Simple Things Challenge

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Black, no sugar please
The feel of a cold, wet nose
And warm arms of love.

 

Update: Big news! I've just heard that an anonymous donor has offered to match the donation generated by the Simple Things Challenge dollar for dollar. Which means that now every post is worth twice as much to the Heartline Ministries clinic. If you've already put up your post, you won't have to do anything more. But if you're still considering it, you have double the reason to do it now. The Challenge is still in progress until midnight Pacific Standard Time (GMT -8), so there's still several hours before things come to a close.

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Chris at Enchanted Oak has an initiative going to aid those in Haiti, and it won't cost you a thing but a few minutes of your time.

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"For each person who participates with a list, a poem, or a prose piece about the joy of simple things, my family will donate $2.00 to Heartline Ministries for their medical clinic and other programs in Haiti. The Heartline Ministries blog by John McHoul will tell you more about what they are doing."

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This seems like a simple enough way to help out, and best of all it doesn't cost a dime. (How often you get a deal like that? But there is a deadline. Submissions have to be posted and linked at Chris's blog by midnight PST tonight. Entries can be whatever form you like -- poetry, prose, or just a list -- or some combination thereof. I hope you'll take a few moments and join in the effort.

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Scheduled Posting Out Again

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A couple of months ago Blogger went through a couple of days where the auto-scheduling feature decided to throw a snit and nobody's scheduled posts were publishing on time. Looks like the problem has returned. But it's listed as a "Known Issue", and I'm really hoping they get it fixed soon. Meanwhile if you're a Blogger User that relies on scheduled posting (like me!) you'll want to keep an eye on your posts for a few days until they get this sorted out. The issue report says "Scheduled posting is unreliable for some users". Well guys, for this user, it's perfectly reliable... it just doesn't work at all.
Just thought you oughta know.

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Public Service Announcement - The Trouble With Mr. Linky

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You may have noticed Mr. Linky's been cranky lately, and late yesterday an email went out to all the registered users explaining part of the reason why. Basically, if you have the header script in your template, they're asking you to remove it. (If you don't know what I'm talking about, chances are you don't have to worry about it.) The full explanation is at: http://www.misterlinky.net/blog/?p=126WTF is up with Mr. Linky? Mr. Linky AWOL Mr. Linky no worky Mr. Linky broken

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