Welcome to the Blog Warming

I created Killer Rants, my first blog, in September of 2005.  I think I googled “free blog” and blogger.com popped up first.  I chose my favorite, of the maybe ten choices, in generic templates and Killer Rants was born.  Since then I added a few links and played with the font size, but otherwise left things unchanged. 

I slowly noticed most serious bloggers quickly changed their templates, spiced things up, or left blogger for greener pastures, but I was lazy and did not want to learn how to do any of that shit.

Not to long after Liz joined the team, she would occasionally suggest we change things up, maybe try something prettier.  It is easy for her to suggest such things, there was a complete expectation that I would make those things happen. 

I did not want to just half-ass it.  What is the point in changing from one Blogger template to a Blogger Beta template?  I wanted big, bold and amazing changes.  I wanted to be one of those really cool bloggers who has their own website.  No more low class “dot blogspot” for me.  We are free from the tyranny and oppression of blogger.  Never again will someone show up on my computer with a virtual gun and say, “switch to Beta or we kill your blog!”

Before I go any further I have to thank the little people who made all this possible.  My best friend, Clib, made the banner.  It was exceptionally hard since Liz and I were over 2100 miles apart.  I sent Clib a picture of me holding a caulk gun and Liz sent a picture holding a hair dryer.  I think he beat up a seven year old girl and stole her kitten, but that is off the record.

The really hard part was given off to Jester .  With the help of his pal, Dan, they pulled off a web design miracle.  I gave them really no guidance or insight into what we wanted.  I just sent them the banner and said, “make it kick ass.” I feel they did just that.

I will now take this moment to give you a quick tour of all the great features here.

The home page, as you have seen, opens as basically two blogs in one.  Me on the left and Liz on the right.  It gives a truncated version our most recent posts.  If you decide to are willing to follow through and read the rest, just click “read more”, it will also allow you to comment from there. 

In the upper left hand corner under “home” you will see “about killer rants” and “best of killer rants”, well it is pretty obvious what those are. 

Under that is “dual blog” that will change the site back to the normal blog design.  By that I mean it will just show which ever post is most recent, regardless of who posted it.

Jumping to the center, under our beautiful faces, is “more killer” or “more liz”.  Simply put, if you click either of these it will show just the posts by that person. 

“by killer’s toilet” and “on liz’s nightstand” are book’s we each are reading and/or recommend.

“on killer’s ipod” and “on liz’s 8 track” are musical picks. 

Easy enough?  We wanted to keep it simple, so feel free to click around and touch whatever you want.  Enjoy the new blog smell.  That will be gone soon enough, I have gas and Liz keeps lighting damn scented candles.

  • Did I nag about us changing up the design at the old blog? If so, I would say that all the nagging was worth it. My only concern is that I’m not going to be able to type in fancy colors now!

    By Liz on 2007 07 25

  • Liz, you have to keep riding Jester about adding the color buttons...he said he would.

    By liz on 2007 07 25

  • Awesome new site!

    By Cletus on 2007 07 25

  • ::sigh:: I was hoping that Killer was going to talk Liz out of using fancy colors that are going to muck up the aesthetic. Fine… I’ll add color buttons, but I get to choose the colors, dammit.

    I’m glad you like the new digs. Try not to fling poo, I worked hard on getting the walls just the right color.

    By paul on 2007 07 25

  • Hey.. I like this..  Some day maybe I’ll get a grown up blog.

    By Burg on 2007 07 25

  • Gorgeous. I might start reading the page again instead of using the feed reader it’s that nice. I don’t think I can look at that kitten about to be shot enough times. It’s just perfectly, deliciously evil.

    I give it the double devil salute. \m/ >.< \m/

    By dave on 2007 07 26

  • Paul,
    No, she won’t stop going on about her color ability.  It’s her specialty.

    Burg,
    I don’t recommend growing up, but it’s awesome to play with grown up shit.

