13 spammers
Does it seem to you like lately the spammers have been more creative? Check out some of the comments they tried to leave on my blog:
1. Left on the T13 I did a little while back about manga: Why is a square meal served on round plates?
2. A refinancing “service” left on one of Mr. Al’s Wednesday posts on history: punctilious post. simply one decimal where I quarrel with it. I am emailing you in detail. If the person emailed, I never got it.
Lots of the spammers are going after that manga post check out what came in today:
3. Thank you very much for that splendid article.
(It kills me when they put this on Suzie’s House – which is NOT an article)
4. It is the second entry I read tonight. Thank you. (Yeah, I’m not sure about this one, but the link back wasn’t to a Thursday 13er.)
5. hey,looks like we’re on the same path. good stuff! come by and say hi! cheers Reginald Melchor (This one signed in as Digital Audio Speakers.)
6. It sounds like that when you are looking (If it didn’t cut off there I might have taken it seriously)
7. lengthy and in depth article but full of useful information (I almost took this one seriously, until I checked the link. 200 words is lengthy and in depth?)
8. This one hit my Sunday recipe post as a track back five times in one day:
[…] A nice web master added an interesting post today on Pistachio and Cookie Parfait Alice’s RestaurantHere’s a small reading […]
9. At least that’s better than .141, who is a woman who lives in Jamaica and spams long lists of insurance, etc. I’ll say more about her on Tuesday.
10. This was posted by SandraRaven15: Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. 🙂 Cheers! Sandra. R.
Sandra, if you’re a real person and not just someone looking for a chink in my spam catcher’s armor, I’m sorry, but if you don’t have a blog, just leave the link field empty. Don’t put google.
11. This one linked back to a camera ad. Why is Charlie short for Charles if they are both the same number of letters? I could maybe see this on one of Mr. Al’s posts, but on Manga?
12. Thank you much for that wonderful blog post. The funny thing about this is that it went to my link exchange post, which is far from wonderful. I mean, I’m confessing to the a ditz there. No need to rub it in. Oh, and it was signed “mcdonalds coupons” and linked back to an ad.
13. Frankly speaking
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signature: zelnorm 6mg
The part where it says “signature: zelnorm 6mg” linked to the same ad as the true sig line. Overkill, anyone? This was on one of Mr. Al’s posts.
If you left a comment here and I failed to fish it out of my spam catcher, you can see the confusion here, right? Just let me know it’s happening, and I’ll be sure to watch for you. And if you think something you have to say might look like spam, say my name. That always gets my attention.
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BumblesMade me want to bookmark it.
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Emily/Randomability
Happily Retired Gal
Paige Tyler
Celticlibrarian
Sue@SAHM
By George! It Runs In the Family
Over the last several months we have watched King George IV grow from childhood to adult through Mr. Al’s eyes. What a sorry site.
An interesting aspect of the King’s insistance on a highly regimented home life was that he himself was bored silly by it He complained often of his boredom. He confided to close friends that he feared the boredom of his domestic arrangements were driving Lady Conyngham to distraction, if not out of his house altogether. In writing to a friend, at length, about the daily tedium of visiting His Majesty, the Duke of Wellington concluded his letter with this observation.
“We are to have a repetition of the same today, as I see that unfortunately it is a fine day… I am not astonished that Lady Conyngham is tired out of her life.”
A truly astonishing aspect of this situation was that, far from trying to alleviate the boredom, the King went in the opposite direction by deliberately limiting the number of visitors received and going far out of his way to limit not only surprises of any sort, but even restricting, as much as he could, the possibility of people catching even an accidental glimpse of him. He rarely went to the theater at this point; even though the few times that he did he was well received. He still went to Ascot, though once in his box he would, “sit in a darkened corner, a brown slouch hat pulled over one eye.”
Wrote Sir Walter Scott in his diary, “A sort of reserve, which creeps upon him daily and prevents his going to places of public resort, is a disadvantage, and prevents his being so generally popular as is earnestly to be desired.”
58/365 Big Hole?
I’m not sure if this is in the Big Hole in Montana, or around Monida Pass right on the line between Montana and Idaho.
Washing the Baseboards
Do you wash your baseboards?
I have, on rare occasions, bent over and rubbed off a spot on my baseboards. Outside of painting them when I’m doing the rest of the room, that’s about it.
Not that I think washing them is a waste of time, though if I caught myself doing it I’d know I was avoiding a difficult bit of writing. Merely that I never look at them, and don’t think about them.
Seriously, if it takes me a minimum of two weeks to get around to vacuuming, do you think I’m going to notice dirty baseboards?
Yet I hear there are people out there who do it. Are you one of them?
57/365 Book Rate
This is the pile of books I mailed back from the Romance Writer’s of America National Convention. You’ll be seeing several of these up for grabs on Mondays.
Okra Bowl
1/2 c water
1/2 pkg frozen okra
2 slices ham, cut in 8ths
2 mushrooms, sliced
1/4 c diced onion
1/2 tsp salt, scant
black pepper
Combine all ingredients in a pot. Bring to a boil, then simmer for 10 minutes. Use slotted spoon to serve.
Um…. this one might be an acquired taste. I happen to like boiled okra.
Click the picture to go to the hub:
If you posted a recipe or a food oriented picture today, leave your link in the comments and I’ll link to you here.
Grace with a picture of sliced mango
Annie with recipies for banana pudding and Southern style biscuits
Debbie with Grilled Chicken Sandwich
The Lamp: A Shaggy Dog Story
Jack: Huh. I wonder what’s wrong with this lamp. It keeps turning on and off by itself.
Jack: Must be a short in the extension cord. I’ll track it down.
Jack: Gah! Jill, what do you think you’re doing?
Today’s theme is electric
Previously in Jack and Jill Mud Bath
Saturday photo scavenger hunt
The rules for Photohunt can be found here.
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Suzie’s House 130: In Exchange
My regular readers have probably noticed a new arc in the story. That’s because I have a special treat for you this week. Susan Helene Gottfried and I have combined our writing talents to bring you a two-sided story. Once you’ve read this, click here to see the other side of things.
“This is great!” Miranda did a little hop, almost bumping one of the security guards keeping the audience away from the stage.
She had really outdone herself on the hair this time. She’d used some kind of temporary dye to put in streaks of neon red, at least Vin hoped it was temporary dye. As if that weren’t enough, she added a half dozen tiny braids that nestled in the general poof of her hair and held stuff like beads, bells, and feathers. When she hopped, the bells rang.
A couple of other ShapeShifter fans next to her gave her sharp looks and grumbled. Vin wrapped an arm around her, feeling protective and indulgent, but Miranda was in no mood to hold still, and hopped so much he had to let go.
Jam Session
Click on picture to go to hub.
Ready Betty, Big Deal, and Montana Crystal all forgot their drums again. Doesn’t matter. I’ve got plenty. Fifteen in a circle – mostly congas, other hand drums. Some idiot showed up with an electric piano. Like anyone will hear it over the noise. On a count of three…. The neighbors are going to complain tonight.
Drawing for Susan’s Book
If you’d like to win a copy of Demo Tapes Year 1 or Demo Tapes Year 2, leave a comment here. Drawing will be held and announced at midnight my time tonight.
And the winner is….
Luanne!
Congratulations, Luanne. I’ll let Susan know.
