I wanted to tell you about the plugins I use with Gazette to make it into what you see on this site. All the plugins listed below are in use here.

A theme isn't what you see when you first view it fresh from the developer's editor. It is what it becomes after you customize it by changing colors, backgrounds, add information, and images. Only then does it become yours, and makes your blog unique. That is what I tried to accomplish here at the PCB.

I'll begin at the header. I am using the flashfader plugin to rotate the images you see. I used it as a substitute for the header image you see on the Gazette Theme Site . You can get it at B Sides , along with the instructions for setting it up.

Everything you see (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

I ran across an article on Powerline Blog called Rated PG (religion) , pointing to the New Yorker's Diary , which is part of the New Your Observer by Bruce Feirstein entitled, Never Mind PG, MPAA Goes P.C.! My New Rating System.

Some of what he writes is hysterical. Here's just part:

"If the MPAA is going to follow this path, let’s go the whole nine yards (as opposed to the whole hog, which would undoubtedly be offensive to Muslims, Jews and animal-rights activists), and institute the following new, improved movie ratings.

 

—RH-13: Revisionist History. Contains characters, dialogue and historical conclusions that bear no resemblance to what actually occurred. Sometimes designated OS-13, in honor of Oliver Stone.

 

—PP-13: Product Placement. (Read the rest of the story below the fold...)

Tags: politically correct, movie rating, mpaa, movie industry