Who Knew Bea Arthur Fans Were So Sensitive?

Beth September 22 2006 General Ramblings 10 Comments

Apparently my post on Bea Arthrur as a Girls Gone Wild Chick offended one of her devoted fans. Chris left a comment stating, “This is the stupidest post I have ever seen.” Why thank you. After taking a look at your blog, what I could understand of it, it seems you’re a bit too obsessed with Bea Arthur. Don’t get me wrong, I love watching the Golden Girls, but I refrain from becoming obsessed. I don’t embed YouTube vids of her dancing. That’s a little freaky if you ask me. Do you have a picture of her hanging on the ceiling above your bed?

And while everyone is at it- go visit my renter. She doesn’t leave rude comments.

I Have A List And I’m Not Afraid To Use It.

Beth September 22 2006 General Ramblings 3 Comments

Since I’ve been pondering quite a bit lately I have decided to make a list. Random thoughts can run through my head at any given moment. Unfortunately, below are some of the results:

Why is it, when you buy a food product and you see the little text stating “tear here”- you do as directed but the damn package still won’t open and you end up stabbing yourself while using a sharp kitchen knife to open the freaking macaroni and cheese sauce?

Are condiments now illegal in the US? If I ask for 4 packets of pepper for my baked potato-I expect 4 packets. No, instead I receive 2. Two packets contains about 3 flakes of black pepper. Am I going to have to start slipping Wendy’s employees a buck to slip more pepper in the bag?

The same goes for ice. Yes, a cup of ice is free, however I can count 5 times I have asked for a large cup of ice and I’ve received a rinky-dink small cup with about 3 cubes. And God-forbid you purchase a cup of ice at a convenience store. One place near me charges $1.19. For frozen water.

When did light bulbs start going down-hill? It seems like every time I turn around I’m unscrewing and screwing. I wish it was as kinky as it sounds, but dammit, the box says “1500 hours of light”-I expect 1500 hours of freaking light.

Why to bill collectors from one company call every hour? If I didn’t answer the first 4 times- I’m certainly not answering the 5th. I have voicemail-guess what it’s for? You got it. Leave the damn message. Not that I would really return the call of a bill collector, but, you get my point.

When I do have money to buy groceries, why do I pick the time of day that every old person in town is shopping? Why do husband and wife teams feel the need to fill to carts and take up an entire aisle? As if they are guarding the baked beans and cans of sour kraut. Move out of my way.

On the same topic, do people not know how to bag groceries? Tampons do not belong in the same bag as cheese, butter and yogurt. Unless I planned on douching with all 3, then I could understand. Or, if I felt the need to insert chilled tampons into my cootch. I haven’t attempted this, nor do I plan to.

Why do men spit on the sidewalk? If you have to spit, hold it and go to the bathroom and spit in the sink. At least I wouldn’t have to step in it while getting gas. Besides, I don’t get the whole spitting thing. If a man has that much saliva he’s obviously infected with rabies.

Am I the only one who is terrified of a prescription medication after watching commercials and hearing the “possible side effects?” If I need a medication that may cause: burning eyes, lung infection, rash, rapid heart rate, slow heart rate, hair loss, yellowing of fingernails, an erection lasting more than 4 hours and possible death, I’m going out on a limb and staying away from the medicine.

When are drug companies coming out with a pill that gives a woman an orgasm? I mean- they seem so concerned with a man’s ability to get it up and according to one drug’s statements more than 10 million bottles have been sold- as a woman I’m thinking-”Holy crap, if 10 million men have bought just one kind of erection pill, how many have bought other brands?” Give me my orgasm pill and give it to me now. I just need a man to mow the lawn and fix the plumbing.

Why do politicians suddenly become religious during an election year?

7-11 now has hand sanitizer at the gas pumps. I think they need to worry more about the piss on the floor in their bathrooms.

Trust me, this is a small sampling of random thoughts. It’s much, much worse folks.

Feed Change And Project.

