There are times, self-deprecation aside, when even I must admit my blog needs some work.

1. I still haven’t engaged a developer to create a custom theme that would make the blog’s look and feel completely unique.  I’ve been promising (to you and to myself) to do that since I started blogging in February 2003.

2. Despite the fact that the majority of my visitors still use IE, I’ve had absolutely no interest in fixing the rendering problems that browser has with my site.  I really shouldn’t have to change my code because one browser doesn’t correctly interpret standards.  Still, it would be nice if I at least made it somewhat compatible for the mindlessly unenlightened surfer who has yet to realize they are getting a substandard web experience thanks to Microsoft.

3. A portion of my content is recycled from previous works.  This by no stretch of the imagination represents a majority of the content here, but it is a sizable chunk of it, and most of that is represented in Miscellany (stuff that I wrote prior to blogging).

4. Some of my recycled content wasn’t really good the first time around, yet here I am posting it on the web for all the world to see just how mundane it was and is.

5. Do I ever plan on continuing — not to mention finishing — the “Creationism by any other name” series?  The discussion may well be moot by then if I don’t get back to it soon, especially in light of the two most recent evolutionary discoveries.

6. The most used search engine phrase that brings people here is “petporn” (for pet porn).  Is that the best I have to offer?

7. The next most used phrase is “lonnie latham” (for Lonnie Latham’s yet another religious hypocrite, Sundries, and Sundries).  That’s a dead horse who’s been beaten so much that all 305 of its bones are now dust.  Can’t people find something else to look for on the web?

8. The majority of my serries posts do not link to each other or back to the original introduction.  If someone stumbles upon one of the related entries, there’s nothing to tell them more content is available on the same subject/theme.  What the hell is that about?

9. I hate the lack of categorization to help visitors find posts correlated to specific topics.  I hate the excessive categorization I once had and eventually abandoned.  Why don’t I get off my ass and find a happy middle ground?

10. Where are the videos?  I have a few dozen of them to edit and post, yet I’ve not touched them.  I’ve also not made any new videos in a very long time.  Do you think I’m doing too little or too much crack?  Sadly, I’ve not even determined if all of those videos are post worthy.  And then there’s the plethora of photographs I’ve taken and have yet to offer to the world.

And a bonus: I’ve intended to write and post fiction short stories for some time.  What the hell is keeping me from doing that?  Perhaps I’m waiting on an engraved invitation before getting started.