I think I'm going to start calling these all-link posts Asides since they're not really full-post material but just a bunch of off-kilter topics I've been mulling over. So let's get to it!

Site Design Projects

• So as many of y'all know, I just finished up the last design changes on Bernie's site. It was a lot more back-end work than front-end, but we're both satisfied with the look and functionality of the site, and it was good for me to get my hands wet again with MT code.
• Which reminds me…do you need a design for your site? Can we talk?
• New projects on the horizon include the redesign of this site (by September 1, hopefully since there'll be a lot of recategorization) and the Black Weblog Awards (by August 1). I'll probably be working on that all weekend once the newlyweds leave on Saturday.

In the Life of Karsh

• So me, Death Phoenix and Winston Shakespeare had lunch and dinner yesterday. Today, it's computer shopping so she can take advantage of the sales-tax holiday. More on that later.
• McQuickie and I are still fucking. This whole "getting sex three times a week" is doing wonders for my temperament and skin. That frequency will probably increase once he starts school. Excellent.
• I'm kicking myself because I recently had to turn down a job offer in NYC. They called me at work and said "We're very interested and want you to come in for an interview tomorrow. It's on-site here in NYC." And here I thought it'd be a telecommuting position because of the nature of the job. So after politely declining the offer and then putting up with this Dynastyesque bullshit I have both at work and in real life lately, I have to ask myself…what the hell is keeping me in Atlanta?
• While taking a late lunch on Thursday with Goofball, who should I run into but Mike, one of the hosts of the Ultimate Blogger competition I was in a few months back. He was in town for his brother's birthday. How cool was that?
• I'm thinking of doing Blogathon 2005 and blog for AID Atlanta, a non-profit organization that provides education and support services for people living with HIV. I'm not sure if I'll have to work the weekend Blogathon occurs or not, but once I get that straightened out, I should be good to go.

101 in 1001 Updates

• 25. Cook dinner from scratch for a month. I started on July 28 with a chicken and chorizo stoup which I flavored up with some cumin, pablano peppers and jicama. We'll see where I am from now on August 28.
• 72. Enlist the help of a financial advisor. I had a consultation this morning with an advisor, which would have went well had I actually liked her simple ass. She kept saying "Oh yeah? Wow…" to everything I told her, had this crazy look in her eye, and then said I'd have to pay $600 to enlist their services. Shit, I'd have to financially plan for a financial planner! I told her I couldn't fork over that kinda cash today and she says "Figures" under her breath. Trick. The saga continues. Wu-Tang. Wu-Tang.
• 97. Start the Black Weblog Awards. Well we already know where this is down the pike. Stay tuned.

Media

• I got my copy of Rashid Darden's Lazarus in the mail yesterday! I just started reading it and already I'm loving it. Definitely a break from the regular template of most gay novels out there.
• First there was the Burger King commercial with Hootie, and now there's the BK Rebel Unit, four Black superheroes fighting crime…in the name of some goddamned fried chicken fingers (or chicken fries, as BK calls them). Just go ahead give 'em softshoe powers, why don't 'cha? An equally dumb ad serving from Crispin Porter + Bogusky is Coq Roq.
• Comedy Central probably feels they've struck oil once again with the medicore Mind of Mencia. Don't get me wrong…Carlos Mencia is an averagely funny comedian. And because I like thick funny guys, under the right conditions, he could get it. But does he have a weekly show's worth of material outside of beaner and wetback jokes? No! Oh wait…substitute "beaner and wetback" with "niggas and Black folks" and that's Chappelle's show. My bad, y'all.