seen at joelle’s:
1. What did you do in 2004 that you’d never done before?
married john, went to my grandma’s funeral, drove home for the holidays.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
i don’t do resolutions.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
two girls at work, y, and numerous cousins (i’m not kidding when i say numerous – my dad’s family is HUGE). my ovaries are doing backflips as i type.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
my grandmother on my mom’s side, my great aunt, and a cousin on my dad’s side that i hadn’t seen in a while but was fond of as a child.
5. What countries did you visit?
just the good ole u.s. i didn’t even get down to mexico this year.
6. What would you like to have in 2005 that you lacked in 2004?
savings. a thriving freelance writing business. a new digital camera. more time to write for me.
7. What dates from 2004 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?
feb 29, 2004 – my wedding
sept 10, 2004 – grandma died
dec 24, 2004 – i met my great-niece
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
besides settling down and actually marrying the big lug? (i was the delay, i think. you could probably call me skittish, but i think that name is taken. heh.)
finally figuring out what i want, for real.
9. What was your biggest failure?
the year’s not over yet – there’s still time.
10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
just a really nasty cold that knocked me on my ass for several days.
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okay, here’s the info if you’re still having spam comment problems.
i found the script info via a google search, but couldn’t download the file via geeksblog. it appears to be the same file that you can get on the mt plugin site, but i haven’t compared them. after a little more searching, it turns out that lomara has a copy on her site, which i used, following geeksblog’s instructions.
it was very simple, especially since i want to close comments on all of my blogs past a certain amount of time. i saw other notes that david raynes’ plugin has other options, so you may want to compare the two. but geeksblog’s worked for me because i needed simple. i didn’t leave it on my server, though, because it contains sensitive information. i’ll load it and run it as i need it. it may need adjustment now that i’ve changed my comments file name.
there’s some great information about combating spam on learning mt.
i highly recommend that you rename mt-comments.cgi. if the bots can’t find it, they can’t abuse it. my webhost sent me very simple instructions and they worked like a charm. i’m going to **** out the name i used. just insert the name of your choice that will indicate your comments file and use that name in these two places.
1) Rename mt-comments.cgi to mt****.cgi
2) Edit your mt.cfg, find the line that says:
# CommentScript mt-comments.pl
and change it to read:
CommentScript mt****.cgi
3) Rebuild your Blog Files.
it really was that easy and my comments worked right away. my spammer, however, was gone. yay! if you have any questions at all, please let me know.
