Yesterday morning, a little after 5 am, I awoke with a start. Seeing as how it was Saturday, I've no clue why I was awake, but I was. I dinked around on the computer, found that lil problem I blogged about yesterday, was chatting with my co admin, and was just about to go grub on some oatmeal when the phone rang. It was my mom. They live on the west coast so it was about 5 am their time as it was slightly after 8 am my time.

Now when my mom is on the horn so early on a saturday morning,...

Last night was having some issues so I decided to run a virus scan, do some cleanup, and run a defrag. No problems at all, I went to sleep while the defrag ran.

This morning I got up, and by habit checked my board. Uhm.ITALICS. Everything' s italicized! I started to freak out. I thought I had been hacked...I was hyperventilating! I checked the messges to see if anyone had posted anything... my members didn't seem to notice at all, so it had to be just me. I checked another site and...

I have one other member of the forum who promptly signed up as soon as I sent her the link. She's my partner in crime... we watch a lot of shows via AIM together.

She didn't understand why I didn't just leave it like it was-- default bulletin blue. Didn't I like it like it was? With that big V BULLETIN across the top? *head tilt* I blinked once or twice and then launched into the 'customization explanation' to which I liken it to buying a new car and getting to pick your upgrade...

Starting to work on my checklist for needed hacks. If it takes more than 'import plugin and turn ON', I have not one clue, so that's a job for someone out there. I plan to keep it simple, nothing flashy. Sharp and bold is my aim. When talking about crime and legal mumbo jumbo, a cutesy theme is just aggravating. I have a very short list but most of what is out there is pretty superfluous. I can't see us needing a points structure, or forum games or... other weird stuff out there. I probably will...

It's been all. day. and I am having yet another problem. This time it's a server issue.