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The Suicide Posts
These posts were originally posted on Facebook on 6/13/2023 by two of my grandchildren and their mother. It was on the 10th anniversary of their father’s suicide (my daughter’s ex-husband at the time).
New Online Home
After nearly 6 years with the same web hosting company, it was time for a change.
Content Returning
I Think We’re Back I’ve added enough content back to feel comfortable bringing the site live again. Please keep watching to see more of the
Midnight-Writer is Back (Don’t Do What I Did!!)
After too many months offline, my blog site is back.
Finally, Getting More Comfortable with Elementor
Wow, I can’t believe it’s been over a year since I wrote a new post. Most of what I’ve been doing with WordPress (and Elementor)
Midnight-Writer, Going Live With Multisite
The Need for Multisite Most of what I do with WordPress is done on the website for the Patriot Guard Riders. I’ve pretty much made
WordPress Multisite – First Mistake
First Mistake, Site URL When setting up my main site as multi-site, the built-in process recommended using parsonsys.com instead of www.parsonsys.com. I’m not sure why
WordPress Multisite
If you’ve somehow found this on a search engine looking for a step-by-step guide to WordPress multisite; sorry, you’re not going to find it here.
Windows Surface Pro
Please note, this is not an in-depth review of the Microsoft Surface Pro line-up. Such reviews have been written by many reviewers far more qualified
Format Change II
This time, the format change isn’t quite as drastic, but if you look closely, you can see some changes
Betty’s Ultimate Healing
This has been a rough week. Betty’s health had been continually getting worse. My visits with her, and even Gini’s far more frequent visits, became more and more just sitting with her while she slept.
The Virtual Assistant Wars
The “virtual assistant” wars are heating up, and we may find casualties in the war; at least for the short term. Around our house, we’ve
Whole Chicken Chicken Noodle Soup
This was one of the first meals I made in my Instant Pot. My wife likes white chicken meat, and I prefer dark. Using the whole chicken is a great compromise. If you have a sick friend, make up a batch of this and take half of it to them. They’ll never know you selfishly kept half for yourself.
Betty’s New Home
Last weekend was an interesting one for our family, with some unexpected results.
Format Change
If you’ve been on the site before, you probably noticed that I’ve pretty radically changed the layout.
A Red Letter Day for Me
… the first time I’ve made money from writing on this website (or any other website, for that matter).
Meaty Instant Pot Lasagna
Lasagna has long been one of my favorite meals. I always picture myself as a human version of Garfield the cat when we have it for a meal. Sometimes there are leftovers, but they seldom make it through the night, and never through the next day.
My Computer Beginnings
To a lot of people, Atari means games. Old-school games. But for a little over a decade, from 1979 to 1993, they were a respected