The redesigned Yummy Reviews is now up and running. The new design is pretty fucking cool, if I do say so myself. I’m almost jealous of Nate’s new layout. It’s way better than mine, so I’m thinking of re-redesigning JBdN too.

While I’m on the subject of Nate and web sites, I should also mention that he keeps a shitty Myspace blog too, which he updates fairly regularly. His posts make for great reading, full of wit and anger, but let’s face it — Myspace blows. It’s like the slutty-girl-at-school of the Internets. Everyone and their mom has experimented with it, a lot of people frequently use it, and even though you feel ashamed and dirty every time you visit it, you still find yourself being drawn back. So I’m trying to convince Nate to write a real blog, as he is quite funny. Much funnier than I. Go read his other crappy blog, then come back here and tell him how much you want him to start a real blog.

JAB

For the most part I have the layout the way I want it. Yeah, there’s some other crap I wanna add — like the late, sort-of-great Gallery, an About Me page, a Links page, and a Short Story/Writing page where I can post the bilge I keep on churning out — but the layout looks pretty fuckin’ sharp. The only thing that needs major fixin’ is the individual entry pages — y’know, the ones where I allow the three of you monkeys who desire to comment to do so.

On the right-hand sidebar, amongst the list of blogs I like — or as some of the more gay sexually ambiguous members of the blogging community like to call it, a “blogroll” — you will notice a new one: Sexy Politics, by my friend, the esteemed Allan D’Angelo. On his blog he generally discusses, aptly enough, “sex, politics, and entertainment.” He has some great ideas, especially if you’re a liberal, including labeling conservatives as Anti-Freedom instead of Pro-Life and Pro-Family, and suggesting that Wal-Mart should sell porn next to the toasters (though I personally think Wal-Mart should sell porn in the huge-ass dump tables that fill the main isles).

JAB

That’s right, ladies and gents, the honorable Mr. Nathan Valentine’s wacky review website — Yummy Reviews — is back from the dead!

Okay, that’s sort of stretching the truth. Yummy Reviews has never been dead, per se, just sort of perpetually stuck in the endless Purgatory that Nate loves so much. I’m sure he’ll be writing in it a lot more, though. And to make sure he does, either through guilt or endless harping, I want you all to tell him in the comments just how much you love your Yummy Reviews!

Again, that’s Yummy Reviews, which you can visit at one of our convenient locations: http://yummyreviews.joshbales.net or http://www.joshbales.net/yummyreviews/.

JAB

After a brief hiatus, JOSH BALES dot NET is back and ready to rock and roll!

Sort of.

Bare bones best describes what I have up so far. The main blog is up with its new design and is working smashingly. The comments, archives, and everything else are up too, they’re just using the generic template Movable Type comes with. This will all change in the coming days when I bring those in line stylistically with what I have so far. I like the new design; of course I would, though, being the creator and whatnot. What do you think?

I’m kinda tired of staring at my computer screen right now, so I’m gonna go stare at another screen for a while: the TV, or as Nate likes to call it, the “boob-tube.”

JAB

A little site news, so read on only if you care about stuff other than the blog…

I decided to discontinue monthly installments of my column, “Fade In,” beginning with this month. While I enjoy writing it, there are a lot more things I’d rather be working on right now instead of it. Also, since its focus is so broad, it makes it that much harder to come up with something to write about. Plus, no one reads it anyway. Though I may still irregularly post new columns, as topics that are interesting come up.

Additionally, the Store is acting funny. And by acting funny I mean all the data isn’t appearing anymore. It’s all saved in the actual files, you just can’t see it. I’m hoping to fix it sometime this weekend.

That’s it.

JAB