What's in a name?

Names are just labels you know.
They merely help us go on with the flow.
It's silly to set our credit rating based on name
It all seems to be such a stupid game!

Whether your name is Donald, Rachel or Russ
Arthur, Mohammed, Abdul or Jesus
You shouldn't risk stoning, abuses or curses
Loss of a job or stealing of purses.

Call me friend and be one to me
Both of our lives will be better can't you see?
Love grows while hate destroys
Doesn't matter if your're girls or boys.

"Do unto others" doesn't ring hollow
It's always been a good rule to follow
You'll never go wrong being honorable and fair.
It isn't too late! If you only would dare.

Create a new group or a new clique.
Make "love one another" become the new chic
Stop hating and fighting and hurting each other
It truly will be worth all the bother.

In My Master's Eyes

In my Master’s eyes
I am whole and unbroken
In my Master’s eyes
I am beautiful and fair

In my Master’s heart
I have love and His devotion
In my Master’s heart
I never need despair

In my Master’s mind
I am wise and understanding
In my Master’s mind
I am worthy and sincere

In my Master’s arms
I find love for all unceasing
In my Master’s arms
There is never any fear

My Master’s with me always
I hold him in my heart
His voice whispers to me softly
Soon we’ll never have to part

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Principles of Beautiful Web Design -- a review

I've just read the first few chapters of this book by Jason Beaird and all I can say is WOW! The book design itself is testament to Mr. Beaird's proficiency as a web designer as it is not only very well written, but has just the right balance of visual and textual information for the reader.

Whether you are a professional web designer whos designed hundreds of web sites or someone who has never designed one, but wants to design their own home page, this book is a valuable and reasonably priced tool. Using the priciples outlined within, any user will be designing gorgeous web sites within days if not hours of reading the book.

Published by Sitepoint, The Principles of Beautiful Web Design is available from their website or from Amazon.com.

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I just can't believe Microsoft!

As you know, daylight savings time is starting 4 weeks earlier this year. Microsoft has published some utilities to make life with some Microsoft products easier during this change in our schedules, but has also taken the opportunity to make a huge killing off this as well.

If you are still using an OS, mail server software or domain server software that Microsoft no longer supports such as Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows Server 2000, SQL7.0, SQL2000 -- a pretty comprehensive list -- you will not only be charged for the utility (up to $4,000), but be required to purchase extended service warranty at an up to $100,000 price tag!

This is either

1. a: going to force people to hump along for a month with their time out of synch with the rest of the world,
2. b: force some people to shell out the money to support their older software or
3. c: force some people to upgrade to the newer version of whatever Microsoft product they're currently using.

In all but the first scenario, Microsoft will reap mega $$$ and in my opinion, the prices they want to charge are highway robbery!

Now, I've been a Microsoft supporter for a good many years and just recently purchased a new computer with Vista on it. I've always taken those who take every opportunity to show Microsoft in an unflattering light with a grain of salt, but this time, there's some reason to shake the "shame on you" finger at them.

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