Comments on: (Over)Thinking Bloggers Award http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298 One Quaker in search of meaning...and an oatmeal cookie. Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:40:44 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: QuakerJono http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-4011 QuakerJono Fri, 20 Jul 2007 16:25:55 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-4011 Yes, it's a little known fact, but Quakers are chock full of sulfates! My point isn't so much about the customization of the themes (speaking of which, I probably should do something new with my own, but I can't be bothered at the moment), but that some of the themes are so, well, bad that no header picture, no matter how wonderful, can redeem them. Most of the time your taste is excellent, but every once in awhile you'll throw one up (word choice VERY intentional) that is so awful it makes me doubt the existence of God. Yes, it’s a little known fact, but Quakers are chock full of sulfates!

My point isn’t so much about the customization of the themes (speaking of which, I probably should do something new with my own, but I can’t be bothered at the moment), but that some of the themes are so, well, bad that no header picture, no matter how wonderful, can redeem them. Most of the time your taste is excellent, but every once in awhile you’ll throw one up (word choice VERY intentional) that is so awful it makes me doubt the existence of God.

]]> By: Jamie http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-3997 Jamie Wed, 18 Jul 2007 19:06:12 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-3997 About the theme changing, QJ: Most of the ones with pictures at the top have customizable headers, so while you're getting the general idea of the themes, once you put your own Quakerable pictures at the top it's a whole new theme! Hmmmm. Quakerables. Sounds like a new oaty lunch snack you find in the deli section. About the theme changing, QJ: Most of the ones with pictures at the top have customizable headers, so while you’re getting the general idea of the themes, once you put your own Quakerable pictures at the top it’s a whole new theme!

Hmmmm. Quakerables. Sounds like a new oaty lunch snack you find in the deli section.

]]> By: North Dallas Thirty http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-3977 North Dallas Thirty Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:50:54 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-3977 Ah yes, the nice men in dark suits who just arrived.....and left after I told them they didn't need to check my identification.....these weren't the droids they were looking for.....I could go about my business....they were moving along..... Ah yes, the nice men in dark suits who just arrived…..and left after I told them they didn’t need to check my identification…..these weren’t the droids they were looking for…..I could go about my business….they were moving along…..

]]> By: QuakerJono http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-3976 QuakerJono Mon, 16 Jul 2007 19:28:17 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-3976 Box received. Bomb squad will be out shortly to detonate it. Enjoy your sudden and forced vacation to an "Holiday Reeducation Center" in an unspecified location in Eastern Europe that doesn't exist why what have you heard and who's been talking? Box received. Bomb squad will be out shortly to detonate it. Enjoy your sudden and forced vacation to an “Holiday Reeducation Center” in an unspecified location in Eastern Europe that doesn’t exist why what have you heard and who’s been talking?

]]> By: North Dallas Thirty http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-3947 North Dallas Thirty Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:35:49 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-3947 OK, I memed, I memed...... And I put express shipping on that "Plagues2Go.com" box. OK, I memed, I memed……

And I put express shipping on that “Plagues2Go.com” box.

]]> By: QuakerJono http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-3941 QuakerJono Sat, 14 Jul 2007 23:02:43 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-3941 Hey Stogie, thanks for stopping by. I'm not really sure you actually do vote for this particular "award". It's more of an Internet meme, really. Just getting nominated is enough to claim the title and graphic. So I don't believe there is anyplace to actually vote for anyone, but there is a link to the originating page in my post or you can go here <a href="http://www.thethinkingblog.com/2007/02/thinking-blogger-awards_11.html" rel="nofollow">Thinking Blogger Award</a>. Hey Stogie, thanks for stopping by. I’m not really sure you actually do vote for this particular “award”. It’s more of an Internet meme, really. Just getting nominated is enough to claim the title and graphic. So I don’t believe there is anyplace to actually vote for anyone, but there is a link to the originating page in my post or you can go here
Thinking Blogger Award.

]]> By: Stogie http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-3920 Stogie Sat, 14 Jul 2007 03:05:56 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-3920 Congratulations on your award, and where can i vote for Kate? Congratulations on your award, and where can i vote for Kate?

]]> By: John in IL http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-3832 John in IL Wed, 11 Jul 2007 03:51:25 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-3832 Well, hell, I could have just posted that shit here. Why take up my own blog space? Well, hell, I could have just posted that shit here. Why take up my own blog space?

]]> By: QuakerJono http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-3831 QuakerJono Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:57:44 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-3831 I'm quotable now? Excellent! Can the Penguin books edition of "The Quotable Quaker" be far off? I think not. And as we all know, once you get a Penguin under your belt, then the money really starts rolling in. I’m quotable now? Excellent! Can the Penguin books edition of “The Quotable Quaker” be far off?

I think not. And as we all know, once you get a Penguin under your belt, then the money really starts rolling in.

]]> By: Your meme is giving me a headache « Caulk is Cheap http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298&cpage=1#comment-3826 Your meme is giving me a headache « Caulk is Cheap Wed, 11 Jul 2007 02:28:15 +0000 http://www.forgottenbeatitudes.com/?p=298#comment-3826 [...] Well the bitch did it to me again. The good Quaker nominated(?) me for a Thinking Bloggers Award (it even comes with its own little graphic*) According to him, all the blogs he nominated “have consistently produced firing synapses in my head”. That’s why I am a little surprised to find myself on the list. I mean, really, while I have enjoyed my time here doing this (it keeps me out of the tavern), I generally let others do the heavy lifting when it comes to thinking. That whole thinkers and linkers thing. I’m definitely in the linkers department (maybe that’s part of the reason my soul is pictured as a barren desert). I don’t generally consider highlighting quirky youtube videos, news of the weird, stories of drunken weekends and cats as being in the “synapse firing” category. One reason I started this blog was to scratch my comment posting itch. Sometimes I want to say something that I think is funny/clever/stupid/semi-insightful and I can’t find a damn post to attach it to.  I suppose I should be flattered (and I am; I too have a hard time taking compliments) [...] [...] Well the bitch did it to me again. The good Quaker nominated(?) me for a Thinking Bloggers Award (it even comes with its own little graphic*) According to him, all the blogs he nominated “have consistently produced firing synapses in my head”. That’s why I am a little surprised to find myself on the list. I mean, really, while I have enjoyed my time here doing this (it keeps me out of the tavern), I generally let others do the heavy lifting when it comes to thinking. That whole thinkers and linkers thing. I’m definitely in the linkers department (maybe that’s part of the reason my soul is pictured as a barren desert). I don’t generally consider highlighting quirky youtube videos, news of the weird, stories of drunken weekends and cats as being in the “synapse firing” category. One reason I started this blog was to scratch my comment posting itch. Sometimes I want to say something that I think is funny/clever/stupid/semi-insightful and I can’t find a damn post to attach it to.  I suppose I should be flattered (and I am; I too have a hard time taking compliments) [...]

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