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Category: Rantings

  • Curmudgeonly Monday On Throw It Back Thursday – Akismet Anti-Spam

    Curmudgeonly Monday On Throw It Back Thursday – Akismet Anti-Spam

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    Herb

    Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22126-697: I wish that the WordPress spam filter, Akismet, made some similitude of sense sometimes. I mean, I am glad to have it because if you have ever looked in your spam filter you will be quite shocked at some of the things. Since this last update…

  • Curmudgeonly Monday – WordPress Reader Comments

    Curmudgeonly Monday – WordPress Reader Comments

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    Herb

    Herb’s blog, Herbdate 22095-665: Quite some time ago it was brought to my attention that people said they liked my blog but were having difficulty commenting using the WordPress Reader. I loosened up a bunch of settings and thought I had fixed to problem. Nobody said any more about it.…

  • So Just Change It Already

    So Just Change It Already

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    Herb

    A few caveats out of the way up front so later I am not constantly qualifying everything I say. I am an American and when I use the term “football” I don’t mean soccer, I mean American football. I am not a fanatic (which is where the word “fan” comes…

  • Lawlessness Is Lawlessness

    Lawlessness Is Lawlessness

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    Herb

    While I am working on a totally unrelated post I wanted to stop and interject something here. Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil; neither shalt thou speak in a cause to decline after many to wrest judgment: (EXODUS 23:2) KJV It is never right to destroy someone…

  • Double Dog Satisfied & Dislikes

    Double Dog Satisfied & Dislikes

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    Herb

    The double-dog dare from yesterday was satisfied completely and honorably. This is not the dislike part. In fact, I’m so proud of him that I think that if Ben wants to have some coffee with a little froo-froo creamer once in a while, he’s probably earned that right. You can…

  • Curmudgeonly Monday – Cognitive Dissonance

    Curmudgeonly Monday – Cognitive Dissonance

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    Herb

    Cognitive dissonance is very grumpificating to me. It means my brain muscles are being forced to turn the gears and I may have to admit that I have more thinking to do about something. This happened to me tonight. Before I explain that, I want to say that I have…

  • Essential Employee – Me

    Essential Employee – Me

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    Herb

    I was reading about how Walmart and some other big retailers are providing bonuses and/or hazard pay to employees on the front lines. I asked what we were going to get. “Oh, we just get that letter from the CEO.” “What letter?” “You didn’t get the letter?” “No.” “Well, it…

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