I Am This Woman

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This is an example of the kind of crap I have to delete every day. Similarly, I get fake, robot tracebacks (or whatever they are called) from “blogs” that say, “This entry is really good. Check it out!” which is really just another attempt to get real people to click on their pathetic link farm website.

~~~LINK BROKEN ON PURPOSE/group-sex-porn.html

This website is very nice and colorful too. Its nice to have something to show others where you attend church and to show all the smiling people filled of the goodness of the Lord. You have a wonderful website here. May God rich bless you always.

I have a fix in the works. If you have WordPress, look for Askimet under Plug-Ins.

Meanwhile, look for a SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT coming later tonight.

Argh. I have two entries on this blog that have attracted an amazing amount of spa&m. Usually 10-20 messages a day. As a tidy blogger, I try to flush those out every day. This morning, I clicked the wrong thing however, and deleted the sp^m PLUS bonafide comments ON THE LAST FEW WEEKS OF ENTRIES.

Argh! My apologies to readers and commenters… it was not the comments.

Maybe I’ll turn that in as a “bug” report - the new version of WordPress does not have an undelete feature, nor does it have a big red blinky button for AWAITING MODERATION vs. already approved.

In the interest of fairness, I will report the outcome of my dispute with eHarmony, as mentioned in this entry.

1. They refunded 2 of the 3 fraudulent charges on my credit card. They claimed, in their wrap-up email, that “the auto renewal charge you are disputing occurred within our terms and conditions.” Which means, I suppose, that they are doing me the favor of saving my time and energy in further disputes. I do have documentation that substantiates my claim for refund of three months’ charges, made to my card AFTER my initial subscription expired AND I followed their procedure to DISABLE AUTO RENEW on my account. However, at this point, two months’ refund is what I get for the trouble of two phone calls (one very angry, one not so) and filling out a form and faxing it.

2. I’m done.

If anyone surfs in here having searched “eHarmony scam” or eHarmony customer complaint or (what other keywords can I load in here), my best advice is DO NOT SIGN UP WITH EHARMONY. Period.

I’m working on an article for a deadline of two days ago, so I haven’t been blogging. But this quick update is to pause and reflect on the focus required for some types of writing, and the software that loves them. (Horrible syntax, but I was trying to make a pun on “the women who love them, the spy who loved me” and like that there.)

Word: all business. Arial 12, left justified, single spaced, spelling turned on, track changes turned off. Save every 5 min. Quick, dirty, feels like work.

Scrivener: pure fun and creativity. Full screen, notebook mode, outline, storyboard, post-its, research windows, play play PLAY.

WordPress: mushy, raw, kneading word-dough to get pretty web page. Hit Publish and “Ooooo look, shiny things!”

Gmail/web email window: visual telephone, chit-chat, blah blah blah. Hit Send, next…

Back soon, after deadline.

I’m putting away the tree and ornaments this evening. I’m tucking the on-sale special containers back in the garage, stuffed with the ribbons, bags, paper, books, doodads and little orts that come out once a year, and scream “Christmas.” In December, they warm my heart and are so lovely - shiny, red, green, gold, sparkly, kitschy.

In January, their festive air dulls and reads more as clutter. After three weeks, I’m ready to move on. I’ve got a little seed planting project, the dining room needs things hung on the wall, and there’s another wall to paint. I want to move the piano over there, and the TV back over there… get these boxes out to the curb, call someone to come pick up the old couch… (more…)

Really, I have no idea how to make it so people can comment. Obviously some are, so it’s possible. But I don’t see a setting anywhere to change.

Perhaps one has to register as a subscriber to my individual blog in WordPress? rather than simply have one’s own WP account? If you have good ideas, do let me know… you can always reach me at tw@iamthiswoman.com.