In addition to trying some of the new features in WordPress 3.2.x, I’ve decided to switch themes and play around with a different look, a change of wardrobe if you will. The theme header uses an image I snapped late last year of an agave plant, as well as a light-on-dark scheme instead of the traditional dark-on-light. If only I could somehow get the Google +1 button integration to function, I’d be satisfied. For some reason, it just errors out constantly.
Yesterday was like most Saturdays in our house. I was feeling completely lousy and worn out. I’d be perfectly happy just vegging, drifting in and out of naps, trying to recover from the stresses of the work week. Michele and kids were antsy to get out of the house, to “do something fun” together. Add to that the stress of never being able to identify something fun to do that is fun for everyone, and you have a volatile mix, trust me. Finally, we decided we’d have a special treat and go to Evanston to eat at one of our favorite restaurants, Joy Yee’s Noodles. It’s about an hour’s drive for us but worth it.
The main thing we like is their astonishing variety of bubble teas. My favorite is the Mango with large tapioca. For food, we ordered shrimp and eel fried rice, orange beef (the waiter made a mistake and gave us orange chicken instead, which was ok), curried chicken with coconut rice, shrimp and chicken pad thai, Vietnamese shrimp spring rolls, and something else I’ve forgotten. Anyway, what a feast!
I despise Facebook, deleted my account about three years ago, and have never looked back. So it was with some curiosity and excitement that I asked for, and got, an invite to start using the anti-Facebook, Google+. Now I realize that Google has many of the same problems as Facebook from a user perspective, and I also realize that it’s early days yet. But already, after using it for a few days, I definitely like it. I sincerely hope that this service becomes a serious competitor to Facebook and that it takes them down a notch or two or three.
Oh and by the way, I added Google’s +1 button functionality to this site so that anyone who thinks a post or page here is worthwhile can click it as a sort of approval rating. I have no intention of ever implementing the silly Facebook “Like” button.