Long-time readers might remember this joke article that I wrote all the way back in 2002. I had all but forgotten about it until an astute reader sent me a link to an article with an oddly familiar picture.

But, since my site or my name doesn't appear anywhere on that page, you might not have known it was me or where it came from.

Bad form, guys.

EDIT - 1/17/10 5:45 PM

Looks like asking nicely got the problem fixed. I guess saying 'please' does sometimes work.

It's time again for another National Blog Posting Month, and on the day that Daylight Saving Time ends, no less.

Do I have the chops to keep this site updated every day and this site updated every weekday during the month of November?

Stay tuned to find out!

Pro tip of the Day has been nominated for one of the Top 50 Indiana Blogs.

As of this writing it's ranked at #65, but you can change all that by voting at this link.

It's been a busy time for the Crummysocks network of sites:

Over at Pro Tip of the Day we've had some pretty interesting tips including my personal technique for mashing buttons faster, and a way to play the SNES Civilization that borderlines on cheating.

Rejected Screens got a ton of new screens, particularly from the Super NES version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Turtles in Time. I just can't help myself, I really like that game.

On the game-playing front, I've finally gotten around to opening my copy of Final Fantasy VI Advance, which I bought back in '07. The retranslation definitely changes the tone of a few of the scenes in the game, so it's definitely worth it to play through for the thousand-and-first time.

I've also been slogging through Tales of Vesperia for the Xbox 360. I was pretty jazzed because I really liked the two Tales of Symphonia games but it's been tough going, and I'm not really sure why. All of the pieces that I liked from the other games are there, but something just hasn't 'clicked' for me yet. I'll probably end up working though it all anyway, because I'm invested in it now, but it's going to take some time. Probably even longer now that we have a remake of Turtles in Time coming down the pike.

After a few months, Pro tip of the Day is still going strong and closing in on its 200th update. And, like any site that's a runaway success (or in my case a slightly lethargic sauntering success), it's spawned an imitator.

I'm just as shocked as you are.

These jokers have also started a Pro tip of the Day dot com site, except their focus is less on video games and more on being funny. Except they quit updating after two weeks, and they weren't exactly funny or useful.

But, hey, imitation's a form of flattery, right?

Right?

About six years ago I added forums to this site, but killed them off after a while due to lack of demand. Well, demand has skyrocketed and so they're back, but not here. They're hosted on one of my sister sites, Push Button B. So feel free to use that site to discuss all your Crummy Socks, Closeout Warrior, and Pro Tip of the Day comments.

January 28, 2009, 2:49 AM saw one of the worst ice storms to come through my area, and it cut power/internet to my house (and well over 75,000 other homes/businesses in the city, and near 1 million in the region), and it wasn't restored here until about an hour ago.

It might be a couple of days before it's back to business as normal on the Crummysocks.com Network of Sites.

Just performed my semi-annual bad-user cull/mass banning. Mostly just the people that registered accounts and didn't do anything with them and the jerks that registered just to promote their genital drugs herbal supplements.

It's been a while since it happened last, but the Crummysocks.com family of sites was down for about half an hour this evening. Everything seems back up now, but if you see anything out of place, drop me a line.

Yesterday this site was compromised. I won't go into the gory details, but the hole has been plugged. I had to restore the site from the backups, so most things should be here, but if something seems amiss, drop me a line. Unfortunately, since Push Button B was new, I hadn't gotten around to making it part of the rotation yet, so what little content I had there is gone. We'll have to drop back and punt on that one.