Irony is a funny thing

While we were traveling this summer, I saw this in a public restroom on a paper towel dispenser. (No, I don't usually take my camera into a restroom. But this time I had to.) Does anyone but me find this hilarious?

Lost in translation

So part of the challenge of starting a blog is that I am a serious techno-dummy.



If a program changes the icon, I'm totally lost. If I move it off the desktop, I may never find it again. (I have the same problem in my office.) It lends itself to a pretty interesting filing system.

Okay, it's really not quite that bad but since probably 90% of my writing and 40% of my art are done on the computer, its definitely a love-hate thing.

But I've figured out blog photos now, so I'm feeling pretty confident. And if I'm really bit-trapped (which happens less and less these days) I married SG (Super Geek) to help me out. Lucky for me he's TD&H, too.

VJC

p.s. If you're techno-D like me, let me explain that the binary in the graphic above spells "help me" too.

Sometimes you gotta know how to speak the language.

Whew!

Peer pressure can be a difficult thing. So many fabulous blogs with people being funny, informative or just intriguingly weird and me sitting in the Anonymous chair keeping a list of potential blogs. But refusing to blog.

Why?

Beats me.

I have to say that as a writer, people read my words all the time. As an artist and random photographer, I create images for people to see all the time. So why does this feel like I'm handing out the key to my diary? Well, probably because I am. But hey, my sister always read it and still hangs out with me anyways.

I'll be figuring it out as a go along. And pleading for help when I'm really stuck. And posting random things that strike my fancy. And seeing if I can make someone laugh once in a while. Kind of returning the favor to everyone that's ever made my day with a funny thought.

Initial impression? Finding the title is the hardest part. It's like trying to figure out a eight-character-caps-sensitive-alphanumeric-how-secure-is-it-
but-you'll-still-have-to-remember-it password. "Verbal diarrhea" was taken. "Turnip head" - not available. "Amazon Redhead Harley Angel"? Well, I don't have a Harley so didn't seem right to take it when there might be an actual Amazon Redhead Harley Angel waiting to come in off the road and start blogging. But I found one at last. And I've saved the cost of the Harley and the bottle of hair color so I think I got a deal.

So for now I'm in (am I the only one hearing Paul Reiser in my head?) , I'm off (and running) and...I'm outta here.