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New blog is live
PLEASE VISIT FICTION DAILY 2.
I have opened a new blog using the WordPress platform and will post new entries there.
Over the next few weeks I will archive the old blog posts and add categories that will allow them to be searched.
If you use an RSS feed, it's probably not worked well for some time ... if you have problems finding the new blog or setting up an RSS feed, please let me know.
Thanks for reading Fiction Daily!
Under construction
Dear Fiction Daily Readers! I apologize profoundly for the lapse in blog entries. When the bugs began last week, I jumped ship and started a new blog.
I am so excited! At last, I have a WordPress blog ... it's like Christmas! I've wanted a WordPress blog for some time, but was afraid to try it. Being my Now, the WordPress blog is running in its most basic, experimental form, but I am working out the ... well ... bugs. I will post the link as soon as it's Fiction-Daily-worthy.
In the meantime, I will post here and hope you can continue to read these entries.
NEWSPAPER FEATURE SUNDAY: On Sunday in the Daily Reflector, my feature story on seeing Jack Kerouac's original manuscript for On the Road will publish. You can go to the newspaper and read it online.
PUBLIC RADIO FEATURE: On Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, the public radio audio diary about the trip will air on Public Radio East. Times are 6:40 a.m. Monday, 8:40 a.m. Wednesday, noon Friday and Saturday. On the station's Web site you can stream the broadcasts. I will post them later.
Bugged!!
As an ironic twist, after writing Friday's Figuratively Speaking about the things that interfere with human progress ... my blog was struck by a pernicous bug!This entry will be brief ... if you can read it, you've managed to get past the snafus ...
A wonderful technician at Yahoo, my Web host, talked me through a new WordPress blog this morning so I will change my posts over the next few weeks.
In the meantime, posts may be short or erratic ... Fiction Daily may be buggy for a while to come.
Figuratively Speaking Friday  Houston, We Have a Problem
Unexpected, unplanned messes have a profoundly disturbing effect on us. It's part of what it means to be human that we rarely invite surprises. OK, if we receive a gift or a visit, we're glad, but face it, there are a few minutes when we're wondering ... worrying ... what's in the box or behind the door.
That's why we have developed such a rich lexicon to describe mishaps.
SNAFU. Love this word? Ever wonder what it means? Snafu means "a confused or chaotic mess." It is an acronym, and since this is a family blog, I'll use the G-rated version: Situation normal, all fouled up.
BUG. This word, in addition to its meanings of "to annoy" and "to record secretly" also means an error in a computer program or system.
The anecdotal story says a true bug was found in an early computational device, but it may have been used as early as Charles Babbage's machine.
Today it's great to use whenever something doesn't work. We say there's a bug. We also have "fly in the ointment," which usually refers to a bug in our plans.
Bug is another great term for illness or germ.
Some other terms for problems
-- In a pickle
-- At the end of one's rope
-- In a crunch
-- In a jam
-- In hot water
VEXATION. This word is a personal favorite. When I'm frustrated or angry, it gives such satisfaction to linger over the syllables of this word, with its juicy consonants. That sinkhole in the yard is a real vexation.
In the week ahead, I wish you smooth sailing, few vexations or bugs and above all else, no snafus.
Image by From the Heart Tutorials
Deadlines today
Fiction Daily takes a break today to manage deadlines and work on Poison, Paris.
Tomorrow, Figuratively Speaking returns with a look at language snafus, bugs and unforgivable usage.
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