OK, so Diana has failed to heed The Memo. Diana, I would so hate to have to send Tiny to visit. You know, Tiny don’t like nobody. That’s exactly what he says, “Tiny don’t like nobody.” He refers to himself in the third person, which ordinarily would make me so angry that I would slap somebody up the back of his or her head. I don’t do that, though, because, well, Tiny don’t like nobody. Have I made that pretty plain?
I don’t like to get all up in somebody’s grill when basically, they are being nice. Although in this case, like in some others, I am not sure that Diana isn’t just messing with me, little scamp that she is.
Now, there are other people who did heed The Memo, and for that, Kim gets the pleasure of not greeting Tiny at her door. Not that Tiny is a bad person, exactly. He just don’t like nobody.
People, people, people, the captcha must die
You know I hate complaining, being that I am All About People and all, but I keep finding blogs that employ the dreaded captcha deal where you have to type in the letters that you see before you can leave a comment, and I’m thinking, do these people have enemies in Botworld or something? Are there interloper bots just waiting to jump in and make unwanted posts on their blogs, such that they have to make us human beings type in a string of letters which are all wiggly and wobbly and effed up so that they are hard for bots to read, presumably, but guess what, I’m not a bot and I can’t read the dang things either, and besides, I swear I typed all those letters the right way at least three times and the god-dern captcha is just trying to get my goat.
So I am just saying, PLEASE FOR THE LOVE OF GOD unless you have really pissed off some bots enough that they want to wreak revenge on you by commenting on your blog in inappropriate ways, TURN OFF THE CAPTCHA. Please, people. We all have to live in this world together.
There. I’ve said it and I feel better. Not enough better to post a rave, though. Maybe tomorrow. Oh, and don’t get me started (again) on the music-playing blogs.
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Kitt 08.21.08 at 12:53 am
Every time I turn it off, I get spam comments, including ones that somehow hijack the browser of anyone who tries to click on the page after that. Sorry, I know it’s a pain, but it’s a necessary evil.
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Kathi D 08.21.08 at 2:48 am
OK, dang it. One pass for Kitt. Now don’t all the rest of you be copying her! Hardship cases only, please. Kitt has obviously angered the Botgods, but you ALL haven’t.
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dana 08.21.08 at 6:24 am
OH SNAP!!!! I told the owner of the HUMORBLOG site that I knew someone I wanted to nominate and she said that was a good idea, but first, they were gonna keep the enrollment open. and once they closed it, they would accept nominations. YOU WERE MINE!!!
I AM SO STOKED!!! You deserve to be there more than me!!!!!!
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Diana 08.21.08 at 6:38 am
PLEASE don’t send Tiny out after me! I read the memo but figured you didn’t have to show up to accept them or make a speech or pass them on. Just shove them under your bed or something girl! You still deserve them!!
And when you go to shove them under your bed, be cautious because I’m under there hiding from Tiny. . . and you:)
One bonus! I don’t have a stupid word verification on my blog!! THOSE make me insane! I can’t get them right to save myself!
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Karen 08.21.08 at 7:44 am
Toe made me turn off word verification years ago, Ok really months ago, but you get the point.
I’m so glad to finally see that you got my comment on the nasty little blog you left me. My mom once said never let people know what bothers you, then they can’t exploit it. I will now admit I laughed the entire time I was typing your name for that award, but I won’t do it again!
PS Go get some more wine, you seem a little cranky!
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Leslie 08.21.08 at 8:58 am
It’s never to early to drink. It’s cocktail hour somewhere.
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Melissa 08.21.08 at 9:23 am
Oh shoot you took the blog post right out of my mouth…(head?) Anywho, I’ve had several annoying captcha pictures saved to my computer for someday when I write that post about how annoying they are and now you’ve gone and beat me to it. So I guess I’m gonna have to look like a blog jacker or something. Maybe I could just email you the collage of pictures for use here as you’ve said it much better than I ever could.
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dana 08.21.08 at 1:33 pm
Everyone has those damn squiggly letters and I can never tell a L from an I and I always have to redo the damn thing. The OWNER of the blog can’t really see them. I HAD them and didn’t know about it til someone told me to turn them off.
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foolery 08.21.08 at 2:20 pm
I pray that I never ever EVER cut you off on the freeway.
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Kitt 08.21.08 at 5:57 pm
I’m sure you’ll be delighted to know I thought of you today when I read this:
Tyler, Texas — A 41-year-old auto body shop worker was convicted Thursday of grooming children as young as 5 to perform in sex shows at a small-town swingers club. Jurors deliberated about two hours before finding Patrick “Booger Red” Kelly guilty of engaging in organized criminal activity, a conviction that could send him to prison for life.
Thanks for the captcha pass.
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Kim Wheedleton 08.21.08 at 7:50 pm
Phew! No Tiny for me! Dodged that one, I did. (Feeling Yoda-ish, I am.)
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Kathi D 08.21.08 at 9:09 pm
I am sorry that I was cranky, but it was The Night Before Traveling, and I get a little, er, agitated on The Night Before Traveling. Traveling has all those elements I just thrive on, like having to get organized and figure out what to pack and where the things that one wants to pack might be, and then finding a receptacle to pack Said Things in, the stress of which causes me to stay up Very Very Late, even though I know I have to get up Very Very Early, resulting in acute lack of sleep, which might possibly make me cranky, and then having to rush off to places where you have to be On Time, only to have to wait because even though you were On Time, the thing you rushed to is usually Late, and you go and go All Day Long until you are Really Quite Cranky. Anyway.
Kitt. I doubled over, I wet myself, I howled and hooted, and I tried to read that to Rick but I couldn’t, I had to direct him to read it himself.
Foolery dear, you are So Right.
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Busty LaRue 08.22.08 at 11:49 am
So, I didn’t realize I had my captcha turned on, so I went and turned it off from my blog because I HATE it! Why does it make a difference if the letters are all squished together? Can bots read them if they are typed normal? And if so, then doesn’t that defeat the purpose of the verification process? I totally agree with your rant on this one. And so does my husband, who doesn’t like blogging, but lets me read your posts to him!
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Roger Green 08.23.08 at 1:52 pm
I don’t have the capcha because I can’t READ the capcha. My problem esp. is the i and j
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