What the hell? (see comments at bottom of that page) May as well have some fun with it, I guess.

Some asshole spammer is spamming blogs with a link from my blog (details here). He’s spamming my readers/commenters, it seems. I apologize for this. I have nothing to do with the spam being sent. But I still feel very bad about the people getting spammed. On the brighter side of things, SPAM spelled backwards is still MAPS.

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Is real life imitating my weblog? You decide: Soy Sauce in TABASCO vs. TABASCO brand Soy Sauce (via)

An old friend left a comment on the post I left right before going on vacation. That’s my homegirl, Molly, who can be forgiven for living among the Cheese Nips (my affectionate and uber-PC nickname for Japanese-French friends) in Bordeaux for so long mainly because she kicks so much ass… Anyhow, I’m corresponding with her via e-mail now, and she mentioned that she couldn’t post the word “ass” in my comments. I assume that something in her comment got caught in the blacklist I use to keep spammers from filling my comments with “EXXXPLODE HER W1TH YOUR PURPLE-WARR10R’S BEST FR13ND, V1AL1S” type of shit, but I don’t think it was…

I’ve decided to see how long it takes Adam to see the blogpet thing to the left. This should be a fun experiment.

Two words: WORK. BUSY. Oh, hell, one more can’t hurt: FUCK! But this is not a Work post. This is about whether I will be overhauling this site during winter vacation or not. You see, I’m thinking about ditching Movable Type for another blogging platform. It is a great shame that MT’s great success is quickly becoming its downfall due to comment spam, but it is a fact. Spammers target MT blogs in particular because of the broad user base – spamming is all about volume, I guess. Spam pisses me off, and I tend to take attacks on my weblog rather seriously. So. I have thought of upgrading to…

Some of you who follow the comments closely here know that I’ve been subjected to various death threats, etc., over the past year, but I want you all to know it’s truly been a learning experience. I really love the commenters because they’re a true source of knowledge. This blog seems to draw readers from all walks of life. I find that extremely cool. For instance, what other blogger can claim to have readers that smoke crack? (Danielle, I’m not saying that in a bad way. Really. And maybe you just work in a clinic or something, which would be even cooler.) Can’t you all see? This is the true…

If you like (mostly science) fiction, you should definitely check out the Baen Free Library. On the home page you will find a mission statement by the head “librarian,” Eric Flint, who explains why the books in the library, even though most of them are also available in paper form, are made available for free download. After ordering several paid subscriptions in order to read sequels to books I found in the free library, I can say that I agree with Mr. Flint’s reasoning 100%. I greatly admire what these people are doing. Over the past couple years I’ve read every book available for download in the Free Library (I…