I was happy to see a comment on yesterday's entry. I know people read this stuff (not a lot, but there are a few of you), but I don't get a lot of comments so it always makes me happy to see one there. What do I find? Spam. An invitation to join a webring. The invitation itself is fine, I wouldn't mind that, but at least make it look like you're actually reading the posts first. "I found your obsession with muffins today bizarre but amusing! Would you like to join our webring?" Sure! Well, maybe. I still haven't decided on webrings yet, but you get what I'm saying.
This is the first time I've had this in a comment. Guestbook spam is something I've had a lot of on previous websties. They were very obvious too, but I kept them around because they were so bad that they amused me. This one in the comments is nice enough, and maybe I'm wrong and it's not spam but someone who honestly liked what they saw and extended a sincere invitation to me, in which case I'm sorry for all of the above and am flattered by the invitation but I do need to think about it.
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It's Thanksgiving Day here in Canada. I've probably mentioned it already last year but frankly I'm too lazy to go back and look it up so I'll just say it again, I don't really care about this holiday beyond the overtime I'm getting for working today. As far as I'm concerned, this is nothing more than our bastardized version of the American holiday. Perhaps I'm wrong and it has legitimate origins, but I don't care enough to research that. The only holiday in October that matters to me is Halloween, and damn it, that needs to be a stat holiday!
By the say, when did Hallowe'en become Halloween? But then the next question would be when did All Hallow's Eve become Hallowe'en?
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by Tabby at 10/11/2004 01:36:00 p.m.
