And here I thought when changing domain structure, certain parameters would be modified as a matter of course. 

Not true.  Default email location for email being sent from this web site wasn't modified at all, so anything sent from here just got /dev/nulled.

Sorry if you wrote to me in the last couple months - I didn't get it.  Please try again!

donges

Facebook Groups

I don't believe that Facebook groups do anything to further any cause at all. I believe this because I myself belong to 2,487 different groups including 'Democrats who think Obama is swell', 'Heterosexual Men in support of Women!' and '1,000,000 people against masturbating with exfoliating soap'. So far, very few of them even acknowledge my existence let alone give me any information to work with.

Let's put this another way. In some parts of the world, people get active and take to the streets to protest villainy, corruption and oppression. On Facebook, we click a link, get warm and fuzzy and feel that we have accomplished great deeds. Don't like Cancer? Join a group. Dislike Senate Republicans? There is a group for you. Hate Clay Aiken? Let him know by lining up with like-minded group members.

Facebook groups really do nothing to further any cause, policy, debate or malady. They simply allow a small conversation to begin:

"Hey, Bob, anal leakage really sucks doesn't it?".

"Yeah, Bill, it sure does".

And sometimes not even that much.

It is the online equivalent of staying at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

To be fair, though, I do have a couple groups that do, at least, try to keep me informed. The recent group formed to get Facebook to revert back to their old Terms of Service actually worked and showed what these groups might be capable of. Likewise, 'Hey Facebook, breastfeeding is not obscene! (Official petition to Facebook)' might be able to change the way the site views these type of images. '25,000 in Wisconsin to Re-Elect Chief Justice Shirley Abrahamson' keeps me up to date with everything that is happening with this vital campaign. And being involved with 'I bet I can find 69,000 People who Hate Nickelback' is just a no-brainer.

So, to answer your question, while Facebook groups can help a person feel like they are connected, involved and informed, they actually do not do much of anything. I mean, I know what exfoliating means now, but I had to find out the hard way.

For all you IE users out there - I apologize.

An errant </div> tag completely screwed up the music page for all y'all.

Fixed now.

But jeez - why didn't someone think to let me know?  You know I don't ever use IE so I'd never notice.  Unless everyone is using alternative browsers now? 

Nah - I see the logs and know that still 35% of you use the Microsoft product.  But that is still much better than the normal ratio.  So good work, donges fans!

New tune up for your listening pleasure.

Lurking in the Mist

At the top of the listing.

The idea for this song came from years ago with a version that I just didn't like all that much.  But there were parts worth saving so I rewrote some, added some and re-recorded the whole thing to what is now posted.

Enjoy and let me know what you think.

Thanks!

New tune coming soon.

I can already feel the intake of breath from all y'all just waiting with great anticipation.  Sorry it takes me weeks/months/years/decades to actually create something that I find listenable (let alone what you might find listenable).

Hang in there.

Ack!

Had to turn off the commenting page due to excessive spam.

Bastards.

Not that this was unexpected. I simply wanted to see how long it would take for the jerks to find the site and start in. And then how long I would put up with deleting 6,000 posts a week trying to keep up with it.

They won.

I hate them.