    Dave,
    Thanks, we killed about twelve kittens before we finally got the picture right.

    By Killer on 2007 07 26

  • I would have to go and get knocked up when y’all are handing out free booze! I like this new look, but the dual-sided posting is going to take a day or two to get used to, I think.

    By celebrate woo-woo on 2007 07 26

  • OK, two things....maybe more.

    A) Liz doesn’t read much, does she?
    B) Is there something to be read into where one’s blog ends up on the blogroll?  Does Liz love me more?
    3) There wasn’t any more.  It was really just two things all along.

    By othurme on 2007 07 26

  • celebrate woo-woo:
    I had heard about your “being in the motherly way” at heather’s blog.  Congrats!

    If you don’t like the duplicitous blog, just click “dual blog” on the top and it will single it out for you.

    Thanks for swinging by.  I’ll drink extra in your honor, or you can just have a few...how bad can Fetal Alcohol Syndrome really be?

    By killer on 2007 07 26

  • Othurme:
    No, the side of the blogroll does not matter at all.  I actually filled in Liz’s blog roll.  We just split it up and listed everyone, so it would not all be one sided.  Liz’s blogroll would probably consist of you, Jester and maybe two others.  She doesn’t get around on the web as much as she does the trailer park.  OOOOOOOOO...Burn!!!!

    Liz is so going to kick my ass.

    By killer on 2007 07 26

  • Hey guys, love the new look. I felt special ‘cause I was on Liz’s blog roll. Then I get to reading and see that I was just filling space. Oh well, I guess I do what I do best. Right?

    By Jim Leonard on 2007 07 26

  • @Othurme - she doesn’t listen to much music, either. I guess it’s hard to read and listen to music when you’re always nursing a hangover.

    @Killer - I’ve been meaning to talk to you about what to do with all these damn dead kittens. It’s getting harder and harder to keep my dogs from tossing them around the room, and frankly, they’re beginning to smell.

    By jester on 2007 07 27

  • I can touch whatever I want.. oh goody goody.. may I have a sidedish with yer balls...or somebody’s balls.. lol.. Like the new look.. I can only dream to have my very own .com… As long as you are lighting candles.. may I suggest you get febreeze scented stories… lasts a hell of alot longer than any old stinky candle…

    By babybull40 on 2007 07 27

  • love it, love it, love it.  change is oh so difficult, but this result is so worth it.

    great work, jester & dan.  (if only you could add a spell check for me seeing as how i type too faster than i should)

    gotta run...want to take the site for a test spin.  i’m buying it, but it still makes me feel good to kick the tires.

    By hellohahanarf on 2007 07 27

  • Jim:
    Some people seem to think that Liz is just a made up persona of mine, so if that is the case, it would not matter which side you are on.

    Jester:
    It is still all new to her.  I will probably have to go to her house, with some booze, and force her to fill out those sections.
    Hey, I’m not coming back for those kitten corpses.  I was hoping you wouldn’t notice all the little bodies until I was long gone; what with all the other animals you have.

    Babybull40:
    Owning a dot com is easy.  I think Jester has a hundred of them. 
    Liz is totally in charge of all candle decisions. 

    Hellohahanarf:
    Thanks, Thanks, Thanks
    Comments have a spell check, at least they do with Firefox, it will underline the misspelled word in red, right click that word for suggestions and replace it.

    By Killer on 2007 07 27

  • This is just hot. seriously.

    By Mel-O-Drama on 2007 07 27

  • Wow. . . fancy schmancy.

    Hope y’all won’t be too proud to still visit the po’ folks living in the Blogger projects.

    We get the free gov’mint cheese, you know.

    By Roadchick on 2007 07 27

  • Nice Diggs. It’s spiffy and new and pretty cool.
    Congrats and Geeky hugs!

