Version 2.7 took a small period of adjustment, but it’s been worth every peek into every nook and cranny… I love the quick edit, the ability to approve, delete or spam comments without extra clicks… everything is so… available!

And I just installed a plugin from the plugin page!! You can’t beat that with a stick. Upgrades are also done from within now…
Of course, these do not work if you can’t FTP into your server, like my other site.

Other amazing attributes of this version:
Keyboard shortcuts for comments that I don’t take advantage of because, frankly, I’m afraid of the learning curve. I suck and House is always on. You understand.

Media can be uploaded to the Gallery without needing to write a post.

You can customize the write page and the dashboard.

There’s much, much more. The official site, if you’re thinking of WordPress, is a font of information.

NetTuts also has some great images of some of the new features.

What happened?

While looking for clues I checked my header to find… no meta tags. After I upgraded to WP 2.7 many of my plugins had to upgraded as well, including the All in One SEO Pack plugin, which is usually set to insert commonly used categories as meta tags in the header… but the settings had somehow been altered.

I corrected it, but whether that is the true reason or not, at least I’ve got the tags back…

I should be arrested.

This is a take anywhere tea pot. Simply add water, nuke in the microwave for three minutes then add the tea -either loose or bagged- and set your timer.

When the tea is ready, simply place the IngenuiTEA on top of your cup. This causes a valve at the bottom to release and crystal-clear tea flows down, while the mesh filter retains all the leaves.

I use mine nearly every day and it’s never failed to delight. And no, I wasn’t paid for this post. This is just one of those great ideas brought to reality for our use… and I use the heck out of it.

Adagio does carry excellent teas and their customer service is outstanding. Just sayin’.

It just rarely changes. Don’t get me wrong, I love it, even though the sameness can wear on the nerves. Which makes me wonder if Heaven has thunderstorms.

So I’ve been outside working in the green stuff that never dies; there’s much to do this time of the year… the yard has to be mowed and everything cut back.

Before I attacked this mess o’ palms the only thing visible was green. A sea of green. Which is nice, but if let go they’ll become 10 feet wide.

People up north may have to shovel their driveways but at least they don’t have to mow their lawns in January.

I don’t even open one person’s email anymore and she’s my sister in law!

Okay, I know that a scant few stories and blessings truly are that; a feel good break in the day that feeds the soul. Much more is just like plurk: a gigantic waste of time and energy.

So, thanks to all those well meaning people who have fed my many insecurities and phobias through my email inbox by forwarding stuff that you don’t even read yourself!

Just for fun… and oddly enough, I got this in an email… ;-)

Beneath the fold:

I just want to thank all of you for your educational e-mails over the past year. I am totally screwed up now and have little chance of recovery.

→ I no longer open a public bathroom door without using a paper towel or have them put lemon slices in my ice water without worrying about the bacteria on the lemon peel.

→ I can’t use the remote in a hotel room because I don’t know what the last person was doing while flipping through the adult movie channels.

→ I can’t sit down on the hotel bedspread because I can only imagine what has happened on it since it was last washed.

→ I have trouble shaking hands with someone who has been driving because the number one pastime while driving alone is picking ones nose (although cell phone usage may be taking the number one spot).

→ Eating a little snack sends me on a guilt trip because I can only imagine how many gallons of trans fats I have consumed over the years.

→ I can’t touch any woman’s purse for fear she has placed it on the floor of a public bathroom.

→ I must send my special thanks to whoever sent me the one about poop in the glue on envelopes because I now have to use a wet sponge with every envelope that needs sealing.

→ Also, now I have to scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason.

→ I no longer have any money at all, but that will change once I receive the $15,000 that Bill Gates/Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating in their special e-mail program.

→ I no longer worry about my soul because I have 363,214 angels looking out for me, and St. Theresa’s Novena has granted my every wish.

→ I no longer eat KFC because their chickens are actually horrible mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

→ I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a water buffalo on a hot day.

→ Thanks to you I have learned that my prayers only get answered if I forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five minutes.

→ Because of your concern, I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet stains.

→ I no longer can buy gasoline without taking someone along to watch the car so a serial killer won’t crawl in my back seat when I’m pumping gas.

→ I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr. Pepper since the people who make these products are atheists who refuse to put ‘Under God’ on their cans.

→ I no longer use Saran Wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.

→ And thanks for letting me know I can’t boil a cup of water in the microwave anymore because it will blow up in my face… disfiguring me for life.

→ I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.

→ I no longer go to shopping malls because someone will drug me with a perfume sample and rob me.

→ I no longer receive packages from UPS or Fed Ex since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise.

→ I no longer shop at Target since they are French and don’t support our American troops or the Salvation Army.

→ I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica , Uganda , Singapore , and Uzbekistan .

→ I no longer buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I now have their recipe.

→ Thanks to you I can’t use anyone’s toilet but mine because a big brown African spider is lurking under the seat to cause me instant death when it bites my butt.

→ Thanks to your great advice I can’t ever pick up $5.00 dropped in the parking lot because it probably was placed there by a sex molester waiting underneath my car to grab my leg.

→ I can no longer drive my car because I can’t buy gas from certain gas companies!

→ I can’t do any gardening because I’m afraid I’ll get bitten by the brown recluse and my hand will fall off.