Oct 12 2008
Thanks and No Thanks
I’m always flattered when I receive an award from a fellow blogger because it means they not only found their way to my little corner of the world, but that they liked it enough to come back and recommend it to their friends. Another satisfied customer and nary a bribe did I have to hand out. Hooray.
That’s where the thanks come in.
I was gifted with this recently (or mostly recently, sort of):
By not one, or three, or five, but six kind ladies. Big thanks to Elizabeth from The Parenting Pink blog, Anonymom from Simply AnonyMOM, Toni from It Is Nap Time, Elizabeth from Three Channels , Tara from Tara’s View of the World, and Juliana from Juliana’s Site for believing that my blog invests in proximity. From what I gather it’s a Portuguese award (which makes it very worldly) meant to celebrate community through blogging or something like that.
Thanks also to Savvy Suzie from The Recipe Mission for this:
And my friend Lydia from On The Verge for this:
This award in particular requires that I list six things that make me happy along with six other worthy bloggers that I’ll bestow this trinket to.
Firstly, in order of importance we’ve got:
1. The family. All of them.
2. Food. Everything that falls in to the category of edible or drinkable.
3. Sleep. Nuff said.
4. A really good book.
5. A really good movie.
6. A really good conversation.
Then, in no particular order we’ve got:
1. Tammy from A Day to Share with Tammy
2. Casey from Half as Good as You
3. Helene from I’m Living Proof that God has a Sense of Humor
4. Toni from It is Nap Time
5. Elizabeth from Three Channels
6. Elizabeth from The Parenting Pink Blog
The no thanks part of this post was meant to draw attention to the amount of freakish spam I keep getting in my comment box. Luckily they’re all flagged due to their inappropriate content, almost all of it having to do with either pornography or the sale of tires. It’s only been in the past couple of weeks that I’ve started receiving it. It was a little funny at first, then really annoying, and now merely a daily chore I’ve got to deal with.
I was curious if any other bloggers have had a similar experience. It’s weirdo stuff I wouldn’t even try to repeat for fear it would draw similar Googles. For the record, I want no part of what they’re selling.
No thanks, spammers. Take your filthy wares else…wheres.
Good-day, sir!
I said, GOOD DAY!
Look at you having multiples… awards that is. Thanks for mine, as usual you rock. I’ve been getting the dirty spam as of late too. Some of the things they offer are most likely illegal in several countries so I’ve been deleting them.
Oh thank you for this perfect award! Yes, it makes me feel much better!
I was giggling at your last comment the “No thanks” part, because lately I have been getting this horrible spam in my forum. I’m talking themes of porn, viagra, and online casinos! Ugh! Hubby worked all weekend to get the right anti-spam guard up. Ugh! Doesn’t it tick you off? Ok, enough of my rant - just glad someone else can relate! LOL
Thank you so much for this Happy Pink one!
There must be some insidious conspiracy because I, too, have been plagued with wretchedly evil spam.
Again, thanks for these cute awards! Much appreciated, friend!
And here you go, my dear! Thanks again! http://halfasgoodasyou.com/?p=1449
COngrats on all of your awards!
Eww to the spammers.
Congrats on the awards. I don’t get comment spam, but I do get a lot of email spam. I haven’t received anything about tires. Is that a euphemism for something obscene?
Oh thank you for the award!!! Yeah!!!
I actually haven’t gotten any spam in my comment section. No clue as to why I haven’t been targeted except maybe the spammers just don’t like my blog!
You deserve them all my friend! Hey, you want one of my five year old’s bumper stickers when she prints them out? LOL
First of all, congrats on all your awards! WOW! Way to go!
Second, OMG! I too have gotten some very weird spam in my comment section. It must be going around like the flu. Only on blogs. Let’s call it “the blu.” (Get it? Cute, right?) Oh, how I amuse myself! hahahahahahahahahaha
You’re so cool to get all of those awards! Congrats!
We seem to get spam on our older posts. I think their plan is to get it in there without us noticing. Once an older post starts getting spam comments I turn off the comments to that post.
Whoa, you’re loved!
Selling tires is inappropriate content? Good to know. I guess I’ll save my sales pitch on these set of Michelins for another day…
I’ve not been getting any of those spam comments. I’ve just had a couple, spread out over months, and none recently.
I moderate my comments when spam started popping in. Now, comments won’t be posted unless I approve them.
Congratulations on your awards. And have a fantastic week ahead!
Hey friend! I tagged you with a meme today. Come see!
COngrats on the awards and sorry about the spam! I haven’t gotten any yet and I am hoping it is not just a matter of time!
Congratulations! I really enjoy reading your blog and I think that you deserve your awards.
Thank you so much!!! I will get it posted soon!
I am posting this award on my blog tonight. I really do want to say thank you. I know it is a long time past due…but I thought about it each day.
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