November 22, 2005

Thank you!

Neil Le Grand said:

"Today, it is all about GIVING THANKS.

How can we thank our fellow BLOGGERS? 

We read each other, we help each other with our designs and templates, and we cry on each other’s shoulder when a "blog crush" goes sour.

On Thanskgiving, we should THANK our fellow bloggers.

When I first started blogging, I was like a Pilgrim who just landed on Plymouth Rock.  I was isolated and alone.   For weeks, I wrote this blog without any direction or confidence in my ability.  And then he appeared — like the Native American with his corn — my first commenter!"

I already had an idea about what I would write about today. I actually always have ideas but trouble is, there are so many things I'd love to write about on my blog. This is hard since am trying to cut down on the time am spending on YOUR blogs, reading and commenting! *Sigh* I wish I had a PC or a laptop at home. Yeah, am doing all my blogstuff at work!

After reading Neil's “Thank Your First Commenter Day”, I felt guilty for not saying thank you before. Here is an extract from Neil's post (am just borrowing it Neil!)

"Today, it is all about GIVING THANKS.

How can we thank our fellow BLOGGERS? 

We read each other, we help each other with our designs and templates, and we cry on each other’s shoulder when a "blog crush" goes sour.

On Thanskgiving, we should THANK our fellow bloggers.

When I first started blogging, I was like a Pilgrim who just landed on Plymouth Rock.  I was isolated and alone.   For weeks, I wrote this blog without any direction or confidence in my ability.  And then he appeared — like the Native American with his corn — my first commenter!"

Thank you Jenelle ! I started blogging on the 28th of June after I'd watched a special feature on blogs on Envoyé Spécial. On the 16th of August, i received my first comment. Here is what it said:

"Hey--cool blog! I came here via Jenelle, who recommended you to me. I love the post a while back about the quotes from courts; the one where the witness asked the lawyer if he actually passed the bar exam cracked me up! J"

Here is what cracked him up:

"Am gonna be a dumber ... oops lawyer!

Dear my readers!
These are from a book called Disorder in the Courts of America, and
are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down
and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying
calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. Hope u gonna scream murder... ooops laughter the way I did!
 
  ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
  WITNESS: No, I just lie there.
  ______________________________
 
  ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
  WITNESS: July 18th.
  ATTORNEY: What year?
  WITNESS: Every year.
  _____________________________________
 
  ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
  WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
  ______________________________________
 
  ATTORNEY: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
  WITNESS: Yes.
  ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
  WITNESS: I forget.
  ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?
  _____________________________________
 
  ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you?
  WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
  ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you?
  WITNESS: Forty-five years.
  _____________________________________
 
  ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan.
______________________________________
  ATTORNEY: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS: We both do.
  ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTORNEY: You do?
WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.
  ______________________________________
 
  ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his
sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
 
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
___________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
  WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one..
  ________________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Would you repeat the question?
  ______________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS: Uh....
  ______________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: She had three children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS: None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?
______________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
  ______________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?
  ______________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a
deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
  ______________________________________
 
  ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead
people?
WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
  ______________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral.
  ______________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an
autopsy on him!
  ______________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
  WITNESS: Huh?
  ______________________________________
 
ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a
pulse?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you
began the autopsy?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing
law"
The point is, I might not have proceeded with this blog business if Jenelle  hadn't been "recommended me".  I believe that
Posted by Fitena at 07:20:45 | Permanent Link | Comments (5) |
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1 - I actually remember how exciting it was to get a comment after weeks of nothing. "Holy s--t," I said to myself. "There is someone out there actually reading this nonsense. Who is this? How did they find me? I better start using a spell-checker." (Comment this)

Written by: Neil at 2005/11/22 - 12:46:36
2 - J.star was my first commenter. T'anks J.

-Suley (Comment this)

Written by: Suley at 2005/11/25 - 06:41:20
3 - aaw. Warm internet fuzzies. (Comment this)

Written by: M at 2005/11/26 - 18:37:46
4 - I found your blog via J. Star's blog several months ago, but I didn't start to comment on it until you started to comment on mine. :-/

I received my first comment exactly 45 days after I started my blog from a girl named Tanja. I didn't even notice it until two weeks later, and I felt a little sorry that I never got a chance to respond to it. (Comment this)

Written by: The Great Saphenous at 2005/11/28 - 04:29:17
5 - Hi Fitena, Suley was my first stranger commenter, before it was all folks that I knew, or complete freakios. He corrected me, because I was talking out my beehind thinking that no one was reading anyway, and then he corrected me. I posted the correction and made a mental note to not make anymore talkin out my beehind posts. I am still trying.

:o)

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Written by: Heather at 2005/11/28 - 06:14:15
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