# AmyNews > Half The Sugar, Twice The Snark. Public Ghost content for AI and LLM tooling. This file includes a bounded export of public pages first, then recent public posts. Append `.md` to any post or page URL to get the content in Markdown (for example, `/example-post.md`). ## Pages ### About URL: https://amynews.com/about/ Last updated: 2026-08-06T13:59:11.000Z Hey ... Thanks for visiting [AmyNews.com](https://amynews.com/). Feel free to look around in complete anonymous wonderment. Heck, that's what I'd do. 😉 Though as you are lurking around the studio archives, If you find yourself wanting a little Amy background as a primer, [this](https://amynews.com/function/) might really help put thangs into perspective, And [this](https://amynews.com/category/friday-fives/) definitely offers exhaustingly detailed information about me that if you memorize may someday help you win a game of Trivial Pursuit - 15 Minutes of Fame Edition. And, if after reading all that, You are still around ... And find yourself with an unsettling urge to contribute to the Amy-banter, I'd love to hear from ya, But before you comment to one of my posts, Please read [this](https://amynews.com/play-nice/), After all of that, If something klicks in your noggin' and ... You think you know me, wanna know me, or are simply glad you don't know me and feel the need to share that information with me, Then send me an e-mail. I'm horrendously slow at responding to e-mails, Seriously, Horrendously slow, But I do respond. Eventually. Thanks again for visiting! Amy 😄 --- AmyNews is an independent publication launched August 24, 2002 by Amy (aka Me). If you subscribe today, you'll get full access to the website as well as email newsletters about new content when it's available. By signing up, you'll eventually also get access to the full archive of everything that's been published before as it is migrated to this new platform. --- **Editor's Note:** Yeah, I have to edit this and rewrite for the new layout. Estimated Completion Date - March 13, 2029\. Originally posted May 24, 2006\. Last Last updated March 13, 2012\. Last Updated August 6, 2026\. Krazy, huh? ### Play Nice URL: https://amynews.com/play-nice/ Last updated: 2026-08-06T13:56:13.000Z I really only have one rule when it comes to posting a comment here … *Play nice !* Dammit. 🙂 And by that, I mean play nice with each other. When I post something, And someone comments in response … Maybe disagreeing with me, Or suggesting I’m wrong … I don’t mind at all. Heck, There’s a good chance I am wrong. And when others post a comment in response to one of my posts, And you feel like posting a comment in response … Disagreeing with them, Or suggesting they may possibly be wrong … That’s fine too. The exchange of opinions, Thoughts, Is how we collectively as a whole … Become smarter. So I encourage that. However, Exchanging opinions, thoughts, rationales, evidence, support, blah, blah, blah … Does not mean personally attacking a person, or … Saying mean things to or about a person. *So don’t phreaking do it here !! 🙂* The Golden Rule makes sense, Follow it. Treat my viewers with the same respect you would like to receive. And if you don’t want to receive any respect, Then treat my viewers with respect anyways, Because you’ll still be treated with respect. Comprende? Good. 🙂 However, Should you so choose to violate that simple rule … And it comes to my attentiooooon, What I do in response is entirely in my discretion, ‘Cause it is my website and all. 🙂 But most likely I’ll pull your comment, Inform you that parts of it or all of it is more of a personal attack than anything else, (If I don’t have your e-mail address, I’ll post a comment where your comment used to be asking you to e-mail me to discuss it) Ask you to rephrase it or allow me to edit it out, And if you agree in a manner I deem acceptable to either, I’ll repost it after the change has been made. Though if you refuse to do either, It’s no skin off my back … I just probably won’t repost it. Now understand … Usually I do this entirely on my own, In years past, I don’t think I’ve ever had anyone say to me … "*So and so is saying mean things about me*" on my website. If I read something that I consider a mean-spirited personal attack … I take things up on my own initiative. But remember … Mean-spirited is the key qualifier here. Humorous, light-hearted, playful personal attacks are allowed !! 🙂 Let’s see … What else? Oh yeah, Most of that stuff applies to just each other … viewer to viewer. I understand that by putting myself out here on the web … I’m completely exposing myself to all sorts of mean-spirited nonsense butts can come up with from time to time. Though really, I am a nice person … So please think twice before doing something mean to me, Because you know I wouldn’t do something mean to you. And I guess finally … Even though my life is pretty much an open book to you viewers, I do try to maintain some privacy on some things … For myself, And others. So if someone, usually accidentally, reveals something in a comment that puts what elements of privacy I can maintain for others at risk … I’ll usually react to that pretty promptly, Remove the overinformatiooooon, And let the viewer know what I did and why. [Amyways](http://www.amyways.com/?ref=amynews.com), I guess that’s all. Have fun out there … And play nice ! 