BOB and the New Blogger Interface

LHQ is doing some posts on the NEW BLOGGER INTERFACE -

And said -

First we need to CREATE A NEW POST -
We’ll call it “TESTING 1-2-3” -
Clever title - don’t you think? ;))

If you are not sure how to do that with the new BLOGGER INTERFACE -
Check out Quilter BOB for a quick trip around the new BLOGGER INTERFACE -
And step-by-step instructions for creating our “TESTING 1-2-3” post - ;))

SO - now that you are here -

Let’s PLAY with the new interface -

Might as well -

It’s going to be like this -

Until they decide to change it again - ;))

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Anyway -

Log in to Blogger -

Say “Hello” to your new DASHBOARD -

Underneath all of the BLOGGER - “Look How Great We Are” - Crap -
That you can watch/read at your leisure -

Find the little ORANGE BOX on the right next to the name of your blog -
It has a little WHITE PEN/PENCIL in it -

“LEFT CLICK” on that - and you can CREATE A NEW POST -

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NOTE TO BLOGGER:

Funny thing -

If it had SAID - “CREATE A NEW POST” -
WITHOUT having to hover my mouse over it -

Or just - “ NEW POST” -

I would have found it a WHOLE lot faster -

‘Cuz I am one of those who can actually READ -

And don’t need a PICTURE with a PEN/PENCIL in it -

What are we - cavemen??

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Anyway -

Rather than put you at the top -
Where you can enter the TITLE of your post -
Blogger puts the cursor on the first line of your text -

SO -

Just in case you accidentally save this post as “whatever your first line reads” -
And - believe me - it will - ;))

At the top - find the box that says - POST TITLE -
Type in TESTING 1-2-3
Go back to the text area -

Hit ENTER three times -

Then type - (in caps) -
BOLD - then hit ENTER twice -
ITALICS - then hit ENTER twice -
UNDERLINE - then hit ENTER twice -

Then - go back to the top -
“LEFT CLICK” on SAVE first -
Then PREVIEW - to see what you have -
Then CLOSE the PREVIEW tab at the top of the screen -
And “LEFT CLICK” on CLOSE -

That should take you back to the POSTS page -

If you “LEFT CLICK” on the ORANGE BOX with the WHITE "B" at the top left -
Or the MY BLOGS right below it -
You will get back to the new version of the old DASHBOARD -
Too bad they just didn't call it DASHBOARD!!
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NOTE TO BLOGGER:

An ORANGE BOX with a WHITE B in it is another picture -
And could mean ANYTHING - or nothing at all -
Why not an ORANGE BOX with the WORD - “DASHBOARD” in it??
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Find the little ORANGE BOX on the right next to the name of your blog again -
To the right of that is a little thingy that looks like TABLET OF PAPER(?) -
if you hover the mouse over it - it should say GO TO POST LIST -
“LEFT CLICK” on that - and take a look - and then come back to the "B"

Then find the little ORANGE BOX again - and the TABLET -
To the right of that is a BOX WITH AN ARROW -
If you hover your mouse over it - it says “More options” -
“LEFT CLICK” on the ARROW -
And you get a whole list of things -
“LEFT CLICK” on the POSTS - look familiar? ;))

They just moved stuff around - for no apparent reason!! ;))

Have fun trying to find stuff!! ;))



But then again - it’s probably just me.

Tax Day - 4/17/12

April 15th is usually Income Tax Day in the U.S.

This year it has been extended to April 17th -

But LHQ explained all of that -

This little rant is for those who aren’t going to get a REFUND -

And are pissed because they have to PAY taxes on April 15.

First off -

We ALL pay taxes -

Some just pay more than others - ;))

And even though it was a LONG time ago -

I still remember a section in my college Finance class workbook -

It applies as much today as it did WAAAAY back then -

It read -


Do not try to impute any logic into the Tax Law.

Your taxes are calculated this way -

Because CONGRESS says so!!


So if you want to get pissed -

Get pissed at CONGRESS!!


And secondly -

REFUNDS are NOT magic money -

They are REFUNDS because you PAID MORE during the year -

Than you OWED on your tax return -

And if you didn’t pay ENOUGH -

You have to pay the DIFFERENCE on April 15 -

Simple -

If you had MORE deducted from your paycheck -

Or PAID MORE on your quarterly “estimates” -

You probably wouldn’t have to pay any “DIFFERENCE” -

So -

If you want a $5000 refund next year -

Just PAY in $5000 MORE THAN YOU OWE on your Income Tax return - ;))


Oh -

And if you want to get seriously pissed -

Wait until you have to pay Income Tax AGAIN on your Social Security -

You know - the FICA - that they TAKE OUT of your check -

AFTER you have paid Income Tax on it - the first time -

Because - when you retire and actually get it PAID BACK to you -

CONGRESS has decided to call some of it “Income” -

So you get the honor of paying Income Tax on it - AGAIN -

Because CONGRESS says so!! ;))



But then again - it’s probably just me.

BOB and footnotes

BOB is confused again -

If she uses a certain “line” of fabric -

And makes something -

And then posts a photo of it -

Can she tell you -

The name of the fabric line -

Or not? 

If she does - will she get sued for naming it?

If she doesn’t - will she get sued -

For NOT naming the fabric line -

Or the designer -

Or the manufacturer -

Or the thread count? - ;))

BOB was taught to ALWAYS -

Give credit to her sources -

We used to have to do “term papers” -

In school -

And we needed footnotes -

Citations -

And a bibliography -

Nowadays -

All of that has been replaced by links -

And the threat of copyright infringement -



But then again - it’s probably just me.

BOB's Sampler Quilt

LHQ and I have decided to make a Sampler Quilt -

We call it our -
Left-HandedQuilter’sSamplerQuiltandyoubetternotcopyitorIwillhollercopyrightinfringementlikesomeoneelseweknowjustkiddingalloftheblocksthatIammakingarebasicandclassicandpublicdomainandcanbefoundinabunchofbooksandIthinkthatquiltersthroughouthistoryarebynaturecopycatsandlovetocopyeverythingtheyseetryingtomakequiltpatternsoutoftilemosaicsandallmannerofotherthingsunderthesunandIwouldbehonoredifyouwouldfollowalongandmakeyourownversionofmysamplerquiltandwouldloveitifyoucalleditaLHQSQandlinkedbacktomyblogthankyouverymuch;))

LHQSQ for short - ;))

It should be fun - seeing as how we HATE sampler quilts - and we HATE BOM's - hahaha.

Seriously, though - it's mostly in protest of the drama surrounding that other sampler quilt.

I'm still pissed that she can claim copyright crap on public domain blocks in a standard size - geesh!!

Anyway - I thought I would make a game of it - see if I can come up with 99 - 9-patch blocks from hither and yon.

Can't tell anyone that there will be 99 (I hope) or I'm sure to scare everybody off.

See - I probably scared you off with the mere MENTION of a sampler quilt - right?

But - hey - they're only going to be 6" - and mostly squares - HST - and QST - see how far that gets me.

And I hear that I probably shouldn't mention the fabrics I use either - oh, joy - ;))