I tried posting at my alternate blog on Blogger, and got this message:

"There were errors."

Asked for details, the helpful program told me this:

"001 java.io.IOException: EOF while reading from control connection".

But that didn't help me at all.

Thoughts?

Posted by: Attila at 07:27 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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I can't figure out what is causing MT to reject most of my entries that have any sort of substance.

And they're all sitting in an MS Word, file, man. Every word is a freakin' pearl. They'd bowl you over if you could read them.

Posted by: Attila at 07:01 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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. . . attempt

a posting

that's

a whopping

seven

lines

long.

Posted by: Attila at 10:43 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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. . . I attempted

to post

something

that contained

six lines?

Would that work?

Posted by: Attila at 10:40 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
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I'll try this.

Let's see

if I can post

a five-line

post without getting an error message.

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Safari can’t open the page “http://blog.mu.nu/cgi/mt.cgi” because it could not load any data from this location."

And it won't work in Explorer, either.

Very annoying.

Posted by: Attila at 10:19 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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I wonder whether memory problems in my Mac might be related to my inablity to post anything over four lines. Anyone have any ideas about that? So far I've been very lucky in not needing to upgrade my memory, but I know with a Mac one always gets needs to upgrade, sooner or later.

Posted by: Attila at 06:02 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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MT has decided I'm too wordy, and will only accept entries that are a few lines long.

This could be an opportunity to Become Concise. Or, perhaps, find out how far into the yard my computer would go if I threw it right through the freakin' window as hard as I could.

Posted by: Attila at 12:25 AM | Comments (7) | Add Comment
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1 !?!

Posted by: k at September 17, 2005 08:30 AM (6krEN)

2 This could be an opportunity to Become Concise. Or, perhaps, it could become an opportunity to Switch To Wordpress... Just a thought. ;-)

Posted by: McGehee at September 17, 2005 11:33 AM (lAOTn)

3 Well, one problem I've had with WordPress is that it tends to blink on other people's blogs as I scroll. Can this be fixed?

Posted by: Attila Girl at September 17, 2005 04:14 PM (Kti1Q)

4 I use Firefox, and sometimes your page doesn't load properly. Thankfully this time it did.

Posted by: ratan at September 17, 2005 07:04 PM (xdPoU)

5 Hm. I don't think that's MT's fault. It's probably mine, for loading all the stupid crap onto my sidebars that I do. Even my blog is cluttered! That's how inadequate I am!

Posted by: Attila Girl at September 18, 2005 12:07 AM (Kti1Q)

6 I doubt it's the fault of MT. Your blog isn't very cluttered at all, at least not compared to some others I read. Which makes the difficulty loading it in FF all the more strange. It does load fine in IE, so I'm not too troubled by it.

Posted by: ratan at September 18, 2005 10:26 AM (xdPoU)

7 Miss Attila, You're just fighting with a setting in MT. Shoot me an email with the version you're using and perhaps I can help you fix that. I haven't had any problems posting 2000 word rants...so I think it's a setting that got messed up. Love the blog...and the look. Nothing jumbled about it. You got it going on! See you on the high ground! MajorDad1984

Posted by: MajorDad1984 at September 19, 2005 05:28 PM (tdEnf)

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How on earth do you expect me to post interesting things if you don't stop by?

Visit more often, and I'll post. It's only fair.

Posted by: Attila at 08:23 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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Hm. Wonder what's going on, here. MT appears to have some sort of mental block.

And, you know—it's a lot younger than I am. Definitely on the other side of that 40-divide. So there's no real excuse for it.

Posted by: Attila at 04:47 AM | No Comments | Add Comment
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From now on:

1) Name-calling is discouraged in all cases, but tolerated with respect to public figures. It is not to be used against other commenters, or your hostess. If you resort to this, I may change your comments to make you sound stupid. If that's, you know. If it's feasible. (Often, it simply isn't, and I just let the comment stand.)

2) If there's no chance that your words will edify others or persuade someone else to come around to your point of view, why bother?—you could be watching re-runs of Man from U.N.C.L.E.. Or doing drugs. Or working out a New York Times crossword.

3) Stick to one screen name here, particularly within a given comment thread. Of if you're going to pretend to be several different people, do try to make it convincing: misspell different words. Commit separate grammatical errors. Live it up and use paragraph breaks, even if that isn't normally your bag.

I want to believe.

4) If you're going to claim status as a Vietnam Vet, I want your branch of service, the years you served, your unit number, the tasks your group specialized in (tunnel rats? LRRP?), and the area(s) where you were deployed. Or, you know—I get to counter your arguments by claiming to be the reincarnation of Molly Kettle. This isn't a Monopoly game, and pretending to be a Vet isn't like drawing a get-out-of-jail-free card, releasing you from the normal rules of civilized discourse.

I'm starting to conclude that real 'Nam vets are far outnumbered by those who are "recovering memories" of their service therein. Matter of fact, I think I might have been there myself. I was eight years old at the time, but tough as nails. I killed a lot of VC, and now I'm plagued by guilt.

Thanks.

Posted by: Attila at 07:05 PM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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1 Not to mention that the REMF to combat troop ratio in the 'Nam was 8 or 9 to one, so even someone legitimately in-country might not have a whole lot to add to the party. There is a professor up here who simultaneously claims to have been a VN combat vet in the 101st and not to have fired a shot in anger. Either a) he was a REMF pogue, or b) he's lying about being in the 101st, because his claimed time of service coincides with the Hamburger Hill action. If he really was that much of a pacifist, either his platoon mates would have fragged him for non-support in combat, or (more likely) the 101st would have washed him out for insufficient belicosity. My vote is that he was a desk jockey or supply pogue attached to the 101st. He brings exactly zero to the debate about the horrors of combat.

