were you paying any attention in class??!!

sent to me by one of my FA in PA (can you guess she is a retired school teacher?)

Did you guys see that?

Anil Dash left a comment on my site!

Who the hell is Anil Dash? 

He is one of the Typepad’s vice presidents!  Typepad is the service I use to publish this site.  He is sorry to hear that I am not thrilled with the photo album set up.

Talk about customer service!

That’s like Dave making your burger.  Or Gates calling to see if the laptop arrived. Or Oprah asking if you liked November’s issue …..

maybe I’m getting a little carried away – he is a vice president after all.

But still …. I’m impressed.  I wrote back to him detailing my specific complaint about the photo album process. 

wonder if he’ll fix it?

wonder if we will become pen email pals?

do you think he knits?

are you searching for the perfect gift for your commuter?  do you or anyone on your list ride the train?  know anyone who deals with traffic or crowds on a daily basis?

how about this or that?

This morning, I had what I thought was a good idea for an entry.  There hasn’t been too much knitting going on around Chez Swine lately, so I figured I would put together a photo album of the new puppy and blame it on him.  This really isn’t all that far from the truth.  As I am sure you are aware, having a puppy is a lot like having a toddler running around.

And that is where the trouble began.  After a couple of frustrating hours of getting nothing accomplished, I took my spinning wheel and headed to Peggy’s.  She plied me with soup, cinnamon buns and good company and I felt much better about things.

Home I trotted.  All seemed right with the world.  Mr. Poe didn’t even mess in his crate while I was away and did all of his ‘business’ in the back yard!  I came in and sat down to have another go at Typepad. 

I prevailed!  Direct your attention to the left hand side bar and you will see a new photo album of Mr. Edgrrr Allen Poe.

So engrossed was I in the task, that I failed to notice Mr. Poe up to no good.  He managed to knock Proud Mary over!  Thankfully, he was not hurt, but I wish I could say the same for her ….. the brake pin has cracked!!  She will still work (at least I think she will), but I need to check into good sites for replacement pugs, I mean, parts.

Mr. Poe is in the doghouse.