As we awaken, and look westward toward Ocean Beach, we of the Sunset neighborhood are caught in a net of gray light, cast over all our world. We live, after all, on a sea of sand, pinned down for a short while by the built landscape but ere too long the walls will falls. Ah, the mist, the fog, blown in by the cold wind, and lapping at the door while I sip my tea. Ah my foggy doggy, I know you need to go for a walk, if it wasn't for you, I'd stay in my little house, and wouldn't venture outside until the sun had burnt up this cold wet blanket. But for you, I would remain in my pajamas. But for you, another cup, another piece of toast with jam. But for you I would roll around my apartment, like a big ball of blubber.

On with my jeans. On with my shoes. On with a hoodie. Off with my blues. Out the door into the fuzzy future, well trod paths. A walk, a trot, a throw of the ball, return of the ball, throw of the ball, return of a wet soggy ball, throw of the ball, and a ball of mucous clad dirty spongy roundish clod we call the ball. That's all. I am getting tired, so I use the springy thingy to launch this slimy projectile one last time. You are a runner runner runny nosed runner. Dogs sweat through their tongues. I didn't need anyone to tell me that darling. You know, I know, we can see as it lolls out of your mouth seeking, and finding, cooler climes.

Oh foggy doggy, you made my day.

No Titles :p(

I decided to try out a 3rd party application to post to my blog, and since I use open source software, I opted for Drivel, which lets me create my blogs offline, and post them later, which is great! I suppose that I could do this in another application, but one of the things that I'm starting to get about open-source stuff is that it's better to use a small application that does one thing, and does it really well than a huge application that does a bunch of crap but eats your system alive. I really like Drivel so far. It lets me focus on writing without having to be online, which I find really distracting. The other thing I can do with it is post to different types of blogging sites, which is really useful since I'm checking out WordPress as well as LiveJournal as possible alternatives to Blogger. I kinda' like the idea of having my own server for a web page and blog as opposed to relying on a hosted service. We'll see.

A note on Drivel. It can't do titles for Blogger 2.x, and a release hasn't been made since 2006! However, I found a listserve or some sort of dialogue and there's still development going on, so I'm keeping it! I like it and even thought it doesn't work quite right, i.e. no titles (yet) I like being to do blog posties offline and then just bump them up.

Title Thingy Hi all, I am testing out a program for blogging called Drivel. It lets me write offline, and then post. So, this is my tester.