Beth September 22 2006 Life As I Know It 2 Comments

Due to issues with Feedburner my feed has now changed-you must now use: http://afrogtokiss.net/?feed=rss2 in order to subscribe to my feed. This came about after having issues with Technorati and Google not indexing my site, or, not indexing it properly. After extensive research, (all you have to do is Google “Unable to Ping Technorati), I found numerous bloggers with the same problem. The problems began after signing up with Feedburner and burning a feed. According to Technorati, my site hasn’t been updated in over 160 days. Reading the forums on Technorati, Feedburner, being referred to the WordPress Support forums, since some suggested the issues were due to upgrades in WordPress versions, I have, as well as many, come to the conclusion Feedburner and Technorati are not passing information between each other. Blame has been thrown all around- some on the Technorati forum stated WordPress was the issue, but after reading comments from bloggers using TypePad, Moveable Type and Blogger, this is not the case. Contacting Technorati, or, Feedburner Support is a lost cause, no one bothers to respond. In order to determine what the cause actually is, I have deleted my feed from FeedBurner. Those of you who have subscribed will receive a redirect message during the next 30 days. I apologize for the inconvenience, but I have been using Technorati Tags for basically no reason and I would like to resolve the issue and get this little blog indexed properly. Also, after reading several forums and blogs regarding FeedBurner, it seems this service may hurt a blog’s page rank with Google. My page rank dropped from 5/10 to 4/10, although my incoming links and the quality of these links, (sites with high page ranks), increased. I know I am not the only one out there who has noticed this, which brings me to my project.

Within the next few days, I will be working on a link exchange system. Instead of the normal blogroll on the main page, (with the exception of Blogrolling links I am using), I will set up a page in which links may be exchanged. A simple process where we all benefit. You, as a reader, will be able to submit your site, in return for a link to my site. We all build our incoming links. I have set a max of 50 links to begin with, I’m not expected to receive that many, but as a link is added, the new submissions will be listed first and older submissions will move down. This doesn’t mean anything, your link will still be on one page, it just gives newer links the advantage of receiving the same hits as the older links. I toyed around with the idea of using pixel links, however Google does not always recognize a link behind an image-something I did not know and I’m glad to have found this out. This tiny little blog of mine, in the last 21 days has received over 7000 unique hits, pretty damn good for a blog with no niche and no direction at all. I still receive about 85% of my hits from searches, but I have worked my ass off on several traffic exchanges in an attempt to build a larger reader base. I don’t want “just hits.” I have read many blogs of late with high page ranks and high Alexa ratings, with very few commenters, or, few feed readers. Blogging is about interaction with other bloggers around the world and that is what I intend for this blog to become. Interactive. If my blog is interactive and you’re linked from here, in turn, your blog will gain readership and commenters. It’s very easy to manipulate the rankings of a blog, yes it may get you listed at Technorati or TTLB as a top blog or a higher being, but, are people really interacting with each other and you on your blog? For a few the answer is yes. If it’s a niche blog. If not, it only means you have managed to manipulate your way to the top and being at the top means nothing unless you take other bloggers with you. At least, this is my philosophy. So, in my little experiment, I am taking all of us a step higher, to show the elite minority that a little tiny blog can compete with the big guys. I’ll post the new page hopefully by Sunday in order to begin on the first day of the week. I have re-activated trackbacks, feel free to trackback or refer to this post on your blog-because the more people we get involved in the project, the more successful we’ll be! So get moving people!

Hi, My Name Is Beth And I’m A Purse Addict.

Beth September 20 2006 General Ramblings 2 Comments

My mother called earlier asking me if I could look for her favorite purse. Supposedly it’s missing. I found it tucked away in a box, called her back and you would think she had won the lottery. You see, we’re purse-a-holics. We see a purse we like and buy it. The last time I counted, (yes, I have counted them), I had 32 handbags/purses. A little excessive? No. Some women have shoe addictions, I have my purse addiction. Not just any purse. Absolutely not. Designer Purses. I should also mention this little addiction runs in my mother’s family, her mom had the addiction and it has been passed to several of us. We can’t carry just any ol’ handbag. I know this sounds snooty and it isn’t meant to be taken in this manner. We just prefer trendy, fashionable purses. I found this little number on the Darby Scott site and fell in love with it-first person to buy it for me will get a huge thank you and a smile.