Reading: back issues of Mangajin
Music: Liz Carroll
TV/Movie: Murder On the Orient Express
Link o' the Day: MelSimons.com

First, a little poem I came across:

Mary had a pair of skates
With which she loved to frisk
Now wasn't she a foolish girl
Her little *

Cute, isn't it? Sound familiar? Probably not, but it was something I had actually found back in April of 2003 and had inserted into one of my webjournal entries back then.

I reference up an old entry to announce that change is afoot. I mentioned sometime last month that I wanted to update my webpages, that they were sadly out of date, and if I wanted to pick up more freelance business I needed to put a better, more modern, face on the net. I've gone and registered a domain name, and I've gone and installed WordPress.

Don't go looking for anything yet. There's a bit of learning to do. And formatting, and laying out. There is work to be done, but I'm confident that in a week or two, I should have something professional and pleasant to look at and read.

I'll make sure folk know about the relaunch when it's ready.

With that said.,..will anything happen to the webjournal here at Journalscape?.

Not likely. There are a lot of places where I list my Journalscape page as my primary webpage presence and Journalscape has been very good to me over the years. These days I get anywhere from 300 to 500 hits a day--not a lot for some, quite a lot for others. How exactly I will integrate the two is yet to be decided, but I'm going to keep the Journalscape account for as long as it's around. And it won't lie fallow--there will be content.

But I'm also getting way ahead of myself. Let's see if I can unravel the mysteries of WordPress first.

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I was treated to a very nice dinner last night with author Mel Simons. He, his ladyfriend Roberta, Pretty Maggie and I met at Twin Oaks Restaurant for a hearty nosh and some good conversation. He also gave me the edits for his latest book Old-Time Television Memories.



There aren't many changes, so I expect to be sending it to the printer within a week, and it will then be soon available through Bearmanor Media, Amazon, and Barnes & Noble.com.

Mel's a great guy and he's probably one of the foremost authorities on the history of television and radio. He's met all of the greats--Milton Berle, Steve Allen, Jack Benny, Bing Crosby, and more. We had a fun night.

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What the heck... today's link will be a shout-out to Mel and his webpage MelSimons.com. Mel himself isn't online. He doesn't even own a computer, but this page is updated every couple of weeks by an associate of his. If you're into old-time radio, television, or big band music, and you live in the New England area, check out Mel's schedule of appearances.

Cheers!