I guess this topic expands a bit on what Michelle wrote about the other night...
As I do everyday I went into statcounter last night and checked to see who was viewing my blog. I know, it sounds weird and all, but I like to know how people are finding my blog and where they're bouncing in from.
Anyways, as I was scrolling down, I noticed that someone found my blog through a blog address I hadn't seen before, so curiousity got the better of me and I checked it out.
This is what I found. Technically I don't really have a problem with this link, because there's some information about the person who gathered up the data.
I've written about this issue before, and I don't have a problem being listed on people's blogs. I find it interesting when I go to a 'new' blog, or at least it's new for me, and find that my blog is listed there. Actually, I feel a little 'honoured' that my little blog is deemed as 'important' or 'significant' to others in some way.
I did, however, have a bit of a problem with this site about a month ago, when it first went up, just because when I wrote the person and asked her a couple of quesions (mainly when did you adopt and why isn't your blog listed/what is the address) she didn't respond with that info. In fact, I have a feeling that the preface on her blog is aimed a bit at me, since I was the one to throw a bit of a stink about it. I'm such a sh!t disturber :P
I know my site is public and anyone can do something like this, it's fine. It's just when I see a site with no information about the person who gathers it up, it freaks me out a bit.
That said, I've started a new poll, feel free to vote on it and leave a comment if you wish. I'm curious what your opinions are with regards to this issue. If you want to leave an anonymous comment, go ahead, I'm fine with that...I'm more curious about what your comment about this issue is, rather than who you are. ;)
*If the creators of either site are viewing this, please don't see it as a personal attack, this is not my intention at all.
Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Only a blonde could think of this...*
You have to love the logic involved in this. First the sorority mentions that their numbers have been dropping for years, and then they decide to get rid of 23 members. They're going to increase the numbers in their sorority by dumping a bunch of their members. Bwah? How does that make *any* kind of sense whatsoever?
They now only accept girls who are "popular" with the boys...I think there's another name for that, but I'm too much of a lady to say it. Ok, I'm not, but it sounded good.
While I was never a member of a sorority during my undergrad or post-grad, hell, I don't even know if sororities existed on campus, I was too busy *gasp* learning. Now this isn't to say that sororities don't have their bright spots, I'm sure they do. It's just something that I was never exposed to...ever.
*No blondes were harmed in the writing of this post.
They now only accept girls who are "popular" with the boys...I think there's another name for that, but I'm too much of a lady to say it. Ok, I'm not, but it sounded good.
While I was never a member of a sorority during my undergrad or post-grad, hell, I don't even know if sororities existed on campus, I was too busy *gasp* learning. Now this isn't to say that sororities don't have their bright spots, I'm sure they do. It's just something that I was never exposed to...ever.
*No blondes were harmed in the writing of this post.
You knew this was coming...
Monday, February 26, 2007
*SNAP*
The other day I was blog surfing (yes it's a word and I'm sticking to it) and went to someone's page and saw a neat little feature which I literally drooled over. If you hovered your mouse (not clicked) on any of her links in her sidebar or any hyperlink in any post, a little window would pop up that would show a preview of the page in question.
How cool is that? I might be behind the times, but this was the first time I had seen it. Anyways, I tried to put the code on my page as well, but no matter what I did, nothing seemed to work.
Long story short, I bugged a few people who looked into it, but to no avail.
I figured, I'd write to the fine people at Snap to get some help. I wrote a quick note on their feedback form and figured I'd get a 'thank you for your question' response and that would be the end of it. Of course, initially I got that.
Then today I got a response from someone who said that they couldn't find anything wrong with the code, but she said she would pass it along to the tech department to see if they could figure it out. I just got another email from them with the code fix. How neat is it that they would take time out of their day to fix code for li'l ol' me?
To say that I'm impressed is an understatement. I'm seriously loving this...
How cool is that? I might be behind the times, but this was the first time I had seen it. Anyways, I tried to put the code on my page as well, but no matter what I did, nothing seemed to work.
Long story short, I bugged a few people who looked into it, but to no avail.
