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Archive for August 3rd, 2005

DogBlog

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

My brother needed a picture of my dog for some reason. So, here’s a picture of my dog, Suzy. Or Suzie. I don’t know if we have a standardized spelling of her name. I’ll check her social security card some time.

Dawww.

Who’s idea was that?

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

Boileryard Clarke examines an issue I’ve thought about many times: Who in the world would have thought of eating the things we do? A brief quote:

Specifically… did you ever think of the first person who determined that something was or wasn’t good to eat?

Like… who is the character that looked at a hog in the mud and said “wow… I bet that’d be really tasty!”

Or… who connected the dots that started with wheat in a field and ended up with bread?

On those same lines: Who’s idea was tobacco? Who would have thought to take the leaves of a plant, wrap them up, stuff them in your mouth, and set fire to it?

Another Spam-Blocking Attempt

Wednesday, August 3rd, 2005

*sigh*

This really, really gets old after a while. I hate comment spammers.

So, let’s try something new: I’ve installed another plugin, the Spam Karma 2 plugin. Between it, Bad Behavior, and WordPress’s moderation queue, that should get most of it.