After realizing that it was unlikely that I was going to go through the work of posting a thumbnail image for each and every post, I decided to go with a different free “premium” theme.
Enter Quickpress
And yes, I’m pretty much just doing this because I’m procrastinating some work tasks…
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Smashing magazine was offering up this layout for free. Get it for yourself here.
Anyway, it looked like fun, so I thought I’d give it a try. It took a little extra configuration to get it working for my purposes, but so far so good. This post is my first attempt at adding a thumbnail to the post itself (which is why the other ones on the home page look weird now).
Let me know what you think!
P.S. I’ve also upgraded to WordPress 2.6. Man, this software is leaps and bounds more advanced now than it was when I first setup this blog!
The Post-American World by Fareed Zakaria
rating: 3 of 5 stars
I’ve always liked Fareed Zakaria‘s columns in Newsweek a lot. He always offers a balanced look at America’s interaction with our globe-mates. I enjoyed this book a lot, especially the sections comparing America’s rise to power with Britain’s, and the entire chapters on both China and India. Some critics were down on this book because they say he doesn’t offer a solution to the Iraq issue. Well… if someone was able to come up with a nice easy fix there, don’t you think they’d already be a national superstar? Anyway, this book lays out the current status of our country’s place in the world nicely, and offers some definite insight into the things we can do to maintain our status as the global superpower, even during the “rise of the rest.”
Dan Walsh is out of town again, so I’ve written my third Daily Drink column over at SportsBubbler.com.
Alyssa turned 1 this year! View my photos from the party.
View my photos from Kristie’s 2008 Pub Crawl.
View my photo album from Jack’s 4th Birthday party.
See all 185 of them here
Or in Slideshow format
I’ll try to write up some details from the trip later…
