There was a little kersnaffle with WordPress last weekend – Lorelle describes it well there – and I always trust the very cool Lorelle- that there were some nasty hacks and attacks from an East European hacker into older versions of WP, so I had to update AGAIN.

This time it was painless, because of a very handy automatic upgrade plugin, called, naturally, Wordpress Automatic Upgrade. Thanks, Keith Dsousa!

However, comments weren’t working for a couple of days. Please come and comment if you wanted to and couldn’t! Please.

That's the last time we let HIM order. All rights reserved ©D. Barstow Cartoon of cat ordering mice on pizza.

My first Wordless Wednesday. Taking the cue from a bird blogger I admire: Bev.

So if I get the self-control I hope for, there won’t be any words next time.

Yes, that’s right, I said Google is punishing me for my transgressions, not God. Although I feel a teeny bit like Job this week: problems installing Wordpress 2.7, so that this blog was down for well over a day, and attending anxiety, the theme (Template) broke, so I had to pick another one, check I was expecting from buyer did not meet expectations, and another check simply did not get here. Plus, I got locked into my apartment.

Into, not out of , because I hate being just like other people. My top lock, a deadbolt, stopped working, so the lever wouldn’t withdraw the bolt. Well, one always has windows for fresh air. However, someone would have to come rescue me, and I am a typical unorganized serial killer cartoonist, so a lot of organizing had to happen, fast, with, of course, no way to take out the trash.

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