Censor ME, will you??

This morning I was diligently clicking through my emails in order to delete 99% of them when I came across an email from Blogger.com, which is the platform I use to publish my blog.

 

They were writing to inform me that my post entitled “Happy Hump Day!” from May 26, 2010 (2010, for cryin’ out loud!) had been flagged for review and they had determined it violated their Malware and Viruses Policy and was being deleted.

 

What??

 

All I could think was that perhaps some scammer had made a comment after I’d published the blog and it contained some sort of virus or malware. But I couldn’t check that out since the post had been deleted.

 

It’s not like I had control of the comments published back then. Eventually, they added the ability for the blogger to review the comments and publish or delete, as needed. Many comments were clearly SPAM, so I always deleted them.

 

But, before that time? Hey, that’s on you Blogger.com!

 

I knew that I couldn’t have possibly inserted anything in the body of the blog that would violate anything, but – naturally – I had to search through my Word documents to find the “offensive” blog.

 

So I read the blog in question. And I re-read it. I even chuckled a few times and thought, boy, I was kinda funny back then. I gotta try to regain that sense of humor!

 

But when I finished the blog and didn’t see anything offensive or virus-like, I got annoyed. I may have even gotten a tad perturbed. (Does perturbed show that one is more annoyed than annoyed?)

 

Well, anyway.

 

Blogger.com is “allowing” me to rewrite the piece and if it “adheres to their Community Guidelines” I can submit it so it can be “reconsidered” for publishing again.

 

Oh, thank you so very much, Blogger.com.

 

Instead, I’ll leave it up to you, my readers: do you see anything in the following that violates anything?

 

 

HAPPY HUMP DAY

 

It’s Wednesday and you know what that means – it’s Hump Day. I used to think that was sort of a “rude” saying, but now I totally get it.

 

It did seem like the first two days of this week were an uphill climb. And, boy, has it been a steep climb! Once I get through today, though, it will truly be downhill from here. Friday is a short workday and then we’ve got the long holiday weekend to look forward to. Thank God. I’ve never needed a long holiday weekend more than I do right now!  

 

When Vince and I first started thinking about the holiday and where we might want to go or what we might want to do, we thought of visiting family in northern Michigan. My cousins are closing their restaurant in Leland, Michigan, so they can focus on their other business called “The Redheads” – they make hummus, vinaigrettes and other yummy natural and organic foods.

 

Anyway, they are having a grand finale gathering at Kejara’s Bridge over the Memorial Day weekend, so that was sort of an incentive to make the trip. Plus, I love visiting my cousins! But because I haven’t been feeling well – and now Vince has finally caught my cooties – it doesn’t seem like a smart idea for us to drive 7 hours, party like rock stars over the weekend – and then drive 7 hours home and get right back to work on Tuesday.

 

Here is where I lament, “Why, oh why, am I not independently wealthy?” Whenever I’ve asked the question before, I’ve never gotten a constructive answer. The best I get is some snarky comment like, “Better play the lottery, girl.”

 

Like that helps.

 

So it doesn’t look like we’ll be making the trip. Besides, I never called any of my cousins to say that we were even considering a visit. Can you imagine if we just showed up? “Hi guys. Um…who can put us up for the weekend?” Talk about rude!

 

Leland, Michigan, by the way, does not have a plethora of Red Roof Inns, and sleeping in our car is, well, that just ain’t happenin’.

 

No, I think we’ll be sitting this one out. I’m sure my cousins would appreciate it. They certainly don’t want to hear us performing our nightly 3AM coughing concert. And by “us” I mean “me.” So far, Vince hasn’t chimed in yet, but since he has my cooties, I expect he will be joining me very soon.

 

Instead, we’ll stick close to home with our Vick’s VapoRub and Kleenex and Nyquil close at hand. Well, those will be more for Vince as most of my symptoms – except for the stupid cough – are gone.

 

So what else will we be doing this weekend? Well, we could throw caution to the wind and rent a video or something. (Ooh, we’re livin’ the high life now, aren’t we?!) But at least renting a movie has to be better than watching a free flick on Cinemax. The other night we were bored, so we watched a movie called “Dreamcatcher.”  Talk about bizarre. Alien creatures that looked like slimy snakes with lots of rows of vertical teeth came out of, well, out of people’s hindquarters. I mean…how gross is that?!

 

The movie did not, as you can imagine, make it to my Top 10 Favorite Movies of All Time list.

 

Maybe I’ll just immerse myself in shoes this weekend. I have not one – but two – coupons for DSW that are burning a hole in my pocket. It’s enough to net me at least one free pair! Hmmm…I feel myself perking up here. Yes, I can see spending some quality time looking at row after row, aisle after aisle of pretty shoes!

 

Oh, and then I could throw caution to the wind and actually go to the movie theater and see the new “Sex & The City 2” movie. I can see what kinds of shoes that Carrie and her cohorts are wearing.  Shoes with sky-high heels that I could never (a) afford, or (b) wear without risking life and limb.

 

Okay, so it looks like it’s shaping up to be a shoes-and-Vick’s-VapoRub kinda weekend. Maybe Vince will even cook some burgers on the grill. That’s an appropriate activity for the first summer holiday weekend, isn’t it?

 

Woohoo. I think we’ve got a plan! No, we won’t be partying like rock stars, but at least we can have our 3AM coughing concert in the comfort of our own home. And we can take the whole “sleeping in the car” concern right off the table!

 

Now that that’s settled, I can take a moment to wish you a “Happy Hump Day!” Party like a rock star!