Crabby Blogging Lady

Hahaha! What will those cheeseburger loving cats come up with next? Found a new FAIL website: M Thru F. It’s especially for the cubicle worker, but I found many of the office pranks funny (and some nauseating, to be honest). I liked this one:

In case you cannot tell, all those cups have water in them!

Some of the photos are lewd. I don’t like those. I don’t see why some people think lewdness is funny. So I skip over those, and enjoy the ones of offices filled with packing peanuts! Hoh hoh! I’ll bet the prankster had to double-check his social security disability benefits before pulling that one! They always take photos of the prank but never of the reaction of the prank-ee. I wonder what happened next? A little roundhouse kick or two? hahaha

Life is really busy right now. I don’t have much time for leisure. I realize my blog posts have been infrequent and rather dull. I’m using up all my creativity to work on the homestead before the snow flies. It consumes a good deal of my energy. Here’s hoping I’ll be back to blogging in the near future…

Oh my word, I love this guy– Sheriff Joe of Arizona. Have you heard about this guy? His latest mind-blowing move is to force prisoners to pedal on bikes if they want to watch TV. Now that’s what prisoners are for, I tell ya! Make ‘em pedal, Joe, for electricity for the whole state! He is so totally cool, so industrious, and overflowing with common sense.

And then I thought, Can this guy possibly be from Arizona?! No way!

And guess what– he’s not! That explains everything! He’s from Massachusetts! Staid, industrious, practical Massachusetts! No wonder he’s so good.

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is implementing a new inmate program at Tent City Jail called “Pedal Vision.”

The program uses inmate-powered cycles to generate electricity for televisions.

Reports say Arpaio’s recent visit to Tent City inspired the idea, when he saw that many of the inmates were overweight.

The stationary bikes are customized so that as an inmate pedals, a connected television is powered once the cycle generates 12 volts of electricity.

One hour of pedaling equals one hour of television viewing for the inmates, according to Arpaio.

Arpaio said the inmates will only be able to watch television in the television room if they choose to pedal.

Sheriff Joe is ADORED by people. He’s re-elected by wide margins every year, cuz he’s so tough on crime. He’s not going to take the crap from pinko-commie-wacked out progressives, no way! If a jerk murders somebody, they need to pay the penalty, not “get off” because their mother’s father’s aunt’s sister took away their lollipops when they were a child.

Sheriff Joe has said this about illegal immigration:

“My message is clear: if you come here and I catch you, you’re going straight to jail…. I’m not going to turn these people over to federal authorities so they can have a free ride back to Mexico. I’ll give them a free ride to my jail.”

isn’t he simply dreamy?!
Apparently the United States Department of Justice (full of pinko-commie-wacko progressives) didn’t like his statement, and said he was “unfairly” targeting “Hispanics and Spanish-speaking people.” Well, DUH YEAH, I don’t see any French or Icelandians sneaking across our borders!! Idjits.

Joe stands up against Big Sister (Janet Napolitano), he was responsible for creating online flash cards/mugshots for deadbeat parents to shame them, he’s after the corrupt cops and judges who have their hands in the drug trade, he’s made prisoners wear pink underwear so they wouldn’t steal the underwear after their release, he introduced pink handcuffs, and now he’s making prisoners pedal for TV!

I LOVE JOE!

Joe, if they ever get tired of you in Arizona, come to New York State! The crooks in government here will keep you busy for decades! Bust ‘em all, Joe!

Patricia of Communication Exchange brought up an extremely interesting issue; it concerns a psychology study– “cyberpsychology” to be exact– that performed a content analysis on MySpace blogs (which, according to the authors of the study, are no different than other blogs and bloggers on the Internet (I’m not sure I agree with that, however).

CyberPsychology & Behavior
Blog Function Revisited: A Content Analysis of MySpace Blogs

Abstract

The present study concerns the content of MySpace blogs and whether it differs from the blog style found on sites specifically designed for blogging. A content analysis of MySpace blogs was conducted to investigate trends in purpose, format, and style and to compare these across sex and age categories. Most blogs were written in a positive tone, and the main motivations for blogging appeared to be writing a diary and as an emotional outlet. Findings also indicate that while there were no significant sex differences, blog purpose and style differed across age groups; for example, bloggers over 50 were more likely to use the blog as an emotional outlet with a negative tone. Bloggers between 18 and 29 predominantly used a semiformal language style, whereas bloggers over 30 were equally as likely to use a semiformal or formal style. Results suggest that MySpace blogs are not dissimilar from other forms of blogging because they provide an important outlet for emotion and self-expression.

The study is brief, only five pages long (with one page of references). I did not read it thoroughly, but I did skim over it. The general consensus among the study group is that blogging is, by far, an emotional outlet. Patricia, in her usual perceptive manner, brought up some good points and food for thought:

One of the most fascinating findings was that older bloggers (those over 50) tended to have a negative tone to their blogs.

