Housekeeping

Lucky for you, dear readers, that the rain has muddied the skidding trails and the horse is in the barn. So, your sometimes-friendly editor gets to spend extra time in the cozy warmth of an office, staring at the glowing box that I pretend is your face. Yeah, you. Yes, I see exactly what you’re doing. You’ve been warned.

I’ve been spending way too much time playing under the hood of this website. Sorry, but I’m still laboring over some of the options. And, for those of you who know me and my near complete lack of computer skills, you can only imagine the look on my face when one of the fine fellows helping me says something like: “format the php file so that the page links to the category but not the post.” Yeah sure, I’ll get right on that. Actually, at moments like that, I’d rather hook the Mac to the horse and drag it around. But, thanks to the infinite patience of the folks behind the scenes, it’s slowly getting done.

And while we’re on housekeeping matters, let me direct your attention to two features on this site. First – and most importantly – is the handy-dandy PayPal donation button that can be found on the sidebar of the blog. Click on it and you’ll have the very satisfying opportunity to donate some money to the Broadsides investigative journalism fund. Several of you let me know that the PayPal option was not working for you earlier this week. You were right. But I fixed it and now it’s working just fine. And, in case you’re wondering, all donations are strictly confidential.

The other little feature is the “email subscription” option. It, too, can be found on the sidebar of the blog. All you have to do is enter your email, follow the easy confirmation procedure and then sit back and allow the new Broadsides content to flow into your email box – once a day. Try it. And if you don’t like it, just click on the “remove me” option and it’ll go away. If you’re a reader from the old Broadsides site who signed up for that email list, you need to re-sign up for this list. Sorry about that.

Now let me get back to the clips and tips. Stayed tuned for today’s “real” posts…