I figured, I'd write to the fine people at Snap to get some help. I wrote a quick note on their feedback form and figured I'd get a 'thank you for your question' response and that would be the end of it. Of course, initially I got that.
Then today I got a response from someone who said that they couldn't find anything wrong with the code, but she said she would pass it along to the tech department to see if they could figure it out. I just got another email from them with the code fix. How neat is it that they would take time out of their day to fix code for li'l ol' me?
To say that I'm impressed is an understatement. I'm seriously loving this...
Academy Awards wrap-up...
*YAAAAAAAWN*So how many of you stayed up until 12:15 (e.s.t.) this morning to watch the very end of the awards?
I couldn't bear to watch all of the pre-show craptics, err, antics...I mean, really, do we need to see Ryan Seacrest fumble over people's names and ask stupid questions just to fill the air? I turned it off when he asked one of the nominees if he was wearing boxers or briefs...then he filled the viewers in that this actor was doing the new Calvin Klein ads. Whoop-de-do.
I thought that Ellen DeGeneres was one of the better hosts (except, of course, for Billy Crystal who was brilliant at hosting) that the awards have had in years. She was funny and smart and wasn't insulting to the guests.
All I can say is WOW when it came to that dance troupe. How funky was that?!
I was disappointed, however, that they didn't give out the awards people really care about (come on, you all think like that) until at least half way in. I should have just gone to read a book in the meantime. Yes, it was great that some smaller films won awards, yay and all that, but I have a feeling that because the 'good' awards weren't given until later that they probably had a lower than normal viewership.
I was *SO* happy that Jennifer Hudson won! She really deserved the win. But I have to admit that when she and Beyonce were on the stage, it almost sounded like the two of them were having a sing-off, trying at every turn to out-belt each other. I have to admit that Jennifer can out-sing Beyonce, she's just got a bigger, stronger voice. That isn't to say that Beyonce can't sing, she just can't sing in the same league as Jennifer. :P
The best supporting actor, Alan Arkin, was purportedly a surprise...but since I didn't see Little Miss Sunshine, I can't comment if that was well-deserved or not.
There were no surprises with the Best Actor/Actress. I should have gone to bed at this point, but I wanted to see Martin Scorsese win his first Oscar. I know that the envelopes are supposed to be sealed and the vote is a secret, but I don't buy it. His three best friends just 'happened' to be chosen to give that award? I don't believe in those kinds of coincidences, nor do I believe in the Easter Bunny. :P
Overall it was a good show, just WAAAAY too long. I have an idea for next year, they should have one of the 'best editing' winners chop that show down...
By the way, I took my poll down yesterday about whether I should tweak my sidebars or not. 71% of you said that I should leave my adoption blogrolls as they are and not switch to the drop-down menus. Personally I like the drop-down menus, but I thought about it, each time I'd be adding a new blog to it, I'd have to re-jig the menu. After a while it would probably be a pain. :P
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Houses, houses everywhere...not a one to buy. ***UPDATE***
Josh and I have been looking for a house for quite some time, but it seems that everything in our price range (which I'm not going to mention) is either:
a) too small
b) too much needs to be done to it
c) or they've been raising monkeys in the basement
We've been looking for well over a year, I guess we're spoiled by the apartment that we live in. It's HUGE and in a great neighbourhood. The majority of the tenants are elderly so it's a nice, quiet building. Our main problem is finding a house that is comparable to our current master bedroom (which is 17' X 12' give or take). We've seen master bedrooms that are 10' X 10' (which is ok, but we have large furniture and a king size bed) or ones purported to be 20' X 13' but they didn't mention in the ad that the room was irregular and was actually L-shaped. Talk about disappointing!
We were in one house last year where there was obvious flood damage...you could see the markings and mold along the lower part of the walls. Another house we were in had a big hill in the backyard, which is ok, until you realize that the house was at the bottom of that hill...can anyone say "flooded basement"? When I looked at the basement window and there were black markings around the seal of it, I kinda decided that wasn't the house for us. I should have known at that point that we needed to switch agents when he explained it as "that's not mold, that's just stray spray from the stucco ceiling". Umm, stucco is white...this is black.
