Trishtown.com as independent domain
Trishtown was a concept cooked up by a couple close friends and I, at a lunch I think (I remember vaguely) after the publishing company I worked for for 12 and one-half years so ingloriously laid me off. Well, yes, it turned out to be the best thing they’d ever done for me but somehow, in a crazy backward sort of way, I’m still rather ticked off. They could certainly have handled it better. Hell, I could have handled it better.
In any case. There we were at this post-layoff lunch. Dreaming. I wished I had enough money to buy a ghost town in the desert and turn it into an art town. Both ways. Little museums, little workshops, camping out, guest houses, a café or restaurant, a B & B…..on and on. It could certainly be done. Well, since it was my dream (no $$ only dream) we decided Trishtown would be a great name.
I still have visions, talent, art, and no $$. BUT! I have Trishtown.com. I’ve been keeping the domain name ever since then, just in case, somehow, it really came to pass. I could have used it for a blog, but I said, “WHY?” when I can get one on Shoutpost for free?
HOWEVER, since Shoutpost has slacked, failed, or otherwise just come up short on tech help and archiving my blogs and I can’t seem to even raise the dead for a tech question I have decided that my ramblings are important enough to me (and to at least some members of my loyal blogees out there) to go ahead and pay for Trishtown.com to be an archive for ALL my mind’s wanderings if it cannot be a spot for my most laudable—and in need of funding—art town for art refugees. (in the future there may be a plea for help for funding the art town or art site, but never for the blog! The blog is free FOREVER)
In any case, it’ll be 24-48 hours until www.trishtown.com is live and then lay off and give me a chance to build (ugh) yet another web site. Why do I keep doing this to myself? At first it was fun, then it was a job, and now it’s just an ugly little necessity.
I will continue to blog on Shoutpost because I’ve made some friends there and I like the vibe of our little community. I will, however, post, embellish, and archive on Trishtown.com. And if I can be clever enough I will build something where EVERYONE can comment without signing up or filling our forms or any of that crap. I know you hate it, I hate it too.
Stay tuned. Film at 11. And please note I did not specify which day at 11, or even which time zone at 11.
Go out and do some crazy, unexpected, nice thing for somebody. Go on. Do it. GO DO IT NOW.
Yeah. there you go.
scribbles (2007-06-25)
Good luck to you. I hate moving sites. Did you check out my extensive ShoutPost FAQ or template tutorials on my site?
Mary Mary Quite Contrary (2007-06-22)
YAY! TRISHTOWN! YOU GO GIRL! ( now...what time did you say that would be??? LOL! GOOD LUCK TRISH! )
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