[blogfocus] a sunday scan

Teething troubles?

Methodius writes of moving back to Blogger from Wordpress.

Does Liz have hubby trouble?

Trixy shows that there is more to life than shoes. There are teeth as well.

Chris Dillow writes: "I’ve never seen the attraction of prostitution. If a man wants quick unfulfilling sex with a woman who despises him, he should get married." Read the rest of it, if you haven't already done so.

Mr. Eugenides informs us that Mr. Dillow's opening line blockbuster is no fluke.

Ross Fountain puts you straight about herpetology.

The Quiet Man thinks you should check your children's homework.

Hooky's at it again with this video.

Need to know about a US diner at Battersea? Charon QC fills you in on his new job.

Gallimaufry and Chips introduces an angry blogger who is making waves.

Angus Dei is a newer blogger to check out.

How about the Domestic Goddess's thick broth on a cold, blustery day?

... and lastly, the Valleys Mam writes of high heels and a woman's sex life.

[sunday calm] except for the weather

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It's a bit like this photo over our way today. It's howling in off the Irish Sea and the rain is lashing the windows. I went out for a boat trip a few minutes ago and this is the shot I took from the deck. Don't you just love wild conditions? Here are some more shots:

Above - the state of the sea at this moment

Above, a passing ship making heavy weather of it

Finally, me taking a well earned break on the way back to shore.

[sockpuppet] cedric surpasses himself

When I woke up this morning, I saw 92 comments on the rock post, which you can wade through by clicking on the above link or you can see the abridged version which gives you the general idea here. [And yes, I do have the isp addresses, despite it showing up in Sitemeter as "not known".]

I thought something was strange for a blogger who's never had more than 40 comments.

Reading down, the first thing which struck me was that it was quite funny at the beginning. Then it went on and on and on. Suddenly it turned nasty and I've left enough comments up for you to get the general idea.

If you read the unabridged version [click on the first link], you'll see it starts at 22:07 and ends at 02:14. That means that this man sat at his computer and left comments on my post for around four hours, commenting every few minutes, sometimes once a minute. I'm trying to imagine sitting at a computer for four hours commenting on someone else's blog.

Nah - can't imagine a sane mind doing that.

It's always possible I am wrong in this but the ladies seemed to be sure about it. In the interests of fairness though, it might have been the Fantasy Fight Club who did it, on his behalf. He is close to them apparently. This is a link to another site he set up in 2007. [Disclaimer: please don't click on the link unless you are absolutely sure you want to.]

I've deeply apologized, on his behalf, to the ladies he was saying those things about but perhaps now someone might take my warnings more seriously.

UPDATE 12:47: If you go to this archived post, scroll down to comments and look at the comment by Ms Smack. Now go to the original post here; you'll see it has been deleted this morning. Why would Ms Smack wish to go in and delete her own comment on a 2007 post on a Sunday morning in November 2008? Read the comment she deleted in the archived version again. Why would she be looking at a post of mine on a Sunday morning anyway when most people are just waking up? Check the time of my post below.

My brain hurts from all the thinking. :)

UPDATE 21:20: I understand that a certain gentleman is now claiming he was at the pub from 10:04 p.m. for one and a half hours but then realized it was between 10:04 and midnight. No doubt there are close friends to corroborate that exact time he arrived and swear on their grandmothers that it was so. Yeah, right. He just shouldn't let his isp address be used by others then, in his absence and continue the comments in exactly the same way when he returned. And then there is the little matter of his sockpuppet site.

[silent saturday] more in the rock series

Captions please!

[clear as mud] necessary note

If I was enigmatic in the wee hours of this morning, Saturday, I'm even more so now. Pleased to say we have made progress, in fact even since the emails went to a few people this evening. It's a bit unfair to those not in the know to pass messages this way but this will be the last on the matter. It's only so people can sleep tight and not worry too much now.  By the way, every time something happens, another drinks offer comes along.  It's going to be a cheerful company when we meet up.

[spaceships] two more

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