This finding runs contrary to everything I experience each day in the blogging community. As an over-50 blogger myself (and I think one with a fairly positive tone), I try to visit many other older bloggers. On the whole, I find us a remarkably positive group. Of course, there are a few exceptions (e. g., Crotchety Old Man Yells at Cars, Crabby Blogging Lady). These exceptions, I think, occur because these senior bloggers use a negative style in a humorous way to foster an image of a curmudgeon. In real life, they are nothing like their on-screen personae.

Patricia asked for input from her readers. So here’s mine.

Firstly, I am not in the “over 50″ group. I am in my early 40s. I appear older perhaps because I have more traditional values (and a heck of a lot more common sense) than my younger peers.

Secondly, I have several other blogs besides this one, and I can say that perhaps two out of the dozen I manage are emotional outlets. This blog is where I rant, and I have another where I share my personal life (to a degree)… the other 10+ blogs are informational or political blogs. I did not see these types of blogs addressed in the study.

Thirdly, I wonder of the study is accurate when they opine that MySpace blogs are much like all the other blogs out there. I have found this to be exactly the opposite.
I have seen my share of “emotional outlet” blogs, but I don’t see a great deal of them. I’ve seen a few MySpace blogs, and I seriously doubt MySpace blogs are a great deal like other blogs.

I’ve been blogging, on and off, for almost ten years now. Blogs that are emotional outlets are in the majority, but my experience has shown that they are not THE majority. I have seen a large share of informative blogs, political blogs, blogs as a creative outlet (such as, showcasing Etsy wares), and for activist causes (tree-huggers, etc). I believe of all the blogs, most are political or informative. Mine are more entertainment/informative. Just as Patricia said, “senior bloggers use a negative style in a humorous way to foster an image of a curmudgeon.” True. It’s all about having fun. :D

Finally, I think older people have more to complain about. They’ve been around longer, and the world is going to hell in a handbasket. Sure, sure, you can say that about ANY generation, but this age in which we live is going downhill fast. Not only do we have the eternal forces of slavery, tyranny, propaganda, and apathy, but it’s broadcast around the world in “real time” over and over and over again. And technology, while convenient, exacerbates the angst with the means to control the masses by Big Brother. No wonder we’re negative, perhaps more negative than any other era in time, ever. ?? All the while, the younger populace is consumed with the latest gadget, promo keychains, iPhone app, or whatever, not caring about anything except their own microscopic personal world!

That’s my two cents, from the non-senior Crabby Blogging Lady.

Wonder if this lady got her “buck” back after this surprise in her meal.

BWAHAHAHA!! I am just hilarious!!!

A customer at a local fast food restaurant in Newport, VA., claims to have gotten more than she bargained for when she received her order.

Katherine Ortega alleges that she found a fried chicken head in the box of chicken wings she ordered Wednesday.

Ortega said someone who wasn’t looking closely could have easily mistaken the chicken’s head for another piece of chicken like a leg or a wing. The chicken’s beak, the cone on top of its head and some feathers are visible.

Ortega said she wants to know how the chicken’s head could have made it past inspectors and into the hands of a customer.

“I usually look at my food, but I shouldn’t have to look that closely to see that,” Ortega said. “My 5-year-old probably wouldn’t have looked. He probably would have thought it was a chicken leg and eaten it.”

This lady must be a first-time mom. Cuz if you’ve had as many 5-years olds as I have, eating a cooked and fried chicken head doesn’t even BEGIN to scratch the surface, especially if the kid is a boy.

And oh sure, if he’d bit into that fried beak, no doubt he’d need some dental implants Plano pronto… but if the stomach doesn’t need pumping, it must be OK. Kids are like rubber and their stomachs like cast iron, I always say. HA!

Photo and story from Cybersalt.

Muauahahahahaha!!! I’m winning the fight against spam!! Yessss! Victory, glorious victory!

I’ve discovered the glorious wonders of spam-fighting software! Yeehaw!

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For months, I’ve ranted about how spammers were essentially destroying my blogs, not to mention my sensibilities– the filth in some of that spam makes my hair stand up. If you don’t have a WordPress blog, you have NO IDEA the filth that comes in spam form. This isn’t the standard “best way to lose belly fat” stuff, this is real horrid junk. What IS IT with WordPress blogs that gets it?! I never had such a time with spam with my Blogger blogs. Yick.

So anyway, I was spending a lot of time deleting spam. So a friend suggested Ban and Bad Behavior on top of Akismet, and it’s working! Hurray!

However, I’ve also heard reports that some people are not getting through to my blog, and are sometimesnot able to leave comments. For some reason, the software thinks you are a spammer. I don’t know how to fix this yet; I’ll look into it.

But spam is LOSING!! Haha!!

Unbelievable! Before you know it, I’ll be having to send Hallmark cards! I’ll have to SMILE at people, I’ll have to clean the house and change out of my comfortable housecoat!

Yes, folks, another person has found The Crabby Blogging Lady just another warm, loving, adorable fuzzball. That, or it’s a big hint that I need to shave my legs again this year. Whatever.

I was featured in the Sunday Suck Up Times!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do you have ANY IDEA what an AMAZING and COOL honor this is???

Neither do I.

But it’s real nice to get more traffic.

And Don is *almost* as crabby as I am. So, from one crabby person to another: Thanks for the link love, man!