It's Columbus Day, which merits discussion of its own, but let's face it: who actually cares that it's Columbus Day? The fact of the matter is that for anyone following the Federal work schedule (like me), it's a day off, and we're grateful, but as far as Christopher Columbus is concerned - well, Christopher who? (If you were hoping to learn more about the holiday, I hate to disappoint you, so I'll link you to the next best thing.)
Since today is a day off I'm spending the majority of it getting things done - things that I've been putting off, in some cases, for quite a while (like vacuuming). One of those things is this blog - you may have noticed a large-ish gap around the end of September/beginning of October, for example. I do have things to post there, but I hadn't done it. So I will, and I'll list the changes below so you don't have to hunt around for new stuff - just click the links.
Posts
September 29th: The Reflecting Pool
September 30th: The World War II Memorial
October 3rd: Church Review: St. Patrick
October 4th: Oktoberfest
October 10th: Church Review: Sacred Heart/Sagrado Corazón
Copyright/Disclaimer
You may also notice, down at the bottom of the page, that I've extended the copyright information and added a disclaimer. Since my readership has been expanding and must now extend to people who don't know me personally (in fact, people outside the United States as well - thanks for reading!), I felt it was wise to be clearer about copyright business and also to add that disclaimer. This is not in reaction to any negative feedback I've received - I just thought it would be responsible.
Design
I haven't actually changed anything, but I'm considering a new background - the explosion of stripes is a little hard on the eyes, isn't it? I've thought about sticking a monument back there instead, but I don't want to look to forcedly artsy. If you have thoughts about a new background, or any other aspect of the design (or even suggestions unrelated to design), please leave them in the comments - I appreciate the feedback!
Also, since this is the first time I've looked at the blog in a while whilst not on my robot, I can say this about the design: the orange/brown/what-have-you colour for the title looks just fine. Did you know, however, that depending on how large one's screen is, there's beige behind the sunburst background image? I didn't know this until just now - apparently it has a set width. I don't know if this is something you can fix or even something you want to fix (it's certainly unobtrusive from my vantage), but I thought it might be something you would like to know.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that, but it doesn't surprise me somehow. I don't think there's anything I can about it, but if it doesn't look bad, I'm just not going to worry. Thanks for letting me know, though!
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