Yesterday I received an email alert from the about.com graphic design forum. The alert was about another alert from the HOWmag design forum. It was Mary. Saving my day.
In the past week I’d added a proper contact form to DWB. WordPress doesn’t like it, dropping some of the code. I fixed it, used it, it worked. Sometime between then and Mary, it broke again. So no matter how much of the form is filled out, there is no button to submit. I’m not sure how long the form hasn’t been working, but Mary’s alert, bouncing from the about to HOW, resulted in sorting it out.
I’m tired from lack of sleep (a modeling agency is renting the condo below and the kids played stomach thumping music late last night) and over work (to be shared later). So, while writing this down, I got a fit of the giggles thinking about how frustrating that must have been. Filling the form out. Getting to the end. No button.
Apologies Mary. I really am sincere. And as soon as I wipe the tears of laughter off my face I’ll send you an email saying just that. Honest. Been there. Know the feeling. Know how maddening it can be when there isn’t even a standby (ok, now I’m feeling bad).
So thanks to Mary, the contact form now works. Also thanks to Mary, she made it easy for me to feature her blog today, while I’m half asleep (yeah, I’m sleep blogging). To help out, Mary requested DWB’s template and created her own banner. Nice job.
On Diversion Mary, Mary doesn’t exactly blog about design or photography. Or writing or marketing for that matter. Mary blogs about the life of a designer. I could spend some time there with Mary. Laughing. (Peanut butter legs?) A diversion it was.
Like usual, if a blog has posts via month, I head over to May. I’m not a huge bear fan but after seeing Mary’s post, I *heart* bears, I now know what my cats remind me of. Sitting bears. Both of my American Short hairs sit like that. Like bears. Even Ms. Duvet. It’s hot out here so they air as much of their midriff as possible. Sometimes laying on their backs, legs splayed. Pretty rude, yes?
I get comments about their lack of modesty from my Vet. It happens whenever I have to leave Mr. Bunt and Ms. Duvet so I can go on a trip of more than two days. I also get comments about the modesty of his two cats. The offspring of Bunt and Duvet. The two I sold. To him.
My Vet is Thai (understandably). And Thais are very polite. Their culture has a highly refined system of manners. American Short hairs do not have a highly refined anything. I believe their lack of refinement is reflected in the ever increasing kennel bills I receive. Short trip, long trip, no matter.
Although I don’t enjoy it, I am gone a great deal. Well, it’s the flying I don’t enjoy (I like being but not what it takes to get anywhere via planes). Going from country to country, I wonder why the airlines have different rules and regs. Going into the US from the UK all I had to do was take out my mac, take off my jacket and put my computer case through. Going back into the UK on the same airline I had to take my shoes off as well. Same worries, different approach. Makes you wonder who’s going to add what next. Well, who’s going to ask us to take off more. Mary’s Fly Naked T-shirt is a tempting purchase for my next longhaul. I have no desire to fly naked, so the shirt would make the statement for me.
Ok, I’m clearly rambling so I’ll go now.
I might wake up and edit this.
I will wake up and edit this.
Found at Diversion Mary:
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January 24th, 2007 at 9:25 pm
Yes I agree with you, devision Marry is great. I like her fresh writing style very much. I thin she has tallent.
Thank you for sharing this story with me !
January 24th, 2007 at 10:41 pm
Lana, it was run looking around Diversion Mary. Just what I needed for my day.
And goodness knows what’s wrong with those forms. The contact form corrupted today so I took it out. I’ll try again next week, with a different one.