Calimus of Technography points out that Microsoft is working on making Word more blogger-friendly.

Too little, too late, but good on 'em, I suppose.

I stopped using Word a couple years ago. My Bad Money blog is littered with "?" from their &*%$ing proprietary quotes, apostrophes, & ellipses.

I curse them all and their illegitimate progeny.

I'm strictly a NoteTab Light kinda guy now. And on the rare occasions when I *do* compose in something else, I copy & paste it into NTL, which cleans all the crap out of it and gives me nice, plain, unformatted text.

Mostly I don't bother with spell-check since most of my typos are homonyms and skipped words, which wouldn't get spotted anyway. On the rare occasions that I don't know how to spell a word, I just Google it with my best guess. If I get the [definition] link on the top-right of the page, I know I spelled it right.

Meanwhile, if I weren't such a cheap bastard, I'd shell out the $10 to upgrade to NoteTab Standard, which includes a spellcheck feature, but I'm not wasting good beer money on something I'll hardly ever use.

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Blogdaughter Teresa of Technicalities brings up the topic of feeling a little hurt when your friends don't visit your blog & comment, even though they've been commenting elsewhere.

Being a guy, I'm less susceptable to this whole "feeling" thing, but not completely immune. And for those on my blogroll who may wonder where I've been & why I never stop by, I'll explain it like this.

I've got a HUGE list of regular reads (Annoying Neighbors & Bloggers I've Met), and there came a point where I simply couldn't make the rounds every day any more. I'm currently on a 7-day cycle - I usually start at the top of Annoying Neighbors on Monday, and finish the last of the Bloggers I've Met on the weekend. How fast I go in the middle depends on the vagaries of random mood swings & real-life time-demands.

Now, I'm pre-disposed to comment when I stop by. If your post inspires even a short, smartass remark, I'll likely leave it. However, sometimes I'm tired or just uninspired, and I've got nothing to say, so instead of forcing it, I'll just move on and hope that I get noticed in the referer logs. It's not personal, it's just that sometimes Bosco's out carousin', and the pointy-stick-o-inspiration is nowhere to be found.

Anyway, just wanted you to know that if you're on my list, you DO get read at least weekly. Sometimes more often, if I'm following a link from somewhere else, but always once somewhere in that 7-day period.

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I'm on Blogs With A Face!

I'll be the Bad Example Clan banner. By special arrangement with the host, if you're a member of the Bad Example Clan, mention it when you send in your picture, and Thomsen (the brilliant and talented host of the site) will put you in my row (or somewhere to my right, at least, depending on your screen resolution).

[Hat tip: American Digest]

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