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Please be aware that there are now wonderful tools, like Akismet (http://akismet.com/), for blocking spam comments that drive bloggers nuts. Actually, the number of blocked spam comments to this blog far outnumber the number of legit comments. I occasionally check to see if perhaps a legit comment may have been mistakenly blocked - I've never found one yet! I say this only because, as a heavy blog reader and commenter myself, some of the spam blocking devices (such as Captcha and other word verifiers) used by bloggers are both irritating and noneffective as well. And I always wonder if blog authors who use those devices realize that they often drive potential readers and commenters away. Think about it folks, if you use a word verifier, you are undoubtedly losing many readers and commenters.-
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Daily Archives: December 19, 2008
Umm, … Lard!
All my recent musings about biscuits, cookies, and stuff got me thinking about butter’s sister in the farm kitchen, lard. Lard’s proud history and tradition in America is well documented, if not celebrated. But somewhere along that track, lard picked … Continue reading