Updating

OK, I have finally managed to update the links along the right-hand side of the page. Naturally, I have not broken the links into categories (e.g. Blogs, Sports, Cool Sites, etc.), but I did manage to put them in alphabetical order, at least!

Mostly, I wanted to get Matthew’s new site on there, and I also included journals belonging to some of my pals from the Orchard (Dan, Kelly, Kylie and Zayne), some of whom I have met in real life as well as online. And then I got started with the Cubs, and the Cards, and next thing I knew I was going down my Favorites list and decided to include a few from there, and ... well, after an hour or so of cut-’n’-pasting, I figured I’d better put an end to the madness, at least for a while. (I discovered this template alteration was fairly easy and basically painless.)

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Checked my e-mail and found something from Tickle, a test asking: Could you be a genius? I clicked on the message and saw that several tests were being offered. Just below “The Super IQ Test,” I saw one called “What Does Your Hair Say about You?” and decided to take that one instead.

(I mean, even if I am a genius, do I really wanna know? What kind of pressure would that put on a person?!)

I was less than impressed with the quiz, as a couple of the multiple-choice questions had NO answers that applied to me and I had to pick the one that was the closest to being correct.

Still, here is what my hair says about me, apparently:

Di, your hair personality is Edgy

You refuse to buy into trends and would much rather wear a one-of-a-kind creation than something purchased at a mall. Blech. When it comes down to it, you break the style rules and love being unique. Your individuality has probably produced many unconventional hairstyles, whether or not you've dared to bear the shortest, spikiest hair or the shaggiest mullet in town. No matter what, you adore being edgy, so take control and give your hair a new twist — bang-accenting highlights or a wild new cut. Being an individual is always hot.

I am pretty sure I have never had an unconventional hairstyle in my life ... though I have had very, very short hair (for example, right now!), and I admit that, long ago, in a galaxy far, far away, my hair did have certain (ugh!) mullet characteristics. (I take no responsibility for that, however; at the time, I didn’t even know what a mullet was!)

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I am back to watching late-night Seinfeld reruns, and I am happy to report that, once again, I welled up during the “Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)” montage at the end of the Seinfeld Retrospective. How can I miss this show SO much, 7 years later?!

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I am also already missing Six Feet Under, even though it technically has not yet ended. And Queer as Folk. I have watched both shows for only the past 2 seasons, but damn — I like ’em both, a lot. Combine their departure with the retirement of NYPD Blue AND the unexpected cancellation of Judging Amy, and I find myself rather sad and somewhat annoyed by it all.

And I’m also aggravated that 2 of the best actresses on TV, Sharon Gless of Queer and Tyne Daly of Amy — whom we all know and love from Cagney & Lacey (though, admittedly, I rarely watched that show) — will not be anywhere to be found next season.

Except on syndication, perhaps.