We've been in houses that had stained floors (not in a good way) which were described as "rustic". They literally looked like someone had used a magic marker to draw lines on, or someone had run a floor sander over it on too high a setting. The floor was ANYTHING but rustic looking.
We've been in houses that claim to have finished basements, but the insulation was hanging down, or disparate wires are hanging down.
We were in one house last summer where the owner of the house left his collection of porn magazines on his desk, so when we walked into the office, one woman's bits and pieces were splayed out before us.
We were also in one house where none of the light switches worked. We literally walked in, flicked the switch and nothing happened...nada, zero, zip.
We're now on to our third realtor who claims that it's "no problem" to find a place in our range and with our specs...we'll see. We'll give him until the end of the summer. I really want to move and be settled in our new house before "Little Maple" comes along. The last thing I want to do is uproot her X number of months after bringing her home.
***To answer Michelle's question, we're looking in the Thornhill or Richmond Hill area. For those non-Ontarians out there, that's just north of Toronto.***
a) too small
b) too much needs to be done to it
c) or they've been raising monkeys in the basement
We've been looking for well over a year, I guess we're spoiled by the apartment that we live in. It's HUGE and in a great neighbourhood. The majority of the tenants are elderly so it's a nice, quiet building. Our main problem is finding a house that is comparable to our current master bedroom (which is 17' X 12' give or take). We've seen master bedrooms that are 10' X 10' (which is ok, but we have large furniture and a king size bed) or ones purported to be 20' X 13' but they didn't mention in the ad that the room was irregular and was actually L-shaped. Talk about disappointing!
We were in one house last year where there was obvious flood damage...you could see the markings and mold along the lower part of the walls. Another house we were in had a big hill in the backyard, which is ok, until you realize that the house was at the bottom of that hill...can anyone say "flooded basement"? When I looked at the basement window and there were black markings around the seal of it, I kinda decided that wasn't the house for us. I should have known at that point that we needed to switch agents when he explained it as "that's not mold, that's just stray spray from the stucco ceiling". Umm, stucco is white...this is black.
We've been in houses that had stained floors (not in a good way) which were described as "rustic". They literally looked like someone had used a magic marker to draw lines on, or someone had run a floor sander over it on too high a setting. The floor was ANYTHING but rustic looking.
We've been in houses that claim to have finished basements, but the insulation was hanging down, or disparate wires are hanging down.
We were in one house last summer where the owner of the house left his collection of porn magazines on his desk, so when we walked into the office, one woman's bits and pieces were splayed out before us.
We were also in one house where none of the light switches worked. We literally walked in, flicked the switch and nothing happened...nada, zero, zip.
We're now on to our third realtor who claims that it's "no problem" to find a place in our range and with our specs...we'll see. We'll give him until the end of the summer. I really want to move and be settled in our new house before "Little Maple" comes along. The last thing I want to do is uproot her X number of months after bringing her home.
***To answer Michelle's question, we're looking in the Thornhill or Richmond Hill area. For those non-Ontarians out there, that's just north of Toronto.***
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Please explain this to me...
Why on earth is there so much coverage of Anna Nicole Smith? She never had this much media attention when she was alive.Yes, the entire situation is a tragedy and there's no denying it. But why is it that every time I go and turn on the news, her face is plastered all over it? I swear had she not died, CNN would have nothing to report on...and don't EVEN get me started on Entertainment Tonight (and other 'entertainment' shows).
ET seems to have put a lot of stock into believing that HKS is the baby's father, personally though, I can't wait until they have egg on their face when it's proven that Larry Birkhead is the real father. :P
The thing that I can't understand is why didn't the judge just get the DNA samples and have the entire situation dealt with. Test the baby and prove or disprove things once and for all.
The situation is becoming a media circus. Oh wait, scratch that, it already is...
Even Britney's little 'cuckoo for cocoa puffs' acting out hasn't dissipated much attention from ANS.
That poor, poor baby...
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