Adventures with Dr. Lady Cutie Troublemaker

Snarky trolls, man. It’s an unfortunate side-effect of heavy internet usage. To Dana and any other trolls who decide to log on, judge me based on only what you read hear and see online, don’t really say who you are, then run away… Save your breath. My dad taught me well. I see comments like those you see here, I check the email address left (usually something lame and made up) and the IP address (so I can see where you are writing from – you never seem to understand about proxy servers or other ways of covering your ass), and then I just click spam and move on with my life. I’m not an insecure person. I do know the whole story. And you know what? You’re just wrecking your karma. Hurts you more than it hurts me. Do me a favor and put some love out there.

What is the big day, you ask? Well, take a look at the “Blog Age” countdown clock on the right sidebar. That’s right… My blog is going to be three years old! Recently potty trained… I’m so proud!

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You may notice that all the archives and category links are gone. I’m trying to decide if I want those back or not. I like that idea that anyone who wants to dig into my archives has to work a little. I’m working to make this blog a very current one, rather than open for anyone to search into my last three years at will. I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been making old posts private. I have to do it for every individual post, since there is no easy batch operation that does that for me. Some days I hide items in a certain category (“Work Life” was of course first, since that’s the topic I think it most important to keep private, even though my posts in that category are usually heavily veiled in tone and information), on other days I go for time periods. Slowly, I’m going underground, but only for old posts. I have no intentions of hiding recent posts. Anything that is only a few months old will remain visible unless there’s a really good reason for it to be hidden.

I had imagined that since I have been blogging less with words and posting more pictures, my readership would have dropped, but nope. I’m still getting about 500 hits a day, and these aren’t bots! So thanks, loyal readers. That makes me feel real special! Even you quiet, lurky types!

I’m still trying to clean things up on the new template. I’ve moved a lot of what was in the sidebar to the About Me page for now. I’ve gotten some of that pale print darkened up a bit, but I’m really no CSS expert, so I’m really using a trial and error approach. The whole grey people head thing is bugging me, and Gravatar has been down. Not yet sure how to fix that. I’m also annoyed that the “Pages” aren’t showing old user comments. This is particularly a problem on the Haiku page. I mean, without the comments, there are no haikus!! And the page is set to allow comments, so I’m at a bit of a loss as to what to try next.

If you have any knowledge that can help me, suggestions, etc, please share them. I like feedback.

In unrelated news, here’s me blowing a bubble for International Bubble Gum Week: