http://www.cocomment.com/comments/thatgrrl Copyright 2007 coComment.com 2009-11-26T07:27:23.892+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/images/logo4rss.gif http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2505336&comment_id=95662206 Laura I've read a few of your reviews and would to put my own blog on the chopping block. You put a lot into your review and have good suggestions for improvement. I have room for improvement so it should be a good thing. Right? 2009-05-19T02:59:31.473+02:00 2009-05-19T02:59:31.473+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2501009&comment_id=92753610 undefined I decided to write for another blog network again. I looked at Today.com but when I found the porn ad (which they know about and continue to keep on the site) I knew they were not the kind of network I want anything to do with. I posted about them to my personal blog, with a screen capture of the adult ad they run. 2009-05-12T21:21:28.892+02:00 2009-05-12T21:21:28.892+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2495507&comment_id=88300331 Laura Could you add something to make it easy to flip in an image as a header? I know I could change the code and dot it myself but would be nice not to mess with the code when the theme works so well right now. Best would be a background file to add to the header so the title could still show over it, with the link. 2009-05-04T18:32:43.274+02:00 2009-05-04T18:32:43.274+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2491315&comment_id=84809002 Laura I pretty much live in one room these days. Wasn't easy to move a one bedroom apartment into just one room. 2009-04-28T00:54:11.286+02:00 2009-04-28T00:54:11.286+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2487204&comment_id=81408642 Laura Plenty of WordPress blogs have them too. 2009-04-21T17:44:19.813+02:00 2009-04-21T17:44:19.813+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2485702&comment_id=80276231 Laura I don't have any worries about my blog traffic as far as Entrecard. I've become a pretty quiet EC user in the past several months. I will only miss having a list of blogs I like to read through the EC widget. But I've been working on training myself to use Google Reader instead. It just takes more time and patience. I'm still with EC because I don't see any harm in just leaving it where it is. Like Project Wonderful, it's interesting to see what blogs come up on it. I can't read your word verification. Likely this comment won't get posted which is annoying after I took the time to type it. 2009-04-19T18:17:21.186+02:00 2009-04-19T18:17:21.186+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2485390&comment_id=79973929 Laura Thanks for correcting me Lorelle. I fixed the post. 2009-04-19T03:49:54.248+02:00 2009-04-19T03:49:54.248+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2484892&comment_id=79481847 Laura I am going to add a background image to bring in a little red. I've got the plan I just need to find the image in my hard drive or on one of the CD's I burned. I know it is saved somewhere as I made it for my personal site ages ago. I kept the dates off to try it that way for a bit. Besides, this blog theme was only showing the time, without the date. Seemed a bit odd. Glad you are enjoying the words Theresa. I keep writing them. :) 2009-04-18T06:22:24.924+02:00 2009-04-18T06:22:24.924+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1357973&comment_id=65370226 Laura Thanks for your help with this. I've been neglecting Tumblr cause it didn't work well when I tried to add it to the sidebar before. 2009-03-13T18:03:14.209+01:00 2009-03-13T18:03:14.209+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2440142&comment_id=63059689 admin I think the spelling does have to be close, but not identical. I've been looking for a site with more literary type terms to find more of this. We see things like that and don't know there is a word for it. Not that I have any hope to remember them all but one or two might sink in. 2009-03-04T04:43:07.825+01:00 2009-03-04T04:43:07.825+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2438245&comment_id=62560209 Laura I wrote for BellaOnline years ago. They were supposed to pay at that time but they ripped me off. It was a few dollars so really mean spirited of them I thought. I've written for a lot of sites and have learned to be careful about the money part of things. I write freebie sometimes still but if it is a site that offers to pay I usually don't bother with them. The pay is too low and the traffic matches it. Whatever you do, don't spread yourself too thin and make sure you are getting something back for what you are putting in. (Not always a dollar amount). 2009-03-02T01:56:12.554+01:00 2009-03-02T01:56:12.554+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2428466&comment_id=60026092 admin I know. :) I saw your writing blurb on FaceBook the other day. Not sure if I remembered to mention it to you. 2009-02-20T20:44:18.268+01:00 2009-02-20T20:44:18.268+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2428282&comment_id=59999082 Laura I remember you posting that before.... now what was your name? 2009-02-20T18:16:39.234+01:00 2009-02-20T18:16:39.234+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2426161&comment_id=59558763 Laura Following up everything and being proactive about commenting on other blogs takes up a huge amount of time. It often comes down to posting or commenting or promoting the blog in some way. Some days I can do all three but I spend the day on it. Other days I just have to pick which of the three I will do. For me the blogging itself comes first cause that is what I love and the reason I put myself through all of this in the first place. So maybe I won't be a blogging superstar, I'll still be enjoying blogging another 10 or so years from now. Most of the others bloggers I have known in that time are gone. I'm still here. I don't pressure myself to fit into anyone's mould of what a blogger should be. I know your posts are not geared to personal blogs. But, I think everyone who wants to stick with this should understand that you can't stick with it if you don't still love it after all the fuss is gone. 2009-02-18T23:32:00.091+01:00 2009-02-18T23:32:00.091+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2425837&comment_id=59491680 Laura The hope chest my Grandfather made for me is sitting directly to my left. There isn't space for it anywhere else in the room. I love it but living with it is not easy. Much like marriage. :) 2009-02-18T17:48:50.497+01:00 2009-02-18T17:48:50.497+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2375932&comment_id=55330078 Laura I knew the genre but never heard it called anything in particular before. Hope you will keep writing the Silver Dragons. I just bought the second book of Gabriel and I'm waiting till I can snuggle up in bed tonight to start reading it. :) 2009-02-03T23:41:20.178+01:00 2009-02-03T23:41:20.178+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2374758&comment_id=55157808 admin I change my personal site several times a year. I did have two people complain about that, but it's a personal site - what is it for if not to experiment and enjoy. This one I am not likely to change. At least not now that I have wandered into this template which is pretty good and easy to read. 2009-02-03T04:10:03.934+01:00 2009-02-03T04:10:03.934+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2305782&comment_id=50078665 That Canadian Grrl This is my favourite. I like that it is bright. So many like to make the photos and pictures gloomy looking and I don't see them that way at all. To me they are strong, beautiful and kind of romantic I guess. I especially like the original detailed workmanship on little things like the trim and windows. On this house I loved that front door. 2009-01-19T02:22:48.227+01:00 2009-01-19T02:22:48.227+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2305778&comment_id=50078115 That Canadian Grrl It's just not the same without the cattle. :) I really like the colours and the red of the roof. 2009-01-19T02:18:48.665+01:00 2009-01-19T02:18:48.665+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2305776&comment_id=50077563 That Canadian Grrl Is it bad to say that I think this could have been better with the amount of grass and sky switched so the grass leads up to the house in waves. What do you think? 2009-01-19T02:17:04.956+01:00 2009-01-19T02:17:04.956+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2109306&comment_id=43372274 Laura I'm a closet exhibitionist. I've come to the point when nothing like that embarrasses me any more. I've gotten dressed in front of big windows looking onto the street when there were kids in the bathroom and others hanging around outside my door. Maybe it's the old fashioned idea of 'if I don't see them, they can't see me'. 2008-12-18T00:16:12.000+01:00 2008-12-18T00:16:12.000+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2026394&comment_id=39455134 Laura (Google) I get the broken code thing that won't let me save the template too. But it's always some little glitchy thing. If you poke around with the template long enough you will find it and then suddenly it works. 2008-12-04T04:10:48.563+01:00 2008-12-04T04:10:48.563+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2026394&comment_id=39455066 Laura (Google) I get the broken code thing that won't let me save the template too. But it's always some little glitchy thing. If you poke around with the template long enough you will find it and then suddenly it works. It's always something really small and nit-picky. I always cut and paste the code using "select all" too. So it is not that we missed a bit of the code from Amanda. It is just something that happens everytime I use one of the tweaks from Blogger Buster. A Blogger glitch. 2008-12-04T04:10:18.194+01:00 2008-12-04T04:10:18.194+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=2022969&comment_id=39382594 Laura (Google) It's great. I just updated my template to have a winter look so this addition is perfect timing. Thanks. 2008-12-03T22:06:18.873+01:00 2008-12-03T22:06:18.873+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1876892&comment_id=32324909 Laura It's really embarrassing to have an oldies station on and have to explain to your 13 year old nephew why you are getting all teared up about a song that sounds pretty dorky to him. :D 2008-10-22T07:04:31.009+02:00 2008-10-22T07:04:31.009+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1876168&comment_id=32322028 Laura I think you'd feel worse if she didn't wonder. :D 2008-10-22T04:38:46.203+02:00 2008-10-22T04:38:46.203+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1801650&comment_id=31453947 That Canadian Grrl I don't think anyone has ever gotten past the cattle to see the back of that house. I was thinking I would try it if I go out with the filmmaker. She can be the brave one to ask for permission. :) 2008-09-25T20:06:28.869+02:00 2008-09-25T20:06:28.869+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1801375&comment_id=31448350 That Canadian Grrl We went in for a bit. There was no one in there. My Mom was with me and said she saw a woman sitting behind the counter but I didn't notice anyone. It was kind of musty smelling. I have asthma and couldn't stay to try it. But it didn't look like a place you'd go to eat. Just interesting to see something that old looking. My Mom said it was like stepping into the past. It was interesting to see for sure. :) 2008-09-25T17:58:36.479+02:00 2008-09-25T17:58:36.479+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1775369&comment_id=31173035 Laura Hard to choose between Mo and Amanda. While Amanda does have a great blog with Blogger/Blogspot help I already read that regularly and would like to see something else on the EC blog. Could she write a fresh column each week for EC or would it be a crosspost? While I don't know how much Mo knows about running on Blogger (other than having several blogs on Blogspot which I know he has customized) he doesn't already have a blog posting about the topic. So his content would be fresh each week. Could they both write it? Seems there are endless WP posts so would be nice to have at least two bloggers writing about Blogspot to help balance it out. 2008-09-17T03:51:16.213+02:00 2008-09-17T03:51:16.213+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1770998&comment_id=31132937 Laura Something about cheese spread and pate and a couple which were just anonymous (choiceA or choiceB) and something else which I forget now. 2008-09-15T21:25:17.707+02:00 2008-09-15T21:25:17.707+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1766989&comment_id=31095803 Laura Another stick figure cartoonist. Though you're more ambitious, I just draw a single pane/ scene. I'm clueless and don't know the formal phrasing. 2008-09-14T05:38:11.335+02:00 2008-09-14T05:38:11.335+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1723458&comment_id=30883295 That Canadian Grrl They just left a pile like that? seems really dangerous. 2008-09-08T20:30:46.525+02:00 2008-09-08T20:30:46.525+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1719225&comment_id=30873636 That Canadian Grrl Would be interesting to find some history on that one. So weird that they built the chimneys that way but the rest of the house looks pretty standard. I hope it is being restored. 2008-09-08T14:33:59.161+02:00 2008-09-08T14:33:59.161+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1572789&comment_id=30157031 Laura I enjoyed the story. You need to check your spelling. your versus you're their versus they're flu versus flew 2008-08-09T08:15:00.204+02:00 2008-08-09T08:15:00.204+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1553011&comment_id=29955034 Laura Trying it. Looking for a way to squeeze all the toolbars into one. Too many of them with this too. 2008-08-03T21:37:31.397+02:00 2008-08-03T21:37:31.397+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1518956&comment_id=28907481 That Canadian Grrl The sandcastle arch and the photo are both great. 2008-07-23T19:16:58.000+02:00 2008-07-23T19:16:58.000+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1514106&comment_id=28863341 Laura You can also doodle for the Maniac Monday, Wordless Wednesday and Sunday Scribblings. I doodle for each of those and sometimes on Thursday Thirteen too. 2008-07-21T22:56:57.025+02:00 2008-07-21T22:56:57.025+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1514106&comment_id=28863288 Laura Keep doodling. It IS a lot of fun. It doesn't have to be perfect, just fun for you. :) 2008-07-21T22:47:48.773+02:00 2008-07-21T22:47:48.773+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1499230&comment_id=28726859 Laura Can we automatically set every comment on our blog to get a 100% rank/ score. I can't see myself having the arrogance or the time to rate comments on my blog. I set it up for others to use but I don't really see how it will be anything more than a gets points quick scheme. My successful blog isn't really about traffic. 2008-07-16T06:51:38.252+02:00 2008-07-16T06:51:38.252+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1495826&comment_id=28696073 Laura I have a thing for cute socks too. I have a drawer full of them. :) 2008-07-15T02:11:03.135+02:00 2008-07-15T02:11:03.135+02:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1313184&comment_id=24947085 Laura That's perfect! :D I'm going to post that and link back to you. 2008-03-23T03:43:08.625+01:00 2008-03-23T03:43:08.625+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1313136&comment_id=24945239 Laura I get emails from brokers like this. I delete them all. I don't want to run text ads in my posts. Always sounds like you've just given your blog a parasite. I don't like to give someone a free ride on my work, whatever pittance they pay doesn't make up for the feeling that I've just given my blog a parasite. As a contributer to the blog I am really against having any ad running as part of my post. Doesn't sound like you are heading that direction anyway, but it was a concern to me as I read the post. 2008-03-23T02:37:47.129+01:00 2008-03-23T02:37:47.129+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1312607&comment_id=24938108 Laura I keep a lot of blogs in my favourites at EC. Those are the ones which have caught my eye and kept my interest. Some will come and go as they don't update enough or seem to be something other than what I thought they were. But, those are the blogs I start dropping at each time. So, it is working for me. I've found a lot of new blogs to read and find ideas at. I don't card drop just for the sake of dropping cards except for the U Drop list at Lee's blog. I'm having second thoughts about being part of that. Several of those blogs don't interest me at all and several others seem to be all ads. One even opens with a huge porn ad so you can't even find the blog at all. 2008-03-22T18:06:29.859+01:00 2008-03-22T18:06:29.859+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1311305&comment_id=24924788 Laura I'd like to have a full list of who has dropped by. I am sure I must miss some of them. If you can't get it to work just add it as a text link. That is what I did on my site. Sweet and simple and just under the EC button. 2008-03-21T22:04:24.410+01:00 2008-03-21T22:04:24.410+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1311343&comment_id=24924772 Laura When the directory was created it was great. It worked great and it was beautiful to be working there, adding sites and finding new sites. You could really feel you were creating something that made a difference. It will never be what it once was. The money makers and spammers have drowned what was great about Dmoz. It's a huge shame. I know that is really why I am angry about money making blogs. It's not personal, not directed to any one of them. But, where I could go to a site and find something creative now I usually go to a site and just find a giant commercial. It's sad. 2008-03-21T21:55:56.202+01:00 2008-03-21T21:55:56.202+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1311343&comment_id=24924722 Laura Your submissions are likely sitting in limbo until an active editor tackles that category. There just are not enough active editors at Dmoz. There won't ever be enough people to work as unpaid volunteers out of passion (not any other motive, like spamming). They are way overwhelmed. There is no way for them to ever catch up. It just will not ever happen. You could try getting listed in the regional category for your site instead of the main directory category. If you are lucky an editor will check there. From outside Dmoz you can't tell which editor is active and which has not logged in for the past 3 months. At about the 3 month point they will be deleted by the system for being inactive. 2008-03-21T21:46:38.677+01:00 2008-03-21T21:46:38.677+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1302094&comment_id=24813833 Laura I've been part of EntreCard for a few weeks. 2008-03-17T08:57:24.240+01:00 2008-03-17T08:57:24.240+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1285457&comment_id=24667347 Laura Congratulations. I've written for sites before. It's a good way to get into the habit of having something to say on a regular schedule. Great writing discipline and inspiration. Keep a few column topics handy cause there will always be a time when you come up empty. Good luck and have fun with it. Much less pressure for freebie work and that makes it kind of fun. Hope you get a good readership. :) 2008-03-07T07:08:02.550+01:00 2008-03-07T07:08:02.550+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1278170&comment_id=24581564 Laura I like that screen. Just noticed it this morning. Glad to have a way to see the past ads. 2008-03-02T07:34:45.437+01:00 2008-03-02T07:34:45.437+01:00 http://www.cocomment.com/sidebar?object=people&context=explore&mode=detail&id=thatgrrl&conv=1252744&comment_id=24190567 Laura I've been drawing my own cartoons for awhile. Not great but fun to do. Really interested to see what the software does. Thanks for the post. Just wandered in here from another blog. It's funny that your site has been on mine most of the time since I started using Spott (sp?) yesterday. 2008-02-16T17:58:02.613+01:00 2008-02-16T17:58:02.613+01:00