Posted by: John at August 29, 2005 03:42 AM (YFWw+)

2 "...watching re-runs of Man from U.N.C.L.E." I cannot imagine how deep in your repressed memory you had to delve to come up with that.

Posted by: James at August 29, 2005 10:08 AM (95AVn)

3 Blogger, 2003-present, 101st Keyboarders Division, Comment Sniping Specialist and Anti-Drug Warrior, deployed on the lower right hemisphere, taking and giving flak from Moonbats, Libertarian Utopians, and Rightwing Statists, depending upon the day and the specific patrol I was on. You're welcome, you're welcome very much!

Posted by: Desert Cat at August 30, 2005 11:22 PM (xdX36)

4 On the thread I was specifically complaining about, the opposition switched from vague claims of being Vietnam vets to equally vague claims of having participated in the Korean War. People are so stupid.

Posted by: Attila Girl at August 31, 2005 06:55 AM (EtCQE)

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Off to beddy-bye. Visit the Pirate early and often.

I'll be getting this place back to normal (whatever that means) over the next few days.

Don't eat any wooden pickles!

Posted by: Attila at 04:29 AM | Comments (2) | Add Comment
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"The Pirate" of Pirate's Blog will be sailing this website through the treacherous waters of Southern California's hot (and liberal) climate for the next four days. Hoist the black flag, and give him a warm welcome.

I'll be on the East Coast from tomorrow morning on, attending my sister's wedding and poking around in some of the state's eminent domain abuse cases (apparently, the ones in New London are only the beginning in that area). I'll check in now and then if I can find a cheap internet cafe. After all, I still have tons of Siggraph stories from the past few days that you people have to hear (or, possibly, skim over).

But now, I'm going to grab a few hours of sleep. Because I'm such stuff as dreams are made on, and so forth.

Posted by: Attila at 03:14 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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One of my readers writes to ask why I usually get men to guest-blog for me when I'm out of town.

Of course, I'm not so sure that's the case: I've only had two guest bloggers, Desert Cat and William Teach of Pirate's Cove. As a member of the Cotillion, I'm hardly ashamed of my femininity.

But variety is the spice of life, and I certainly try for people who have different "takes" or attitudes when I get someone to cover for me.

And there's nothing wrong at all with a shot of testosterone here and there to balance all my girly blogging.

Hope this helps.

Posted by: Attila at 03:06 PM | Comments (1) | Add Comment
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1 Heh. There's nothing wrong with a shot of "It's my damned blog and I'll have whom I choose."

Posted by: Rae at June 19, 2005 12:41 PM (4YdLE)

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I'm now past the 100,000-hit mark. Very small change compared with some others, but satisfying nonetheless. (For instance, James Joyner took three months rather than two years to reach the same watermark. But I'm a boutique blog, and I'm happy.)

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1 Congratulations! I like the term botique blog... I think if you're a botique blog, then I am probaly a kiosk blog.

Posted by: jody at June 11, 2005 01:05 PM (6k5Dz)

2 And I am that staple of storytelling: "The Hidden Prince". See, the Once and Future King

Posted by: Mr.Kurtz at June 15, 2005 10:56 PM (wPte4)

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See if you can leave them now. If not, I'm going to have to call in the heavy artillery (people who know what they're doing with web pages).

Posted by: Attila at 12:34 AM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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. . . so it'll be light posting today. In the meantime, check out all the bitchin' sites on my blogroll (most of it's on the left sidebar, but the Watcher's Council members are listed on the right sidebar).

And, above all, be good.

Posted by: Attila at 12:44 PM | No Comments | Add Comment
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This week. Probably within about 48 hours.

Not that, you know, I keep track.

I mean, this is art for art's sake; why on earth would I need an audience?

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I should point out that, as a mid-level blogger, I'm the perfect place to advertise if you're just starting out (or have a low-key blog you'd like to publicize more effectively).

I get a decent amount of traffic, which isn't just my core readership but a resonable number of heavy hitters who stop by on at least a weekly basis. (No, that doesn't include Glenn Reynolds, but you'd be surprised how well a person can do without getting any Instalanches whatsoever.)

I'm back up to 500+ hits a day, now that the post-election and holiday slumps are over with. I'm still small enough, however, for ads to be really cheap ($10-$20/month, depending on my stats at the exact moment you buy the ad).

Keep in mind that if you do want to run an ad, an image, photo, or icon (some kind of artwork, no matter how simple) will likely make it more effective. So try to have that ready when you get started. And I've been told that it's easier to find me in the Blogads system by going through my existing adstrips, rather than trying to find me on their site. (Go to the right-hand sidebar, and find "I've wanted to sell out all my life," or [further down] "Advertise here.")

We now return you to your regularly scheduled less-overt—understated—ad-whoring and link-whoring. Which means I can take off these fishnets and high heels, now, and get back into my corduroys. Yay!

Posted by: Attila at 07:35 AM | Comments (4) | Add Comment
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Today I'm scrambling to wrap presents, do errands, and pack. Tomorrow my husband and I go out of town. We'll be back circa Monday. I will have my laptop with me, and I'm sure I'll post at least several times while I'm away.

In the meantime, get as much sunlight as you can, don't spend too much money, try not to overeat, and do not succomb to depression. It's a strange time of year: don't let it get to you.

Hugs your kids, kiss your spouse/sig other. Make the easiest thing for dinner that you can. People are much more important than things.

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