Unscheduled Downtime

While costumed kids were at my house treating themselves to candy, Bluehost was tricking me with an expired SSL certificate. The site went down with a 403 FORBIDDEN ACCESS error. Which was doubly frustrating, because a few days ago I’d received notification that my certificate renewal had been processed.

So at the end of the night’s activities I had a text chat with customer support. It began with the usual scripted questions. “When was the last time the site was working? Did you make any changes?” Knowing with certainty what the problem was, I replied, “These are pointless questions. Did Bluehost let my SSL certificate expire? Please answer MY question.”

A new certificate was issued, and a couple of minutes later the site came back up at 9:45 ET. The question now is, why is the new one good for only three months?

Issued On Tuesday, October 31, 2023 at 7:43:37?PM
Expires On Monday, January 29, 2024 at 6:43:36?PM

Now Where Was I?

How do I sign onto this site? Oh, right. There we go.

The situation that required me to put everything on hold is mostly better. I won’t know for certain until December, but for now I’m comfortable thinking about other things.

I haven’t done a “Guess the Girl” post in many years. Here’s a good one. This photo was taken in 1972. I was in high school, but this girl dropped out that year. Don’t recognize her? Click the pic to see her mom. Know her now?

Mysteries Revealed and One Left Behind

Two physical book arrivals this week.

The Mysteries, by Bill Watterson and John Kascht.

https://www.amazon.com/Mysteries-Bill-Watterson/dp/1524884944/

Connecticut in the Movies: From Dream Houses to Dark Suburbia, by Illeana Douglas.

Notice: This will be my last blog post for a while. How long? Don't know yet. For now, my full attention needs to be elsewhere. Check back in a month or two. Thanks for being here to read this.