Big Leather Couch

Spent time this weekend going through the template code and not finding a problem.

Interesting that the home page is messed up as are the posts from Wednesday 8/12, Friday 8/13. Then the posts from Monday 8/22 and Wednesday 8/24 are fine, but Thursday 8/25 is messed up.

I can only come up with one thing in common from the 8/12 post and the 8/25 post and that is, on both of those days I got a long anonymous comment in Russian (it looked like Russian!).

Most of my anonymous comments never get published, as either Blogger catches them or I do. Unfortunately, without comment moderation, these two did get by and they were very long.

I do not know for sure, but it is the only common theme to the breakdown of the template.

It might be time to just select another template, but first, I am turning comment moderation back on (it is set for comments on posts 5 days old or more). Well either that or turning on word verification and I am not sure which I dislike the most.

Comment moderation puts it on me...Word verification puts it on you. SO since it is my blog, comment moderation it is...sorry bout the fact that your brilliant wit will not be immediately available for the world to read! LOL

That does not fix the front page problem, so I am looking to maybe redo the template and see if I can repair the whole thing.

I am also drafting a new look for www.musiconthecouch.com as it no longer follows the brand standards set for the show on the other media platforms. So much to do...

No show the next two weeks. Tonight my brother, SIL and niece come through Memphis on their way to Wofford College, where Adele will be studying this year. Then next week is Labor Day. But the calendar for the next few months is filling up and then, before you know it, we will have a week-long series of shows for the IBC.

Congrats to the team from Huntington Beach, CA who took home the crown of Little League World Champions for 2011. A great final game against the team from Japan.

See y'all tomorrow.

So, I can not figure this out.. the main page is screwed up as are last Wednesday and Friday. Last Tuesday is fine as is yesterday's post. I guess we will find out if today's post is also screwy...

Jay suggested it might be one of my widgets. Well, I have not added anything new....

I thought maybe it was that big WHERE's VINBO picture, but that day is fine and even when I delete it, the same days are screwed.

So, we will keep trying to fix it for you 3 people!

Glad the earthquake yesterday did not cause even more damage or deaths. For all you Californians, see...our buildings are not earthquake ready - for the most part - and the infrastructure is certainly not.

So there was some damage to one of the iconic monuments in Washington. A crack was detected in the Washington Monument. The crack in one of the stones in the monument's pyramidium -- the pyramid shape at the very top.

Man, I had a great time Monday night with Cee Cee James and the guys from Mighty Mojo Prophets...fun, interesting and some damn fine music.

BUT...more technical bite my ass stuff...since moving into the new office, I sound hollow. I need to get some coverings on the wall around me...maybe turn away from the wall...

Looks like Irene is gonna go party in the Carolinas. Hope she decides that it is not polite to screw with people and does not cause any major damage or deaths.

I am really enjoying the final season of Entourage...bringing in Dice Clay to play a total a**hat was interesting casting...oh wait, he is a a**hat in real life - perfect casting!

So, I think I am in like 200 fantasy football leagues this year! Let's see...my main one (Phone Calls From Church league), Jay's league, Brad's league and then the three picks in my Survivor Contest...my Sunday mornings will be busy!

Only hope I do better than Fantasy Baseball where I totally sucked the big one this year!

See, now aren't ya glad you came by?

bwahahahahahahaaaaaa

REVISED TO ADD:

So, it seems it was one of the stat counters that has been on The COuch for over a year...once I removed it everything got better...maybe the company closed their server and that was the hang-up...

Nonetheless, I thank all of my loyal Couch-sitters who wrote telling me of the problem and who helped me get a feel for what happened by answering some questions.

You guys ROCK!


OK, so I am still not sure what happened here yesterday and whether it is going to happen today, so maybe my writing this is a waste of time.

The damn page took up to 5 minutes to load most of yesterday. I have done nothing different to it in the last week.

I did research, as it seemed to be stuck loading and the little message area on the lower left said 'waiting on csi.gstatic.com'.

I did some research on this and it appears to be a google thing ---GEE SHOCK SURPRISE!

Here is what I found out...Seems most people have this problem when they are trying to access their igoogle home page - Guess what? I have one of those, but never even knew it, I have never been there before today!

So...I am hopeful this dang thing will fix itself and I will be left alone. It is really scary how many things google is now intertwined with and how they have so much of our information...

And when my spell check tells me that google should be Google, I just ignore it...

So maybe that is why they are giving me crapola and making my life miserable, as only a few people seem to have taken the time to let this joint load (JOINT?...maybe that would help...)

If the problem is still occurring, you are not reading this anyway...so you can't respond or give a good crapola I guess.

If the problem is gone, my post yesterday addressed a situation I think is important, so y'all might want to scroll down.

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This week, we step into the way-back machine to this past January when our most wonderful friends - and recent newlyweds - TURNBABY of "And As The World Turns" and BRAD from "Pointless Drivel" were in Memphis for New Year's Eve and we spent one of the days exploring the home of Elvis, Graceland. I showed you the video of it HERE.

As we moved from the 'Jungle Room' we were directed down the steps to the finished basement. The entire stairway was lined with mirrors. As I neared the bottom I looked up and reflected in the mirror above me were Nancy, Turnbaby and Brad. The photo is blurry because you have to keep moving, there are people constantly moving throughout the tour.

But, Nancy had on one of her Ole Miss zip-ups, which is - OF COURSE - bright red. Turnbaby's top was Burgandy (in the red family) and Brad's shirt had a number of red cars (almost looks like my old '64 Chevy Malibu), on it...so I present to you, my weekly RUBY TUESDAY submission: (clickie for biggie)

So, yesterday at lunch I am running through my blog roll as is my custom and all of a sudden, I can not see any photos. Normally at work, videos are blocked, but not photos.

Then I get to Travis' blog and I see the "Websense" screen telling me:
Your organization's Internet use policy restricts access to this web page at this time. Reason: The Websense category "Social Networking and Personal Sites" is filtered. URL: http://travsthoughts.blogspot.com/

Then when I went to comment on another blog, the comment box is hidden by the Websense message.

Weird...some sites, no problem...some sites a tad of a problem and some sites...no access at all.

So, if I do not get to you during the lunch hours, I will need to come visit when I get home at night.

I mean...sheesh...why can't I read blogs at work????? What is wrong with these people!!!!!

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