Archive for May 8th, 2010

Today’s Business: 2010-05-08

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Today’s Activities

  • Shower.  DONE.
  • Cat duty.   DONE.

Log

08:15 AM: I’m up.

07:05 AM: Read some of the      book overnight.

09:00 AM: Posted the   7822 Betsy Ross Circle   piece.

12:15 PM: Mom burned toast, AGAIN!  Now, I’m stuck smelling it all afternoon up here.  I think I’ll hide that toaster.

12:40 PM: Posted the   Updating Brandon: 2010-05-07   piece.

02:20 PM: Took the   weekly site backups.  Did this early in order to apply a fresh copy of the WordPress software to all the blogs; recommended to reduce chances of malware and other security threats entering my sites.  I had planned to refresh the blogs tomorrow.  But I’m here right now and feel like getting it out of the way today.  So, here we go…

02:53 PM: The software for the   Tom’s Views   blog has been successfully refreshed.

03:06 PM: The software for the   WPSBC Alumni Association   blog has been successfully refreshed.

03:18 PM: The software for the   Tom’s Love Quest   blog has been successfully refreshed.

03:32 PM: The software for the   Tom’s Diary   blog (this one) has been successfully refreshed.  This concludes this upgrade effort.

05:00 PM: iPodded.

06:50 PM: Watched the 2010-05-02 episode of   CBS’s 60 Minutes  news show on the DVR.

06:55 PM: Facebooked throughout the day.  Some of what I wrote there,   here.

07:00 PM: Listening to tonight’s Penguins hockey game with [Emmy] on the phone, via our Internet radios.

08:27 PM: The Pens just scored.  2 to 0 now.

09:40 PM: The Pens just won: 2 to 1.

10:00 PM: Just finished talked with [Emmy].  Now to more iPodding while I Facebook.  Multitasker I am.  :-)

10:45 PM: Revised or added 26 posts today to   this   blog.  Details   here.

01:00 AM: So ends another day of writing.  Good night now, and I’ll catch you again tomorrow.

Tom Hesley

Received Mail and Shipments

  • Electricity bill ($117.20)
  • Mom’s wheelchair rental bill.

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Diary Revisions: 2010-05-08

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Documents Revised Over The Past 24 Hours

Today, I either added or modified the following posts in  the   Tom’s Diary   blog for improved brevity, clarity, categorization, decreased spelling errors, appearance,  and search-ability:

Revised Post Count: 26

Tom Hesley

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Weekly Backups: 2010-05-08

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Weekly backups of all my blog sites completed.

  • Databases size: 14.4 MB.  That’s up 700 KB from 13.7 MB last week.  This is a new record high; the more posts and comments, the higher this number grows.
  • Total data backed up: 81.6 MB.  That’s down  3300 KB from 84.9 MB last week, because automatic processes have compressed the older log files durin the past week.  Note that this figure includes all databases, site code, static pages, and log files. The record amount of total data saved in a weekly backup is still 84.9 MB. 

Tom Hesley

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Site Stats: 2010-05-08

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

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General Summary
1. Host name prosaic-expressions.com
2. Host URL http://www.prosaic-expressions.com
3. Program start time May 8, 2010 07:17
4. Time of first request Feb 1, 2010 00:01
5. Time of last request May 8, 2010 00:00
6. Time last 7 days lasts until May 8, 2010 07:17
7. Successful server requests 689,826 Requests
8. Successful requests in last 7 days 55,223 Requests
9. Successful requests for pages 440,283 Requests for pages
10. Successful requests for pages in last 7 days 37,172 Requests for pages
11. Failed requests 8,350 Requests
12. Failed requests in last 7 days 443 Requests
13. Distinct files requested 38,082 Files
14. Distinct files requested in last 7 days 12,644 Files
15. Distinct hosts served 4,425 Hosts
16. Distinct hosts served in last 7 days 528 Hosts
17. Unwanted lines in the logfile 7,785 Lines
18. Total data transferred 13.733 GB
19. Total data transferred in last 7 days 1.901 GB

 

Tom Hesley

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Today’s Diet: 2010-05-08

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

I keep this food diary to stay aware of just how many calories I’m eating daily, with the hope that it decreases the likelihood that I’ll overeat.    It seems to work, so here we go with another day…

Today, I consumed the following items:

  • Herbal tea and diet caffeine-free Pepsi  throughout the day. 0 calories.
  • 02:00 PM: 4 slices of muenster cheese.  240 calories.
  • 03:00 PM: Pork roast & vegetables.  400 calories.
  • 03:15 PM: Candy.  240 calories.
  • 05:00 PM: Hoagie.  600 calories. 
  • 06:00 PM: Kashi Heart to Heart cereal and skim milk.  1200 calories.

Total calories: 2680.

Tom Hesley

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Facebook Tid Bits: 2010-05-08

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

09:45 AM: Well, being who you are is probably good advice, and saying what you feel can be, if your words are positive.  But if negative, you’re usually better off keeping quiet because, often, those who would mind, DO in fact, MATTER; bosses, family members, lovers, children, benefactors, and so on.  Life can get very complicated and lonely when what you say hurts others’ feelings.  Sure, it’s nice when people accept us unconditionally, no matter what we say to them.  But such folks are rare; most will eventually object to brashness.  Thus, you can’t avoid the need to watch your tongue and consider how what you wish to say might hurt others, before saying it.  IMHO.  :-)

11:47 AM: Well, as someone who has lived in fourteen dwellings in four different cities in his adult life, I can tell you that a new place does not typically solve old blues (at least not all of them); unless it’s a really good spot of course.  :-)   Usually though, as you know, once the “novelty” of a fresh location dissipates, it starts feeling just like everywhere else; laden with life’s concerns, problems, and boredom.  However, I’m not suggesting that moving in order to become happier is futile.  Sometimes, relocating does indeed lift our spirits over the long haul, as my move from Dayton to Philadelphia did for me, and then my move from Philly to Altoona did a few years later.  :-)   In fact, I’m happier here than in any of my previous living quarters, and hope I never have to move again.  So it may take several moves for you to find your “dream house” and in fact, you may have to move around for a while, just to figure out what you really want in a neighborhood.  Thus moving is good, if you can afford it.  Just be advised that you may have to move around a lot before you really find “home.”

12:56 PM: Nasty thing about goals: If you don’t choose them with great care, they can box you in and undermine rather than facilitate your happiness. They can make you too inflexible and lead you places where you really didn’t want to reach. While it’s true that goals are useful at times, and necessary at others, we should avoid setting too many, and keep away from those with a time horizon of greater than five years. Otherwise, we live for dreams that will likely never come true. — I’m feeling DEEP today. :-)

Tom Hesley

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