🙂 ## Posts ### It's Not The Years, Honey. It's The Mileage. URL: https://amynews.com/its-not-the-years-honey-its-the-mileage/ Last updated: 2026-08-18T23:49:11.000Z So. I decided to move AmyNews.com to a new publishing platform. When I first started AmyNews.com 24 years ago, The first post was on Blogger.com. It wasn't a horrible experience, But it wasn't a fun experience. So I moved to a platform called ... MovableType. Which I LOVED. To date. It remains my favorite. But succumbing to peer pressure in the early 2000's, I switched to this up and coming platform that was a fork of b2. WordPress. I still use WordPress to this day, For many purposes. However, it didn't feel like the best fit for me to use with AmyNews.com. Today. So, I'm giving this Ghost thing a shot. At this point, I've loving it. The migration of the old posts will be deliberate so I can make sure they render well. And if you have a favorite post you want me to get migrated sooner than later, Just let me know. To comment on any post and to view old posts (and possible new posts), You need to be a member. Sorry about that. But free memberships get you all the posts, while still helping me control the bots and minimize the spam. Amyways, More to come. I have a lot of work to do here yet. Thanks for visiting! ### Sunglasses @ Night URL: https://amynews.com/sunglasses-night/ Last updated: 2026-08-18T23:37:02.000Z I have been super fortunate, I'm well aware. The group of friends I have Are pretty much the group of friends … I've accumulated over my life, Entire. I still hang out with the same high school friends I've been hanging out with … Forever. I also keep in touch with many friends from college, And many of my adult friends … Are still my adult friends. Granted … I don't see any of them in person nearly as frequently, Or as regularly … As I would like. But then … Everyone does have a life And all. However … There are a few people in my life that have been important to me, Where there has not been any connection … In decades, Of. Any. Sort. And though I don't think of them regularly, Obsessively, Stalker. Like. I do think of them from time to time, And remember how awesome they were … *In the day.* However, As much as things have changed since we've last connected, I figured if they had an interest in connecting, As I am sure they are all aware of Me v 2.0, I would have been aware of it by now. So I accepted that bringing connection to those connections, Was likely not going to be something … Connecting. But then … Recently, A family member forwarded me a Facebook message they received … Inquiring about Me v 1.0. The sender had seen my father's obituary, And noticed that Me v 1.0 was not mentioned, Causing them to wonder if Me v 1.0 had expired. Previously. Yeah, true … One could make a good argument that is exactly what happened; However, I don't think it accurately responds to the intent of the inquiry. Which made me wonder, Maybe they didn't know about Me v 2.0\. 🤔 Anyways, Since Me v 1.0 is not on FB, They sent a message to the one name listed in Dad's obituary that is on FB. With the message eventually being forwarded to me from my family member with the words/emoticon added "Tag, You're It. 😀" Now a bit of the complicating factor here was … Time. My family member checks their FB about as often as I check my FB. Not. Regularly. The message they received was like several weeks old before they saw it and sent it my way. So procrastinating Amy felt the obligation not to procrastinate … And respond promptly. I felt compelled to respond by the next day, But was more compelled to respond within a few hours. Which. I. Did. Second hmmm. 🤔 Amyways, I put some thought into the response, Started out with a nice Amy Wan Kenobi quote … "*Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time …*" Followed by a Function Change acknowledgment, And that I would enjoy connecting, but understand if no interest. Concluding with a ... This message would be my only communication, unless otherwise requested. And that … Was a long time ago. The first week after sending my message, I did check for a response, Way too phreaking much. I also noted that nothing indicated my message was ever read, But that's not a reliable indicator of …. Much. I speculated that maybe they were on vacation, Or didn't check FB much themselves. You know, Talking myself into thinking there might be a response Eventually. But there wasn't, Nor is one expected … Now. There will be no follow-up from me. I know, I Know, I KNOW! One could make an argument, Possibly a good argument, Arguably a compelling argument, That this post is just a thinly veiled attempt to reach out again, While still not directly reaching out enough to violate my no more communication, Unless otherwise requested, Assertion. I get, The skepticism. Like seriously, I finally reappear after not posting a thing in almost half a … Decade? And there is no ulterior motive? It's just coincidence? Sure, You bet. But really … There is none, It is just coincidence. Mostly. Because I'm publishing this post for an actually legitimate reason, Which is … To point out … Just how phreaking small the world can be! Because, Before I responded to the original missive, I checked to see if we had any current mutual friends, Which wouldn't be expected, As we are not located near one other, At all. Now, There were not any first degree … Mutual friends. But lo' and behold, There were some … Second degree mutual friends. Actually, Multiples, Including some of which, When I realized they were second degree mutual friends, All I could do was mutter … WOW! You have got to be kidding me! So now, Though an updated connection with this connection isn't in the cards, Going forward, Every, Single, Time, When I interact with one of the second degree-ers, Though I will NEVER mention a word of the smallness of the world to any of them, Inside, I will be smiling with memories of a really good person.