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Let the mutherfuker burn!
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Kevin S. Willis
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yellojktI invited a lot of people as followers, then re-invited them as Editors. Hope that works. If anybody needs to be re-invited, let me know in comments or at Blogger. Whoops! Sorry about all the unnecessary email, everybody. And the confusion. That’s not WordPress, though, that was just me being in a hurry.
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All Things in Moderation 
Kevin, I don’t know what I’m doing wrong but I can’t get to the dashboard again…………….Under the ATiM icon all it shows are
shortlink
random post
report as spam
report as mature
theme:kubrick
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lmsinca,
I resent the invite. Not sure why you ever got set as a follower. But, whatever, invite resent. Boy, I screwed the pooch on the invites. yay!
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I think I’m still just a follower and not an editor at this point. Can you send/resend the editor invite, Kevin?
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A shot, invitation sent.
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me too?
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Brent, I’m sending you an invite right now as an editor from wordpress so watch for it.
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lms: you’re seeing more than I am. . . I suspect that I’m just a lowly follower, like ashot.
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Goose, you’re an admin. Go to:
https://conservaliberals.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
And see if it prompts you to login. Otherwise, settings are under the “All Things in Moderation” menu in the gray bar at the top of the screen, but you have to mouse over it.
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Seems to be working now–thanks!
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ashot, will do. lmsinca, what does it do when you go to:
https://conservaliberals.wordpress.com/wp-admin/
Does it give you a log in prompt? Under your comments, when you are commenting, does it say “You are commenting using your WordPress.com account (Log Out / Change)” ?
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I’m all set now. Thanks, Kevin.
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Kevin that link says lmsinca.wordpress.com doesn’t exist. But when I comment I am logged in.
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Don’t worry about that, I don’t think. Go to that link, login as
lmsinca
with your password. Is that what you’re doing? I see you in there.
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Or email me your login and password and I’ll try it.
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But later, I’m going to lunch.
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There was no place to log in….but the last email you sent seems to have worked. I’m going to try it as a bookmarked page….be right back.
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Okay, that worked. I hope everyone else gets here alright. I see Michi already has bits & pieces scheduled for tonight. I’m going to try to schedule my post for tomorrow (yay scampi).
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Wow. Nice place. Walk in closets! Are you kidding me?
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Hola, gosh you have a funny accent.
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I’ve been hearing strange things aboot you and your mo-bile phone, too. . .
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Looks like it will be a lot easier to embed photos/video in our posts here. The one screwy thing is the time stamp on our posts — Kevin seems to be posting from the future.
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Mike–I noticed when I was creating my post that it appears that the default time setting on here is Greenwich Mean Time. . . so we’ll have to do the math to figure out what actual local time is! Excuse me for a second and I’ll go into the “Settings” menu and see if I can reset it to MST time (which is what the old ATiM default was).
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Hmmm, now it appears to be CST for the last three comments. I switched it from “Chicago” to “Denver” (no SLC option, the elitists!) and let’s see what happens. . .
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Now it’s on MST for me–is that how it appears for you, too, or are we each in our own time zone, however it’s set on our computer?
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I changed the time from Greenwich Mean to Chicago originally. Denver is fine. Once we’ve set a time, that should address posting timing oddities.
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MST, it is. No East Coast bias here ….
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I’m gonna have to wait till I get to my computer to add an avatar picture. Calm down everyone, I’ll get to it. I just can’t do it from my iPhone.
Im also guessing Kevin is “compiling” some new program and has all this free time to set this nice site up. 😉 (a very old Fortran reference, for you youngsters )
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Mich…I am now in MST. Should be universal.
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Troll, I’ve done this before. Working inbetween, in a hurry, that’s why everybody got invited as followers first time out and helped start this mess.
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scott, guess you’ll have to live with replies. It’ll be fun this weekend when I have more time to explore. Right now I’m just curious to see how many people show up. I may have some emails that kevin doesn’t have so will check with him on that after lunch. Tao and BGinChi are two that I can think of.
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This comment box says “Leave a Repy”…lol
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My bad, I did that. Whoops. Someone feel free to fix, for admins it’s in the appearance or settings or somewhere. 😉
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I suppose “Reave a Repry” would be politically incorrect, sort of like Mickey Rooney’s sensitive portrayal of an Asian American in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
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I liked it better when we were posting in the future…..:)
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Mich…Any idea why you show up as Michigoose here, but under “users” your username is your actual name?
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WordPress gives Users their official username in that list, but if you edit your profile, you can change your display name. Which changes it for posts and comments, but not for your username, which is the name you will continue to login under. However, only admins can see that list.
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Good to know that my assumption was correct–thanks, Kevin!
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lms:
guess you’ll have to live with replies.
I’ll take one for the team….as usual.
(We’ll always have Paris. Or Rome. Or whatever.)
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I like replies, but I would like to edit the appearance. I like Arial/Helvetica as a typeface. It’s just so clean and easy. And agree with Scott on the background color.
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Kevin if we have to spend the $30 to alter the appearance, scott and I will split it.
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Kevin, I kid because I love.
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Mich…I am now in MST. Should be universal.
Looks like it. . .
scott, guess you’ll have to live with replies.
For Scott I’m willing to do the cut-and-paste and bolding 🙂
Mich…Any idea why you show up as Michigoose here, but under “users” your username is your actual name?
I entered it that way assuming (maybe I shouldn’t have) that only administrators will have access to the actual info. I just entered “Michigoose” as my display name–easy enough to edit the info if I need to, though.
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And, YEA!!!!! We’ve got our emoticons back!! 😀
I’ll take one for the team….as usual.
I’m telling you, we’ll turn you yet, Scott!
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Yay, happy faces. Mine didn’t show up though…I’ll have to work on that.
I prefer Paris actually scott as I speak a little Francais or Espanol but no Italian.
🙂
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I don’t know about everyone else…..but I’m happy again. Now we need to concentrate on steering everyone over here. I just checked old ATiM (that sounds funny) and no one’s commenting right now so I hope they’re not stuck in limbo somewhere.
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Mich:
For Scott I’m willing to do the cut-and-paste and bolding
Why, thank you. I like that.
When I first started posting on message boards, I was living in Hong Kong, and so the time zone was essentially the reverse of the east coast. As a result, I rarely had real time conversations and found myself replying to messages written hours earlier and buried underneath lots of other comments, often written by the same person. So I developed the habit of not only emboldening the specific part of the comment I was replying to in order to give my reply context, but I would link the original comment to the person’s name (as I did with yours above) so that the full context, if there was any doubt, could be found.
I still think that this tried and true method is far superior to the newfangled threaded posts. Why anyone would want to have to continually scroll up an down to see if anyone posted anything new to any existing comment, rather than simply scrolling down to the bottom in time order is beyond me. But then again, why people do half the things they do is beyond me, so nothing new there.
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BTW, another great feature of WordPress…you can edit comments rather than delete and start over. Which I just had to do.
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Awesome scott, I hadn’t even noticed the edit option yet. Already edited a couple of my comments.
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I don’t think i have the abilty to create a blog entry yet…
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Dave! Send me an email address to plumgirls10@yahoo.com and I’ll send you an invitation as an editor. I think that will work.
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Did that work Dave!? I’m not sure if I should have made you an editor or an author. Let me know and I can change it to author.
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Yep! Thanks. Perhaps at some point I will find time create a post again.
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Dave! Looking forward to hearing from you again.
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Also scott
Since you probably don’t go back and read replies….here’s one you may have missed from me in response to one of kevin’s comments.
Kevin if we have to spend the $30 to alter the appearance, scott and I will split it.
And, I can’t find the editor to change “Repy” to either “Reply” or “Comment”…….could someone else try.
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lms:
Kevin if we have to spend the $30 to alter the appearance, scott and I will split it.
I think we should go the $99 route. I’ll pay for it all. That way, when you get out of line, I can say…
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BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!
Good one, Scott! 😀
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Scott:
I still think that this tried and true method is far superior to the newfangled threaded posts.
I like threaded posts if you’re carrying on a conversation with one or two other people that is totally unrelated to the rest of the thread–you can keep an eye on the general conversation as well as the one going on a little more “privately” at the same time. Kind of like being at a good dinner party when you’re having a fascinating conversation with your neighbor but want to chime in on other discussions going on around the table as well.
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Changed “Repy” to “Reply”.
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Mich:
I like threaded posts if you’re carrying on a conversation with one or two other people that is totally unrelated to the rest of the thread
I guess that is useful if no one else is interested in the conversation. But I assume that everyone is interested in anything I have to say about anything, so I’ll make it easy for them to find it. 😉
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Scott-
But I assume that everyone is interested in anything I have to say about anything, so I’ll make it easy for them to find it.
I think our EPL conversation is proof to the contrary.
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I wasn’t going to go there, ashot, but. . . 😉
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Does anyone know how long the old ATiM will stay up? I thought I’d put up a new post (We’ve Moved) with a link to the site and my email along with a brief explanation. Does that sound like a good idea.
Scott…………….uh no, we’re still splitting it….I just can’t let you get the upper hand like that. 😉
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Checking to see if my avatar uploaded. . .
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Hmmmmmmm. . . it looks the way it should in my profile. Anybody have any ideas?
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lms:
Oh, ok.
The old ATiM will be there forever, or until someone deletes it. My old blog is still there, and still gets an occasional comment, even though I haven’t added a post in 5 years. But probably a good idea to put up a post telling people where the live blog is.
BTW….on the dashboard, in settings, click on Themes, and have a look through. I think we can get a better look, or at least closer to the old look, than what we have here now. If you scroll to the bottom, I think the “Pool” theme is close to our old one. (click on “Preview” to see what our blog would look like in that theme.) The header is a little squished, but I think we could fix that. And I kind of liked Sapphire. I liked some other ones even better, but we’d have to pay to get access to those, and I didn’t scroll through all of them. Anyway, may be worth a look and we can discuss with Kevin the final choice.
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Mich:
It worked. We are no longer Space invader soul mates.
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Must have just been a little lag time.
Beep! Boop!!
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Scott:
It worked. We are no longer Space invader soul mates.
I wonder why it doesn’t look like it worked to me? Not that I don’t want to continue being soul mates with you, but Daisy’s much cuter!
Gonna try refreshing and see what happens.
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I see the pup.
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Whoah…someone hit activate instead of preview!
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Scott, pool is okay, but try annotum base and FadTastic. How did you try that already…..and we need our ATiM icon up there. Sapphire’s background is too dark although I really do love sapphires and pools of course.
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Me?………………..sorry……I thought you did it.
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I see the pup.
And she sees you, Scott. . .
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I like the color right now, but the heading ‘way up top is a little compressed, don’t you think? I like the wider posting box, also.
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I like how the comment and replies to it are in one box. I don’t think I did that scott…I wouldn’t know how to put our icon up there. Must be kevin playing around. I thought we had to pay for these.
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I like how replies are contained in a box, too. Might change the background color if we can edit in the future, though, so there’s a shade difference between comment and reply.
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It looks pretty good, but the font definitely could be changed. How much does it cost to give you better access? Scott and I are going to split it. He can pay for it now and I’ll send him a check or money order if he’ll give me his address. Seriously.
I’m going to go work on a “We’ve Moved” post over at blogger ATiM. I’m wondering why more people haven’t shown up. Should I send them individualized emails first to let them know they’re getting an invitation?
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I do, too. That way we can keep tabs on Scott easier (or he can keep tabs on us) 🙂
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I did it, testing, based on Scott’s comment. Had to change the banner graphic to make it “work”. I may redo it later when I have access to Photoshop. A lot of this can be customized if we pay the money, including font, which I would change to Arial. 😉
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Can’t change the banner graphic when previewing, had to activate to test it out. Also don’t see the comment formatting. I don’t mind this. Although if we end up shelling out some money, I’ll customize it.
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Graphic looks good to me now, Kevin. I like Arial also, but this font looks pretty good.
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Just checking to see if I’m still a Space Invader ….
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Nope, now you’re something only a Chemical Officer could love!
I asked you once on the old site but I don’t think you saw the question: why the atropine injectors?
And now, of course, why the gas masks?
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I was given a few pictures from Iraq by one of my former students who was an Army EOD tech before going back to college. He was one of my best students in Bioethics that year. I just really like the pics — they are good reminders to me of WMD (and ethics) as well as my inability to truly comprehend what our soldiers are going through on a daily basis in Iraq/Afghanistan. This way, I’m reminded every day.
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So Mike et al, What are your thoughts of the video of US Soldiers urinating on dead Taliban bodies?
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Michi
Can I delete your Bits & Pieces over at the old site? I’m going to do a “We’ve Moved” post with pertinent information for anyone dropping by.
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Be my guest–I’ve transferred it all over here for tonight (and it looks better on this site than it did on Blogger, too!).
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Ok, New “gravatar” in place.
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More Cowbell returns! Yay!
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100 likes!
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Kevin, did you just redirect the old site here? I left a we’ve moved post up over there but it won’t move over here right……………..because it makes no sense now. I’m just checking. What happens when they get here and they don’t have a wordpress account…..will that matter at all? You know me…………I’m the worrier.
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I’m not planning on importing anything else from the Blogger site. Without a WP account, if they’re invited they have to create one. If they just want to read, they’re all good. If they want to comment, they can us WP or Facebook or, right now, post with a name and email. So I think we’re
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Thanks Kev……………I’m sure it’s fine then
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ashot:
So Mike et al, What are your thoughts of the video of US Soldiers urinating on dead Taliban bodies?
Speaking for myself only. . . none of us–even Mr Troll and I–know the hell that these guys have been through and are continuing to go through. One of the classic ways of coping with the fact that you are killing fellow human beings is to de-humanize them (hence calling Asians “gooks” and “slants” during our wars in the Far East, calling Middle Easterners of all ethnicities and religions “rag heads”, calling Germans “Heinies”, etc., etc., etc.); it has been going on as long as war has been. I was not shocked that they did it (although I’m disappointed that they did) and, yes, it’s an appalling thing to do, but they never should have video taped it. Since they did, they need to have the book thrown at them in order to demonstrate that we don’t condone that behavior. I don’t rank it up there with Abu Ghraib, but it was a stupid thing to do and even stupider to tape it.
I would also add that I wish we’d close Gitmo, end indefinite detention and repudiate waterboarding to demonstrate that those aren’t American values, either, but most have you have already heard me ad infinitum on the subject. . .
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Update
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Ah! Figured it out: I was putting the “blockquote” “/blockquote” before and after each paragraph.
If I put them at the end of the sentence in the paragraph back-to-back it didn’t give me the italics.
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Interesting–formatting in the comments box doesn’t translate into the published comment. I inserted blank lines between “ashot”, the bolded part, and each of the two paragraphs above and yet it didn’t translate, even when I tried to edit it in.
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Formatting in the comments.
Testing putting in html.
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What about an HR
Spacing . . .
What about . . .
Soft returns.
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Fine . . . what about a blockquote:
I wonder if custom design lets us change that.
What if I put in the spaces when editing my comment?
Nope. What if I use a blockquote for double spacing?
Did that work?
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Tried that–but it appears that you’re having more luck so far than I am!
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That did work. So, for now, if you want double spacing between paragraphs, you can type <blockquote></blockquote>
And you will have your double spacing. Awkward, but it works.
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What about the html for paragraph………..I forget what it is……………but would that work.
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Good idea, lms (it’s “p” “/p”, BTW), but that and “br” didn’t seem to work. And it turned all of my text into italic whether I used their handy little “b-quote” button or not. . . such is life!
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Oh well, it’s still better than what we were trying to do at blogger. I like it and the reply button…………….sorry scott, but I’ll try not to over use it. And I like bold for highlighting comments from other posters and italics for outside quotes, and those still work.
It’s great that we can edit our comments after posting also.
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Just testing my HTML skillz.
Word.
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Very nice George
And I’m trying to get that space in although I’ve probably done it wrong
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That worked, sort of.
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Nice. I think I’ll try and hack a bank now.
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Word up!
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George–
I think I’ll try and hack a bank now.
Good thing we’ve got a bunch of lawyers on this blog who can get your fourth point of contact out of jail! 😉
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Test
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For some reason it published tonight’s Bits & Pieces in the position it was created (i.e., before the Bain Capital and Invite posts) rather than when it appeared on the blog. Clearly I did something wrong–good thing we’ve got the weekend to figure it out!
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The problem with that is when the page opens when someone shows up the most recent post won’t be there. It was weird…I got an email that there was a new post up…not sure if I like that or not, but when I refreshed your post didn’t show up on the front page or whatever you call it.
McWing…scott could be our inside guy.
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Hey everyone. I’m sending out emails to a few people we may have missed or haven’t heard from yet, even though they’ll be redirected here, but I don’t have john/banned again’s email. Does someone have it or maybe you can sneak into the Plumline and have him email you so we get it again. I cannot do that anymore.
Please
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Testing, testing, 1, 2, 3
Whoa. What did the Blogger maroons do to our oasis of peace, love and understanding?
Strange that you have to click the W to log in to comment when it looks like you are already logged in and you have the dashboard open. Oh well.
Now, let’s see if this works ….
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Howdy, qb!
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Howdy, Michi!
Have to see whether my avatar is here.
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Kevin, bro, you are a hero.
Looks like I will be putting my law blog project over here, too, since blogger has some issues. So glad I spent time building it over there.
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Heh, see what I did there with my avatar?
I will bring Dr. Quest back soon, but I thought I would go with the image most people probably have of me for a little change of pace.
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Hi qb, glad you made it. I like this avatar better. I agree, Kevin saved our bacon again. Michi and scott aren’t too bad either. The rest of us are just along for the ride. I’m working on getting everyone informed and set up….I see you already signed in as an editor so you can put one of your illuminating posts up when you have time.
We still have a few wrinkles to iron out but Kevin transferred everything over in one day from blogger, so I’m sure you’ll be able to do the same with your law blog.
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Mr Burns better than Dr. Quest? Okay.
Should pair well with Snidely Whiplash.
I am working on some posts but unfortunately juggling them with about five dozen other projects, all of which conspire to make procrastination a constant temptation.
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You decide on the avatar qb.
Strange that you have to click the W to log in to comment
That doesn’t sound right to me, I didn’t have to do that. Do you mean the first time or every time?
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No, it looks like it was only the first time. Now I stay logged in.
You decide on the avatar qb.
Well, I do have conniption whenever you change yours.
Maybe I’ll take a poll.
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I need to sign out now for a while and go take care of some other things.
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lms:
The rest of us are just along for the ride.
Not you. You insisted on going halfsies with me for the Rolls Royce version of WordPress, so you are helping to drive. Speaking of which…I purchased it just now. Not sure what to do with it, but I will liaise with Kevin to make sure he has access to whatever it is that I just bought to help make the site better.
I have 48 hours to cancel the purchase, so if it doesn’t do what we want it to do, let’s find out quickly.
Kevin, I will be out for a couple of hours, but will check back in around 11pm est. If you are around, we can discuss what this upgrade does. For one thing, I was told it comes with a “free” domain (“free”, of course, meaning something that costs $98…wordpress must be run by liberals.). If this link doesn’t work for you, you can tell me what to do with it later tonight.
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Scott, I suspect it will but I’m not sure when I may get to examine it (it may be more than 48 hours). But you should be able to customize elements under appearance now. I’ll see what I can manage from my iPhone.
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… you can tell me what to do with it later tonight.
Oh…that was a hanging curveball, wasn’t it.
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Changed some stuff. I think it will be good, I just can’t seriously tackle it until later.
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Kevin, I think the font is a little too small, especially in the posts but also in the comments.
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I increased the size by 1….okay?
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