It's obviously been awhile since I've taken a moment to post anything here, or at least since I've paid much attention. I'm just now seeing the alterations made to the interface for posting, undoubtedly made weeks ago. The addition of various ways to alter the style of posts makes me happy. I'm definitely an HTML dinosaur, used to plugging away with hand-coding, and it's only been my return to graduate school that has acquainted me with all of the new-fangled applications for generating code. I must admit that I'm still in the stage where I'm playing around with altering the colors of everything I type. I'm sure it will pass.

A slightly alarming article from the archives of the Free-Lance Star... More and more community pools are deciding not to hire trained lifeguards to supervise patrons, opting instead for pool attendants. The attendants are trained to check water chemistry and enforce rules, but are not trained in water safety or rescue, except using reaching devices. Does this sound like a bad idea to anyone but me? Maybe it's from my years of spot-calculating of lifeguard/watcher/swimmer ratios to meet Safety-Wise specifications, but even as a proficient swimmer, I'd like someone to be on duty who is trained in CPR and could save my life if the need were to arise. The take-home lesson: make sure that your lifeguard is really a lifeguard. Geez.


Today's Weather: Humid, after four days of rain. It will likely rain some more this afternoon. August in NC is fast approaching.