Guillotine Blogger WV

Hey, Merci here with today's news from the Funny Farmers.  It's really too hot to type but I have a mission so I got stuck with the post. Well, actually it's a mission for all of us but those lazy bums um, hot and tired furries forgot we were supposed to meet at the typing chair at 12 noon and they're all sacked out.  So here goes, but this is from all of us.

This is what we think of Google / Blogger's illegible word verification.  Send it to the guillotine!  The mess across the center is an actual word verification.  Even borrowing Jan's reading glasses and magnifying glass didn't help us. So we made this graphic to help spread the word that readers are tired of dealing with it.

Please note that Eric and Flynn are correct in their comment that this wv is easier to read than most.  But that's because it's been blown up in this post.    

Blog owners can't see wv on their own blogs; they must be signed out, clean their cache and cookies, then go to their own blog and click on comments.  If they use the full page comments, wv will not show up until after they click to publish, so be sure to actually leave yourself a comment.

It doesn't matter whether you did not have wv on in the past.  Blogger turned a lot on by default when they made the big switch to the new interface about 3 (?) months ago.  We can not stress this enough: CHECK YOUR BLOG FOR WV!!!!!!  

Well, if you really don't want comments or visitors, don't check.  Leave wv on.

We continued to visit and read but Friday we visited yet another kazillion blogs with wv on, many of them with the big SURPRISE wv after we wrote a comment and clicked on "publish."  We reached the snapping point.  We are now in process of deleting blogs using wv from our Google Reader and moving their blog link to a WV folder in bookmarks so we don't bookmark them or visit again. Not even if there will be serious illness or a death because, frankly, they've put out the UNWELCOME mat and we can't leave a message anyway.

Kimo & Sabi, Bogden - old or new friends, they're removed from our reading list.  We're not being mean.  We have been blogging about this for months.  When we were still able to struggle through, we left hundreds of comments and wrote innumerable emails (if we could find an email address).  Now we're pulling the plug.

We've seen long discussions on facebook about hating wv and not leaving comments on those blogs that use it, so we know we're not alone.  But are you willing to do something about it besides complain?  We made the word verification guillotine graphic.  You are welcome to use it if you want to help stop the spreading use of this frustrating, time-wasting menace.  There is a smaller size in our sidebar.

Guillotine Blogger word verification!

UPDATE:  A suggestion for setting changes to stop the spam when word verification is off is in tomorrow's post, WV Support and Riding Thunder.  

Yesterday was Gracie's mom's birthday.  Percy and Rusty asked Jan to throw something together to post on the Tabby Cat Club since her mom has helped her set up and keep the TCC running.  This is on the TCC but we didn't do a post yesterday so we thought we'd share this today.  One can't ever have too many birthday cards and we do love Gracie and her mom. 

Florida Furkids Interview

Our Funny Farmer Felines' interview with the Florida Furkids has published today.  We know you will enjoy either meeting them for the first time or getting to know them better.  We did.  Their two woofies came along with them but declined to speak.  Something about the cats got their tongues.

Please stop by Mousebreath to read Florida Furkids with Sexy Lexi & Troop the Poop.

White we're on the subject of the Florida Furkids, their Auntie El (cousin Trooper's mom) had surgery yesterday.  The surgery went well but  please continue to pray for her.. 

Each Mousebreath interview has been fun and interesting to do. Any cat blogger who would like to volunteer to be interviewed can send us an email. Or you can let us know which cat blogger you'd like us to interview. Our address is in the left sidebar. Don't be shy.  But don't worry, if you don't volunteer, we'll still get around to you.

And so as not to discriminate, we're considering doing some woofie interviews and posting them to our own blog.  After the Olympics might be a good time to start, if any woofies are interested.

Oh, and be sure to check out the new Katz Tales books Adventures of Scoop and Au and Au and Target: The Early Years at Smashwords.  Each is available in formats for your Kindle, Apple iPad or iBooks, Nook, Sony Reader, Kobo, and most e-reading apps including Stanza, Aldiko, Adobe Digital Editions and more! Normal price is US $1.99 but please use the code SSW25 at checkout for 25% off!

Offer good through July 31, 2012. 

Thankful Percy

We joined Cokie the Cat's Thankful Thursday blog hop.

Percy is 8

Oh, no, Jan did it to us again.  She forgot to make us a birthday card for our Percy.  There it was announced on the CB again and we weren't prepared. 

How many times do we have to fire Jan?  She keeps coming back, so firing doesn't work.  We'd cut her salary but we don't have money to pay her anyway.  Maybe we can get her to pay us when she messes up?  Anyone know where we can find an absent minded human bank?  (You know, they used to call them piggy banks?)  

Well, Happy Birthday, Percy!  We're glad Merci rescued you and you're part of our family.  Love from all of us furries and the forgetful-est human of the blogosphere.


We are sorry Sasha from Dane's World had to leave for the rainbow bridge Saturday.  We really enjoyed her blog and will miss her.  Pawhugs and purrs to her human family.

This is a good example of why one should NEVER put an animal on Craig's List or any similar web page.  "Free to a good home" is not the proper way to find a safe, loving home. This warning is posted on Cat Eyes' blog. And never cross post a pet rescue list on such a site either.