    By Mayren on 2007 07 27

  • where’s the booze??? oh, wait, never mind. i see liz now. i’m sure there’s booze within arms reach if i can just make my way through the crowd to get there.

    i’m with chick. awesome job guys! (btw, my cheese ~says~ american but it’s green and moving, should i eat it anyway. perhaps with a bottle of stinky feet wine?)

    By heather on 2007 07 27

  • I go away for a few days and look what happens.

    I don’t like it.  Please go back to the old address. 

    This one requires work.  You have to click on somethng.

    Deciding what to click on requires thinking.  I need all of my thinking time for my own blog and cannot be expected to save any for yours.

    By laughingattheslut on 2007 07 27

  • Delicious new site!  Makes mine look like sh*t...maybe I’ll get a grown up blog when I get a reader.

    By shut my mouth on 2007 07 27

  • Mel:
    Thanks, finally we are hot.

    Roadchick:
    We will never forget our roots, just make sure you blogger folk come in through the rear door.  We don’t want the neighbors to see.

    Mayren:
    I’m glad you geekily approve.

    Heather:
    As you fight through the crowd, make sure no one is spilling anything on the new shag carpet.

    laughingathteslut:
    I like people to work for the funny.

    shutmymouth:
    Deep down I really wanted everyone to look like shit, instead of us, for a change.

    By Killer on 2007 07 28

  • Oh man, I love the new site.  Maybe Jester can help me with mine…

    By Greg on 2007 07 29

  • Greg:
    Thanks, Jester comes highly recommended.  He can build to suit and even host the site on his server. I have probably emailed him with questions 100 times in the last week.

    By Killer on 2007 07 29

  • I love it when I get pimped out.  Bring it on. I’ll build the hell out of your sites. smile

    By jester on 2007 07 30

  • Hate.

    It took me three visits over almost a week to figure out how to comment.

    Hate. Hate. Hate.  Because really, it is all about me.

    By Eris on 2007 07 30

  • Wow! They did one HELL of a job on your site. It doesn’t just look good. It doesn’t just look great. It even looks sooooo good I am tempted to overcome my own laziness and fear and get a .com of my own. I doubt I WILL actually do it, but I WILL be tempted.

    BD

    By briliantdonkey on 2007 07 30

  • Eris:
    For you, and only you, I will accept snail mail comments.

    BD:
    Thanks, it has been a fun experience.  I recommend it.

    By Killer on 2007 07 31

  • I can read this layout at work. As long as I’m scrolling beneath the dead kitty banner, no one is the wiser. Can we have a little white space between posts/post titles on the home page? White space prevents vertigo.

    By fringes on 2007 07 31

Name:

Email:

URL:

Remember my personal information

Notify me of follow-up comments?

Recent Comments

  • mmo said

    HOW TO MAKE YOUR E-PENIS BIGGER INSIDE! smile ah a killer rant inside a killer rant website! well done sir

  • heather said

    in the odd chance that aliens haven’t kidnapped you and killer, i wanted to stop by and wish you all a good holiday season. if you can not only make it out to the other side still breathing and manage to have a little bit of fun in the process then you’ve done well. smile

  • hello haha narf said

    i’m up entirely too early and damned if there isn’t the cricut infomercial on.  of course i thought of you.  and wondered if you are using that damn awesome thing!

    miss you and killer.  hope all is well with you both.

  • jessica said

    Great blog - at times you make it sound all exciting and I wish I could be there.I thoroughly enjoyed on reading the article.I think , it should be a great trip for you.
    http://www.brushandfloss.com/

  • snowina said

    Christmas Gifts!Quality Replica Watches!
    Visitors of our website can get a closer look at more than 8000 fabulous high quality watches, 5000 of which are precious Replica Watches imitating in every minute curve of luxurious and expensive watches by Rolex, Chopard, Cartier, IWC, Bvlgari, etc.
    http://sites.google.com/site/rolexchoose/
    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Subscribe to Killer Rants

Enter your email address:

Delivered by FeedBurner



Add to Technorati Favorites