I’m moving this blog. Slowly, I will be migrating all the past entries to the new page as well.

You can now find my ramblings at mmmm.emidor.com. This will be my last post using the blogger site.

If you have my blog in any reader software, be sure to update the URL so you can continue reading my sporadic and inconsistent ramblings.

Thanks

I’m a big fan of movies. Flixter is one of the web sites I use to track the movies I’ve seen and the movies I want to see. Here is a listing of my movie compatibility with a number of my friends.

If you would like to compare your movie tastes with me, you can
take the quiz by clicking here.

Hi, my name is Dave and I’m a FaceBook addict.

Actualy, this social networking site has a lot of real fun ways to stay connected with friends and family that are scattered all around the world. One of the games on FB is called Friends For Sale. Using virtual dollars, you buy your friends which increases their value. Other friends are also trying to buy your friends, so you can see how the value circle can go.

I started this game after my daughter Kara was playing for awhile and her value had sky-rocketed. I made it my goal to raise enough funds through the Friends trade to buy my daughter. I made strategic alliances to help increase my funds, and finally at 6:30 AM on 6-Apr-08 I clicked the “Buy Kara for $117,241″ button! Bet I won’t keep her long as she is quite popular, but it is fun to have achieved my goal.

Back in the 1980s, Fernando Lamas (aka Billy Crystal) used the catch phrase “You look maahhvelous.” It was a great Saturday Night Live sketch. Today, I realize that I am still trying to make myself look marvelous. Back in October I wrote about my attempts to make myself look good.

Why is it that I still want to keep up appearances? What is so inherently ingrained in my psyche that I want people to like me and don’t want to show my flaws? Why can’t I accept the fact that there will be people who still accept me, despite my inadequacies?

I struggle with lots of things. I’ve typed the list here and reedited it and ultimately deleted it because… I fear showing people what I’m ashamed of in my life. The shortcomings, the addictions, the flaws… some are major, some are minor; some I’m working on, some I try to ignore myself.

Ultimately, I am scared of what people will think of me. I’m worried about disappointing my family and friends. I’m apprehensive that people won’t like me if I’m really vulnerable.

So, I continue to put fresh paint on the broken down parts of my life hoping that they continue to look good. And I think I’m doing a pretty good job at looking marvelous.