• As you may have noticed, I have done some redecorating around here. There is now a *switcher* in the upper right hand corner, for any of you who might object to the new look and want my _Classic_ styling. To each his (or her) own.

    Tell me what you think, or if it looks really bad in your modern web browser drop me a line. As always we prefer if you view the website in “Firefox”:http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/ but life is imperfect.

    UPDATE
    Yes, unfortunately not everything went as smoothly as planned. My individual entries are not working right. I am working on it as fast as possible. I hope to have it all sorted out soon.

  • _Warning, Sarcasm Ahead!_

    Do you ever feel as if your stamp is just not speaking for you? Is your ego so big that you need your mug on your mail? Are you getting married and feel like the people you know would like to see the “studio” picture of you and your fiance? OH MY GOD, do you have, like, the cutest baby ever? Well lucky for you now you can add any of the above photos to your stamps at PhotoStamps.

    Hey if Maya Angelou can be on a stamp, why shouldn’t you be on one? Right? Probably because she’s one of the greatest voices of the African American poetry movement and you are famous for eating corn chips in your underwear on a Friday night. Unfortunately, the service will cost you a little extra per stamp, but hey isn’t it worth it for the excitement of not seeing your friends open your letters? (and then throwing away the envelope)

  • Although we don’t look any different, let me assure you that I went through heaven and hell trying to get this mother of a website back online. I am totally exhausted!

    Up the Tree has officially changed hosts, because we were being ignored by our last hosting company and therefore left. I actually tried to call them to ask if I could pay more for a bigger plan which they never answered. I wanted to give them my money, but they just didn’t listen… so I waived my cash around and another hosting company snatched me up. We are proud to announce that “Dreamhost”:http://www.dreamhost.com/rewards.cgi?wac is our host of choice for the new year (and hopeful new president). If you too are unhappy switch over to Dreamhost, because they have awesome deals with webhosting, including the ability to host multiple domains! I have had really great success setting up new domains, handing out e-mail addresses, setting up MySQL databases, subdomains, list-serves, webmail… you name it, I’ve had a great experience.

    So far I’ve set up:
    “MovableType 2.661”:http://www.movabletype.org/ (because I’m too nervous to upgrade)
    “WordPress”:http://www.wordpress.org/ (beacuse I want to move from MovableType to the free option)
    “ShortStat”:http://shortstat.shauninman.com/ (Stats the whole family can enjoy)

    If you go, tell them (wac) sent you!

  • In the Hudson Valley News, which you may know as one of the last bastions of truth in our society… I read an “article” about Kerry’s tour bus stopping at a Wendy’s in Newburgh New York to eat, when in fact the future president had already ordered food at a five-star restaurant. It turns out Kerry had no plans to order from Wendy’s.

    WOW. It’s almost like I can feel the news breaking around me!

    It reminded me of college, while during orientation my sophomore year, I ate and Wendy’s in Westchester and had explosive diarrhea and extreme stomach discomfort. I have since, never entered a Wendy’s without first consulting a physician.

    The moral of this story? *Yet another reason to trust our country (and stomachs) with Kerry.*

  • # Combat Baby – “Metric”:http://www.ilovemetric.com/ – One World Underground, Where Are You Now?
    # Freetime – “Kenna”:http://www.newsacredcow.com/ – New Sacred Cow
    # Gagging Order – Radiohead – Com Lag EP
    # Just One Thing – “My Morning Jacket”:http://www.mymorningjacket.com/ – It Still Moves
    # Whatever Happened to Us – Loudon Wainwright III – A Live One
    # Division St. Girl – “Jason Molina”:http://www.secretlycanadian.com/secretlycanadian/songsohia/ – Pyramid Electric Co.
    # To Be Alone with You – “Sufjan Stevens”:http://www.sufjan.com/ – Seven Swans
    # Each Coming Night – “Iron & Wine”:http://www.ironandwine.com/ – Our Endless Numbered Days
    # Jacqueline – “Franz Ferdinand”:http://www.franzferdinand.co.uk/ – Franz Ferdinand
    # Jonathon Fisk – “Spoon”:http://www.spoontheband.com/ – Kill The Moonlight
    # This Boy Is Exhausted – “Wrens”:http://www.wrens.com/ – The Meadowlands
    # That Right Ain’t Shit – The Books – “The Lemon of Pink –DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM FREE –“:http://www-personal.engin.umich.edu/~mrjz/The%20Books%20-%20The%20Lemon%20of%20Pink/
    # Two-Headed Boy – “Neutral Milk Hotel”:http://neutralmilkhotel.net/ – In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
    # Here I Dreamt – “The Decemberists”:http://www.decemberists.com/ – castaways and cutouts
    # We Will Become Silhouettes – “The Postal Service”:http://www.subpop.com/bands/postalservice/ – Give Up
    # We Will Become Silhouettes – “The Shins”:http://www.darkcoupon.com/miscellany.html – Such Great Heights
    # I Don’t Believe You – “The Magnetic Fields”:http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/ – i
    # Nobody Knew Her – “Nina Nastasia”:http://www.southern.com/southern/band/NASTA/ – Dogs
    # Ringing In My Ear – “Adem”:http://www.adem.tv/ – Homesongs
    # Gentle Moon – “Sun Kil Moon”:http://www.jetsetrecords.com/bands/sun_kil_moon/bio.asp – Ghosts Of The Great Highway
    # The Start – “The Bees”:http://www.thebees.info/ – Free The Bees

    “Buy the partial playlist from iTunes”:http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPublishedPlaylist?id=91807