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I am SICK to death of Republican robo-calls! I’d be sick to death of Democrat robo-calls too, if I ever got one…but these calls are all Republican and they PISS ME OFF.

My house is on the national Do Not Call list. Are these slimy, annoying, mud-slinging calls exempt from that?

I want to vote for the candidate(s) that will help me make sure that if a household is on the Do Not Call list, that they will not receive any politically-based calls. I have an inkling that I know what party supports robo-calls, that’s for sure. How in the world do I even know where these calls are coming from? How do I “Unsubscribe”?

DON’T BOTHER ME. DON’T CALL MY HOUSE.

It boggles my mind. Sometimes someone might have to send you a bit of text. Nothing fancy or private. Maybe a list, a recipe, directions, whatever.

So, logically, they paste it into a Word document, save the document, write an email to you saying that the text is attached, and then, because they might assume you have Word or even use it more than once a year, attach the Word document to the email so you can get the text.

I once told someone (had to…I was getting too many Word docs) that they could paste text into an email and send it. I think that blew their mind. In fact, there are two ways to cut down on the use of Word documents (or Excel spreadsheets, or Powerpoint presentations… do I see a pattern here?). Try these:

1) Copy your text. Paste in your email. Send.
2) Type directly in your mail app. Send.

Works on all platforms, and you don’t need to worry about having a lousy piece of software on your computer!

(Although I admit that I do have this lousy software, because I get too many Word docs. Maybe this article will change the world.)

Lately, in the wake of having started my own business a few months ago, I’ve been wondering what the point of this website is. Masuga.com used to be my go-to website, and used to be my baby, but it’s used only to dig up unsavory details about my past that, because they’re buried deep in the bowels of some Google server farm, will be out there forever.

As there is more and more demand for Masuga Design (and there is, thank goodness!), my time is getting very scarce - and updating a personal blog is NOT my idea of fun. It’s something I used to do because I had time to do something like that. The web was all new territory to me - I was learning something new every day. It was cool to learn how to set up a blog in Wordpress! Oooh! Sweet! I have a blog! Honestly, it doesn’t really interest me anymore. In fact, looking at a computer for fun only interests me so much. There are other things to do - hence the reason I can barely bear to crack open my newsreader anymore.

Because my time is being pulled so tight these days, I ask myself a question before I do anything: Will I make money or will I learn something? Unfortunately, writing a blog post accomplishes neitherfor me. Why are we sharing what we share in the first place? How is it that I have to remind myself that I’m actually a pretty private person and I don’t necessarily want someone from Sri Lanka knowing that I dunked my cellphone? There’s a disconnect there!

I’m not sure where to go from here with this site. I might leave the articles on here for the 60-80 people that come here every day having searched for things like “Wilhelm Scream”, “Marathon Bar”, or “Wolfman Cereal” and make this site more of an introduction to the site where I do spend my time (because it leads directly to money), also known as Masuga Design. Or i might do nothing.

OK, the five minutes of free time I had for today is up. To think I could have spent it with my wife or my dog or outside or reading…

It appears as if all mail for masuga.com has been disappearing into thin air since August 25th. My brother IM’ed me wondering why the heck the junk mail stopped coming in (along with everything else), and I’ve been so bust getting and answering mail for my masugadesign.com account that I failed to notice that I wasn’t receiving mail at masuga.com either.

I apologize for this. I’m not ignoring you. If you sent me something during the course of last week, please send again to my masugadesign.com account. I don’t know how long this will last, but this could be a doozy of a problem. The host emailed me this morning to tell me that it was fixed, but three quick test emails sent from various accounts proved otherwise. *sigh*

UPDATE: According to my host, this appears to be a DOS (Denial of Service) attack against my domain, masuga.com. If this is true, woe unto you should I find out who you are. Until then, friends, you can email me at my other addresses, of which there are many, and of various domains. And if you’re a friend, you should know what those addresses are.

I spent some time updating the Star Rating script this week, and just released version 1.1. It has a new home over at Masuga Design. So, if you’re in the market for some sort of rating script, go grab The Unobtrusive AJAX Star Rating Bar Thing and give it a try.