I spent too damned much time recovering the ancient archives of this site (all the way back to Entry #0, 12/1/99) yesterday and today (not ready for public consumption yet, sorry - but soonish).

What important lessons did I discover while I was gaily skipping down the paths of memory, you ask?

I used to write a LOT more entries, like 3 or 4 a day, but a lot of them were a link and one or two sentences of snark. Is it better now?

I've had a lot of different jobs in these years, five or six - in just under eight years. My wife and I bought a house. I became a dad twice over, meaning my computer room has moved three times, being ousted from rooms in favor of children. Two cats have become former cats and a new one has entered the fray. I link to a lot of people who I don't speak with anymore and to a lot who am unfathomably close to know. At least three long-lost friends have discovered me here and said hello at length, and a few others have hit-and-run.

But nah, no lessons learned.

Obviously.

I DID notice, though, that I used to put links up to my own songs a lot, and I haven't done that in a long while, so here's my home solo version of one I sang with the band last month: It's called False Spring.