I keep getting e-mails from my Mom saying people are having trouble posting to the blog. If you are having trouble posting, please e-mail me directly. (I don't want to put my e-mail address here because I will get spam. Ask my Mom for it if you don't have it already.)
All comments that are posted are moderated; that is, they have to be approved by me before they get posted. The way that works is I get an e-mail indicating someone has posted something. Normally, I approve it and it goes up that second. Sometimes, I don't approve it, such as comments that are directly personal to me and not related to the blog, or out and out spam. I check my e-mail several times daily so if you post something, you will see it posted quickly. If, for any reason, I decide not to approve a post, I always send an e-mail to that person explaining why, unless it's spam, in which case it's ignored. I hope that this makes sense to people.
Also, if anyone out there can take some time and explain how technology works to my Mom, I would appreciate it. I do not have the patience nor the desire to be a tutor to her; however I end up having to hold her hand constantly when it comes to her not understanding how to do certain things. My Mom is a very smart woman; she has a Masters degree. For the life of me, I can't understand why she can't figure very basic things out. She says she has a learning disability, which I agree with. But personally, I think she is so used to me and everyone else rescuing her from technology that she won't take the initative to even begin to figure out how things work. When I get upset, she tells me that it took me a long time to figure out how to be social and that she had to hold my hand then, and why can't I do the same thing for her? There are several differences. One, I am the son, and she is the mother. She's supposed to teach me things, not the other way around. Second, I really wanted to learn how to be social and I NEVER gave up trying. I made a lot of mistakes, a lot of embarassing mistakes, but through them I learned how to relate and now I am fairly comfortable with people. When it comes to technology, my Mom tries, fails, and then gives up, and I end up having to rescue her. Can you tell I really resent it?
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Benjamin,
This is so funny I laughted out loud in my office. Its not that I do not understand your frustration with "YOUR MOTHER" because I do, and it took me a long time to learn how to blog. I kept forgetting important things like my user name and password. But, since I have several passwords on several different computers, I do have a small excuse.
If I were there, I would spend the five hours it would probably take to get her to learn how to do this. And, yet I know how brilliant she is, but some things she just does not catch on to, too quickly. I am going to email her some instructions and see if that will work. Then we can go from there.
I am so looking forward to seeing you on Saturday and as always I love you.
Gayle
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