I'm working on a new design for this site, so please excuse some of the bumps and hiccups along the way.

It was my birthday on Wednesday and I received some of the best presents ever that made me feel like a kid again:

• 2 Squirt Guns
• Paddle Ball
• Silly String
• Juggling Balls
• A Flashing Tentacle Ball!
• Magic Mystery Deck Cards
• Space Sludge Silly Putty
• A Subscription to Ferret Magazine
• iTunes Gift Certificates
• 2 Free Meals w/ Friends

Thanks for the gifts everyone! They were awesome!

Let me respectfully remind you,
    life and death are of supreme importance.
Time swiftly passes by, 
    and opportunity is lost.
Let us awaken, 
    awaken.
Take heed, 
    do not squander your life.

The more I want something, the harder it is to accept it when it arrives. And I don't usually know it's there until someone tells me. This afternoon someone told me I would make a great Big Mind faciliator. This was the first external validation I received for this dream of mine.

With this new bit of empowerment, I'm mentally preparing for my month-long training in the coming months.

It just so happens that the things I want most are also the things I'm most scared of.

Thank you friend, for your vote of confidence.

Apress has posted the Theming chapter to our Drupal book as the free sample chapter. Get it, read it, and start making Drupal sites that don't look like Drupal sites. Oh, and they also have the Table of Contents and Foreward by Dries Buytaert for download as well.