You're sitting alone with your computer, maybe late at night, and a face or name from the past pops into your head.  And old classmate, or friend, or boyfriend/girlfriend.  You start to wonder what they're up to, what they've been doing over the years, and what they look like now. 

That's what happened to me the other night.

My whole family was asleep and I was up in the wee hours of the morning fighting with WordPress.  Suddenly the name of the guy I dated in high school popped into my head.  So I did what came naturally.  I googled him.  I had a general idea of what he'd been up to so I had a good starting point even though his name brought no hits.  Zero.  Zilch.  How many people can plug their name into Google and get no hits?  Anyway,  I found out he was still pretty much doing the same thing (that's not a bad thing), but no matter how hard I searched I couldn't find any pictures.  It was a little disappointing.

But I did manage to find some people who'd seen him lately, and I e-mailed them asking about him.  They, in turn, passed the e-mail on to him, and then he e-mailed me.  Believe it or not, I just got off the phone with him.

It was kind of cool talking to somebody I haven't spoken to since I was in my early 20s, even if he did tell me it was now obvious I live in the South.  We caught up on where we'd been over the years and what's going on in the near future.  Talked a bit about my family--the ones he knows and the ones he's never met, and he caught me up a little on his.  Overall, it was a pretty nice conversation and a major blast from the past.

Oh, and the WordPress thing?  I think I've finally beat it!  Okay, maybe not beat it, but at least it's not kicking my ass anymore.    So the big news is I'll be migrating both blogs into one soon.  Don't worry, I'll post a link for you. *g*  I don't have an official launch date for the new blog in mind yet, I still want to play with WordPress a bit longer and get a real feel for the program, not to mention I want to research a few more plugins (more toys!).

So I may be rationalizing, or even making excuses, but I'm not looking at all this work/research I've been doing with WordPress as procrastinating from writing.  I was working on a networking tool, something that has the potential to help with my career.  Even more important, I've been learning something new, broadening my horizons.   That's a good thing in my book.

Anyway, keep your eyes open for the announcement of the launch of the new blog!

Yup, do the same thing, about remembering people. Hell, I was going through some of my old fiction last night, found a piece of fanfiction I'd written for a contest, and went looking for the site owner. (Didn't actually find her, but no surprise ... she was fond of changing hosts and her handle, and I'm not sure if she still even has a webpresence; pity, because she wrote some damned good fic.)

Course, sometimes it's not quite so pleasant, too, especially if you had a falling out with the person you remembered a number of years back. (Doesn't help when they hold a grudge and you don't, too. Meh.) :P

Word Press is awesome - especially because you can time stamp entries:)

Hey Steph--If I have any questions about WordPress, do you mind if I pick your brain?

Nonny-I have thought about people I lost contact with because of a falling out, but honestly, I've never bothered to take the time to even look them up. Why bother? (I have one of those holding a grudge against me for something I got over eons ago.)

Isn't it frustrating when you can't find hide nor hair about somebody?