6 Things Most People Don’t Know About Me

Proceed with caution; you may get what you're not expecting.

Mark Roth partially bares his soleBefore my list, some questions:

  • Why do I think it important to announce them?
  • Why should anybody care to know?
  • What makes people do stuff like this?
  • What drives your interest?
  • Does this look like Facebook to you?

Do you still want to see my list of 11 things most people don’t know about me? Read it all

Get Well Soon

A yellow apple, a yellow rose, and an impulse heeded

My sister is an English-Spanish-English (or is it the other way around?) interpreter at Silverton Hospital.

I heard she was feeling ill on the job today. (OK, OK; I read it on Facebook, but that’s a mere technicality.)

A short while later, upon gazing out the window, I noticed again the lone yellow rose perched atop its bush.

On an impulse, I grabbed a piece of paper, an apple slice, a red marker, and… Read it all

eBook Freebie from Dorcas Smucker

Wherein you can help boost the LifeInTheShoe lady further into the Amazon stratosphere

OK, so you entered my drawing win an autographed copy of Dorcas Smucker’s latest book (read my review, will ya?). And somebody else won it.

You knew you could buy your own non-autographed copy of Tea and Trouble Brewing via Amazon. You didn’t get that done either.

Well, today you can… Read it all

WordPress: Auto Update 3.7.1

In the background. Seemlessly. Automagically.

I checked my email early yesterday morning and saw this snuggled in the Inbox:

auto update email notification | WordPress
A surprising entry in my email inbox!

History happened while I wasn’t looking! For the first time ever, one of my WordPress installations updated without any attention from me.

I clicked that email in my Inbox listing, and sure enough…

WordPress autoupdate message
Panting Hart, leaping from 3.7 to 3.7.1

So without any action on my part, my devotional blog churned through the WordPress Maintenance Release into 3.7.1 — nice!

I logged into Panting Hart and was greeted with this:

more background autoupdate stuff
Blog Splash Screen Notice

It truly was while I slept!

Though I prefer to maintain control over my sites, I welcome these automatic, background updates to WordPress. Thankfully, major updates aren’t included in this. For instance, December’s projected 3.8 upgrade we’ll still have to do manually.

Again, a huge thumbs-up to WordPress. (And you’re blogging using another platform…why? 😆 )

Google+ Custom URL, Declined

I could have been more than a number on Google+.

I could have become +MarkRoth.

Google Plus Custom URL Offer
I said, “Nope, no deal!”

After scanning through the various TOS (“Terms of Service,” you know), I decided to go for it. Then I hesitated again when I saw this was free for now only and might cost me something later. But I kept on going.

Then Google required my cell phone number. Required! 😯 Read it all

Above all, love God!

since November 9, 2005