OK. I've made some changes to how this looks, and I'm going to see the results.

Can You Say 'OOPS'?

Check this out, excerpted from a spot in the NY Post yesterday:

January 8, 2002 -- CNN yanks 'sexy' Paula spot

IN a wacky attempt to stave off the ratings onslaught of rival Fox News Channel, CNN went bonkers over the weekend by shamelessly promoting mother-of-three anchor Paula Zahn as "sexy."

Media-watchers were startled when a racy commercial for Zahn's show, "American Morning with Paula Zahn," ran on CNN over the weekend.

"Where can you find a morning news anchor who's provocative, super-smart, oh, yeah, and just a little sexy?" a male announcer asked during the 20-second spot. The word "sexy" flashed in red letters and an image of the well-coiffed blond anchor popped up on screen.

The ad was pulled yesterday morning. Walter Isaacson, chairman and CEO of CNN's Newsgroup, groaned in a statement: "It was a major blunder by our promotions department. The ad was never seen or approved by anyone outside of the promo department.
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Greetings, folks!

I am working on the format of this journal, so that it will appear more like the other pages within our web site. I am still somewhat new to HTML, etc., so bear with me. I'm actually thinking of making the journal part of a frameset and have the navigation buttons on the left side. These buttons would exist on every page. Still coming up with ideas. Web building is a lot of fun!

Wendy's Loses Its Father

Today I found out that Dave Thomas, the founder and spokesman for Wendy's International, had passed away from liver cancer. What a great guy he was! The commercials I saw on TV weren't at all pretentious, which, from what I read, describes the man who founded the company.

I can still remember the "Where's the Beef?" set of commercials in 1980. What a riot!

He died extremely wealthy, according to a Forbes report.

I also loved that he supported adoption so much. He will be missed in the flesh, but I believe we'll still see him, perhaps in cartoon form, like "The Colonel" from KFC.

It's showtime, baby!

Good afternoon, world! As I listened to a radio talk show yesterday, I heard the idea of a Dick Vitale alarm clock. Can you imagine?

- "Time to wake up! It's showtime, baby!"
- "It's almost 8, you're gonna be late!"

I've never heard Dick Vitale announce before, but hearing this was a hoot.

OK. I know I said I was going to leave, but I still had to verify that I could publish this to our website. I'm pleased that I have been able to publish, but I'm not satisfied with how everything looks. It all looks like it was "smooshed" together, which, of course, it was.

OK. I'm going to try to publish and then, I will leave.

Bye!

As you may have guessed by now, I should be going home, but I think I'm liking this stuff...

Ideas for the Family Website

I've been gathering ideas to include on our family's website. I plan to include some information about our daughter, Keisha, who is hard of hearing. This search has led me to some interesting sites, such as the following:

• Phonak MicroLink MLx FM System, which we recently obtained;
• Audiology Department, Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, where we obtained her hearing aids and FM system;
• Children's Medical Center, Dayton, Ohio, where Keisha's current audiologist/speech therapist is located;
• Community Services for the Deaf in Dayton, Ohio
• OtiKids Web Site, from Oticon, who made Keisha's hearing aids

OK. So that's it for now. Later.

Update: Some other things to include on our family's website include

• family pictures
• "About" pages for Dan, Jennie, and Keisha
• family mission statement
• enhanced guestbook with additional fields, etc. (such as, how in the World Wide Web did you find this site?)

Either I'll use this forum to desribe what is new and as a journal, or I'll use something else. Update: To help visitors know what is new to the Family home page, I've provided the means to sign up for a mailing list on the home page itself, via NotifyList.com. I plan to send this list on a monthly basis. So sign up now!

First Post

OK. This is the first time I've done this. I thought is was a good idea, based on what I've read elsewhere. I am so new to web-building and web publishing, and I am so happy that a forum exists for me to type what's going on inside my mind.

Question: Is it possible to identify how many websites are actually available on the Web?

Feb 6, 2008 Update: Apparently someone knows: How Big Is The Web?

Keisha is born!

Welcome our baby girl, Keisha Renee, into the world! 7.5 pounds and 22.5 inches long. Mom and baby are doing fine; jury still out on Dad.