I’m on my way to go visit Michael Anthony.

Mr. Melendez called. He wanted me to come into the shop today and start working…the only problem is that he called me at 10am, and I had already carpooled to my day job 25 miles away…sigh. I was all set to clear everything I had planned for tomorrow, but he doesn’t want me tomorrow…he’ll call me tomorrow about me showin’ up on Monday. Bootmaking…bulletin boards…day jobs…taxes…stuff’s bangin’ around my head like bumper cars.

…I wish it was pinball ‘cuz then lights would be going off.

It’s funny how the universe works sometimes. I took a one night class with “the Craig” of www.craigslist.org last month. (He’s kinda famous in these parts.) The class was about “Building Online Communities”. It gave me a chance to ponder things like weblogs, discussion forums, geography, everyday experts…and (of course) cowboy boots. I guess I was more prepared than I thought when those evil spam spewin’ spider thangs showed up and made themselves at home on my ol’ faithful bulletin board. I guess I had a headstart on figurin’ out what a new board might offer above and beyond a spam-free posting zone. This morning I dismantled my old bulletin board…no new posts. I took off the posting form and change the file permissions to read only. It left me a little sad….I’m not sure why… it probably won’t last long. I was workin’ on the new board yesterday…and I could see at the bottom of my screen that Tex Robin was online. I tried out that new “instant message feature” and sent him a private message…then he bounced one back. It wasn’t much more than a “howdy”, but it made me feel a little more connected somehow.

Take a peek at the new & improved “Cowboy Boot Web Page Bulletin Board“…I’m still tinkering with it, but go ahead and give it a try.

It’s hard to type cgi script with yer fingers crossed.