Irrsinn.net: taking joy in human unreason

C is for “clutter”

This week's lesson in life is to always, always, always read the fine print of your lease, even when renewing. Straight up rookie move on my part, assuming the renewal terms would be the same as the original lease and not familiarizing myself with North Carolina laws on renter/landlord ...

Help, I’m shrinking…

Uncluttering and downsizing is all the rave now, I know. I blame Ryan Mitchell of The Tiny Life for my own downsizing interest. Congrats, sir. You have made a convert. Greg and I found out a coupla weeks ago that the owners of the house we rent are short-selling. ...

Search-building: custom or Google

Until earlier this week, I had a lousy site search in place. It was one of Google's Custom Search Engines, barely configured and only on its own page, due to it's hefty (and blocking!) JavaScript. I'd long since disabled Wordpress's search since my stories aren't being run in ...

Weekend linkage

Just a few, since I'm so far behind on my reading (down to 425 unread items!) and I just posted a set on Friday. Enjoy. How to Help Your Kids Build $25,000 Stock Portfolios - This is a tempting idea even with regards to something like weddings. "Help us ...

Chapter 10 of Witches posted!

Chapter 10, "Opening Salvo" is posted: "What brings you to my world, little bug?" the colorful woman asked Hardi and Robert. Her glance flitted between both of them before settling on Hardi. "Well?" she cooed, head tilting. Her accent was much lighter than Lucia's. Hardi straightened in her seat. "We're looking for ...