Gently
It may not be apparent to you, particularly if you’re not all that familiar with animal behavior, but this armadillo is incredibly happy. You can tell by the subtle smile lines near his eye. Don’t feel bad if you didn’t notice it, it took me years to learn how to read armadillo body language.
Anyway, just trust me when I tell you that he’s really happy. He’s happy because he and I are both pretty sure that my nagging RSS feed problems are fixed, at least most of them. And this is thanks in large part to the tireless efforts and endless patience of my friends Vahid and Dave, who endured weeks of emails from me trying to figure out the cause of the mysterious feed breakage. I have a bad habit of trying to figure things out on my own, with limited technical knowledge, and occasionally need to call in the big guns to clean up my mess.
So if some of you assumed I had given up blogging and finally moved onto that goat farm, welcome back! I’ve missed you more than you’ll ever know. But please… nobody make any loud noises or sudden movements. My RSS feeds are held together with duct tape, Popsicle sticks and chewing gum, so let’s not tempt fate, okay?
[slowly backs out of the room]
Filed under: General on May 23rd, 2009
May 23rd, 2009 at 3:45 pm
Thanks Vahid and Dave!
Course what did I do? Tempt fate. Your feed was showing up twice in my reader and I added it a third time to get the ‘new’ feed, and then I ended up deleting them all and adding it again. Think I’ve got it sorted now. What was I thinking?
I should have listened to you!
May 23rd, 2009 at 4:50 pm
Is this a TequilaCon memento? I’ve still got Peaches the Horse and my scorpions!
May 23rd, 2009 at 10:17 pm
claire: hey… as long as one of them works, i’m happy!
dave: indeed, it is. i know i have a cactus and a snake somewhere around here as well…
May 24th, 2009 at 10:49 am
Glad that it’s working again! And very glad that you’ve installed a subscribe to comments plugin.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:57 am
thanks, adam! and i remember you mentioning the comments plugin before… so much easier to do all this stuff now on wordpress vs. movable type!
May 24th, 2009 at 11:01 am
Yeah, Movable Type has some advantages, but I think WordPress has the most customizability.
May 24th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
I don’t know what makes brings me greater joy … your being back in the RSS feeds, or seeing that mirthful armadillo. It’s really a toss-up …
May 25th, 2009 at 10:18 am
avitable: that’s what i’m discovering!
waterfall: i see you have studied animal body language.
May 26th, 2009 at 9:07 am
All this blog needs now is a few Sometimes Rabbit photos. Just sayin’.
May 27th, 2009 at 12:03 am
So glad to hear your finally got it fixed! Sorry I was no help – I’m a novice when it comes to feed-technology. I’m learning too!