I’ve installed the excellent “Spread Firefox WordPress plugin”:http://www.martinet.nl/wp-site/spread-firefox-wordpress-plugin and I’m having a lot of fun with it. I’ve used it to add a fairly unobtrusive bar across the top of my site (it only appears in Internet Explorer) to alert IE users to the inferiority of their browser. It shouldn’t get in anyone’s way, though I hope it encourages a few folks to switch.

A while ago I was “talking”:http://joeyday.com/2005/02/09/too-many-websites about a new domain name I was excited about acquiring. Little did I know the process would take as long as it did. Apparently, expired domains don’t become publicly available until 75 days after the stated expiration date.

Fortunately, the domain did quietly expire, and, after so much waiting, I’m excited to announce that I have secured the rights to it. You may have already guessed: joeyday.net is now officially mine.

Since I don’t want to start a third blog (can you imagine?), I’ve decided to keep the new site all to myself. I’ve had a locked-down wiki installed here for some time now, and I’ve already moved it to its new location. From time to time I may host a few public pages there, but it will be used primarily for personal notes, uploads, and other private articles.

I’m quite pleased to finally own a completed trifecta of domain names. I can’t help but feel like everyone’s favorite video game hero after beating level 8 and collecting the third and final piece of some kind of talisman of power. Or maybe I’m just mentally unbalanced. Time will tell, I suppose.

I’m going to start filing posts under a couple of new category systems, the “five solas”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/five-solas/ and the “doctrines of grace”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/doctrines-of-grace/. I don’t think all my posts will fit under these categories, but the empty categories will help me brainstorm new topics and I think these will serve as positive ways to organize my thoughts.

The Five Solas

The five solas are five principles that sum up the doctrines of the reformation. They are:

* “Sola scriptura”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/sola-scriptura — scripture alone
* “Solus Christus”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/solus-christus — Christ alone
* “Sola gratia”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/sola-gratia — grace alone
* “Sola fide”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/sola-fide — faith alone
* “Soli Deo gloria”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/soli-deo-gloria — glory to God alone

For more information, see the Wikipedia entry for “five solas”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Five_solas.

The Doctrines of Grace

The doctrines of grace are probably more popularly known as the five points of Calvinism. They are:

* “Total depravity”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/total-depravity
* “Unconditional election”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/unconditional-election
* “Limited atonement”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/limited-atonement
* “Irresistable grace”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/irresistable-grace
* “Perseverance of the Saints”:http://www.joeyday.org/category/perseverance-of-the-saints

To learn more, visit the Wikipedia entry for “the five points of Calvinism”:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvinism#The_five_points.

I think I’m officially addicted to memes.

I just found this great site called [43 Things]. It’s another of those social sites like [del.icio.us] and [Flickr]. At 43 Things you list your long- and short-term goals and then track your own progress. You can also find other people who are working toward the same goals and enlist or offer help.

A while back I started compiling a list of 100 life goals. Last night I copied some things from that list onto 43 Things. Some of my goals are fanciful, but many are serious things I’d like to acheive.

Now to find a place to display “my 43 Things list”:http://www.43things.com/people/view/joeyday here on my blog…

Janene and I had dinner last night at one of our favorite places, “Ab’s Drive-in”:http://local.google.com/local?q=abs+drive+in&hl=en&lr=&c2coff=1&safe=off&sa=G&near=84119&rl=1&sc=1&radius=0&latlng=40690977,-111952964,17784051337607135689. I would recommend Ab’s to anyone with a stomach, and, no, I haven’t been paid to say that.

Ab’s signature meal is a Fat Boy burger with fries. Their burgers are excellent, but the fries are really where Ab’s shines. They leave the skin on the potatoes, giving them a homestyle taste, and their fry sauce simply has no equal. They use some secret ingredient to give the sauce a more glazed look and an amazing flavor.

If you live anywhere near Salt Lake City, you really should swing by Ab’s sometime. You won’t regret it. If you’re in the mood for some company, Janene and I would love to go with you. We’ve been talking about inviting friends for a while and just haven’t got around to it.