Ginger, A) You are awesome.

B) You cracked me up with the need for pictures and the waving of the hands. I'm exactly the same. I spend a lot of time with my phone clients saying things like, "See me waving my hands over my head, about shoulder width apart..."

C) You are clever and gifted. The solution you offered is elegant and perfect.

I will send the request to my web guy...who is running a bit behind for my tastes at the mo...but, is there a page where I can learn how to code that effect. I'm basic html literate.

D) Thank you so much for even thinking of a solution, much less illustrating it so I understand what you mean. I sincerely appreciate the time and effort. Not the least because it gives me exactly what I need and helps me to save a bit of my old identity package for a less jarring transition. Not to mention the time saved giving up the fretting over it.

Thankyouthankyouthankyou.

My building allows pets and at one point there was a bulldog named Petunia. He - yes, he - had personality like you wouldn't believe and was much loved.

Hey, hivemind. I am facing the unpleasant (to me) necessity of doing a Gantt chart or some kind of project timeline thingy. Anyone got a free or cheapish software to recommend? (x-posting to Natter)

Also, bonny, insent early this morning.

smonster, VERY early this morning, eh?

I apologize. I started the day working on dog company stuff and then the earth moved and my brain left me altogether. Now, I'm going to be early.

We will work it out, of course. I have faith.

But brane? Not so much now.

Oh hon, I am so going to bed right now. And yeah, I was up from about 3:30 to 4:30 this morning. I just now remembered that you've been having trouble getting your emails, so wanted to make sure it went through.

I was up until 3:30 too!

We need better bed habits.

And by that, I only sort of mean porn.

I'm so, so tired.

Thanks for checking. Don't stop doing that,just in case.

Well, I went to bed at 9:45 pm and slept until 3:30 am, then woke up for an hour, then back to sleep until the alarm went off. I think cocaine might be required to keep me up until 3:30 am at this point.

smonster, does Open Office not have a Project Management app in it? That would be my first thought.

Although ISTR finding some open-source PM software at some point several years ago, I don't remember the name at all.

I used to be quite good at Gantt charts, but MS Project is SO HORRIBLE to use, and it's all I have access to.

Ooo, I'll check Open Office. We have a program in the office, but there aren't any more keys for it.

So my boss and I might start a side business together. What could go wrong? It's an idea I had that he thinks is brilliant, and I'd never do it by myself, so we're going to discuss it over drinks.

Are you ready? I may have mentioned this in Bitches, it arose during one of my bouts of panicked unemployment insomnia brainstorming sessions... manufacture glass Mardi Gras beads locally from recycled beer and wine bottles.

I didn't realize there were glass Mardi Gras beads; I assumed they were all just the cheap plastic ones. (My experience of Mardi Gras, of course, being parties and whatnot thrown in Ohio, trying to simulate the fun of Mardi Gras without the actual NOLA and krewes and so forth.)

Glass beads would be cool, and recycled would be even cooler!