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Follow-Up Friday – February 21, 2014

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Welcome to this week’s edition of Follow-Up Friday, the blog post where I highlight reader’s comments, answer some questions and generally wrap up my week.

Here we go!

You Make Me Smile – February 16, 2014

What I gathered from this is many of you have trouble with selfies.  And while we’re on that topic, I’m not sure I like that term “selfies” to me “selfies” is something that should be done in private. 😉

My Dog is a Giant Ass Clown

I really wish I could capture the hilarity of Delilah.  She is what some people call a “velcro dog” and I swear I hear the patter of her feet when I sleep.

Hailey and Zaphod said, “We still can’t laugh about the whole Lee ate into the wall of our new house – but we don’t want to strangle her, so that is progress.”

Yeah, I’m not sure I could laugh about that one either. I’m glad you don’t want to strangle her though. 🙂

Jenna,Mark “HuskyCrazed” Drady said, “Koda stick his nose in my crotch/ass area quite often and its the worst when I crounch down to pick something IP and his cold wet nose dives right into my crack Hahaha Hahaha!!!!!”

OMG!  That nose is cold too!   Delilah goes with me into the bathroom and tries to sniff my hoo hah when I’m peeing, sometimes her nose hits my leg and you can imagine what comes out of my mouth then!

Houndstooth said, “Oh, Delilah, don’t ever change! Well behaved dogs don’t make for good blogs!”

That’s totally true, imagine this blog with only Sampson.  Sampson slept on the couch today, Sampson slept on the bed…

Oz the Terrier said, “Ah, you gotta laugh about those things…better to laugh than have a fit!”

I try to always laugh, but I do admit it is hard sometimes!

Damn it’s Spam

Vlad and Barkley’s Dee said, “Have you got anything for me?” Harry asked, but she seemed distracted by his lit wand-tip.”

Is it me or does that sound sexual to you?

That’s somewhere in Deathly Hallows. I know it sounds that way because I started giggling when I read it.”

A girl after my own heart. 🙂  But you can bet I’ll be reading through DH to see if I can find that.

Lauranne said, “When I see spam I do sometimes worry is it spam or not, I would hate to ignore someone who had commented, and as my spelling and grammar are horrendous I can’t rely on pulling that apart so I usually check out the URL if it is from “need a hard screw” or some other DIY place (see what I did there!!) then I reject it without the worry!”

I do see what you did there!  That was great!

Emma said, “We had a lot more spam when we were not self hosted. Now we might get one a week and we are fine with that. They are often pretty funny and we wonder why people are doing it?”

I’m self-hosted Emma and I still get tons of Spam!  Like, 200 spam comments per day. Tell me your secret.

Golden Woofs Sugar said, “Always think SPAM is based on your browsing.”

I suppose that’s possible, but some of the Spam is from websites I would NEVER frequent.

Dawn said, “Love the one about Delilah. What kind of mission do you think she is on when she goes to church?”

I heard there were wafers and juice here, and someone told me some churches have kitchens. I'm here to inspect them.

I heard there were wafers and juice here, and someone told me some churches have kitchens. I’m here to inspect them.

 

Anyone who wishes to take communion, please line up behind the large chocolate lab.

2 Brown Dawgs has had this comment left on her blog, ““I hardly leave a response, however I browsed some responses on Goodbye January And Not A Moment Too Soon | 2 Brown Dawgs Blog.
I do have some questions for you if you don’t mind. Could it be just me or do some of the comments come across as if they are written by brain dead visitors?
:-P And, if you are writing on other online social sites, I’d like to follow you.
Would you list of every one of your social community pages like your Facebook page, twitter feed, or linkedin profile?””

Because none of THOSE social media buttons are ever listed on any blog. 🙂

So There’s This Giant Snowman

You guys are so amazing, I wish I could highlight every single comment.  

Some of you mentioned the community on this blog and it’s true there is a great sense of community here.  I mean when you leave comments, they aren’t just, “nice post.”  They are detailed, articulate and well thought out.  Not to mention, not only do you comment on MY post, but you read the comments, and comment on them AND you come back and respond again!  You totally amaze me.

You always say the nicest things and I just can’t thank you enough!!

Lauranne said, “Glad to read that someone who seems so together also panics and worries about blog related things, and can’t help but get stuck up on silly things like subscribers etc!”

Dear girl, the operative word in that comment is seems.  I am so not together.

Pamela asked, “As for blogging, I have one question: is Heart Like a Dog your art or is it your work? Because the answer will determine what you do with your blog and how you feel about it.”

I so wish I knew the answer to that Pamela.  Perhaps you could help me figure it out?  Maybe over coffee? 😉

Pup Fan said, “Jodi’s kind of a Pup Fan whisperer.”

Really?  I’m honored. 🙂  And thank you again for the awesome cartoons, I love them and I think you are awesome!!

Jan said, “Seriously, er…siriusly, if you continue to enjoy writing the blog, why do you care if you don’t have thousands of subscribers?”

You typed siriusly!  You did!  And you’re an English major!!  OMG

The truth about this blog is, I never feel that I am good enough. I always feel like I should be better.  

And on that note, I’m calling this post done.

Thank you all so very, very much and I hope you have a wonderful weekend!!

So There’s This Giant Snowman…

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For a long time I struggled with where this blog was going.  How do I attract readers? Siriusly.  It seems no matter what I do, I can’t grow beyond 100 subscribers.

One of my biggest character flaws is I don’t know how to accept no for an answer.  Which basically means I don’t know when to give up.  If I do it just one more time….maybe I’ll get a different outcome.  What if the NEXT time I do that, it works?

Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.  ~ Albert Einstein

Who can argue with Einstein?  Maybe Sheldon from the Big Bang Theory, but certainly not Jodi from Heart Like a Dog.

Some people would say it’s time to let the blog go.

But I can’t do that.  I love this blog and I love all of you who read and comment.  You bring me up when I’m feeling down, you celebrate with me when something good happens, and you rally around one another like family, friends and neighbors should do when one of our own needs it.

Dammit!  You people are awesome!

One could argue that I’m still finding my way and learning what works and doesn’t work on this blog.  Or that I’m too stubborn and refuse to do it any way but mine.

Either one of those statements would probably be right.

So I keep trying new things to see what folks like.  I really want this blog to be a place where people come to laugh and feel good, even when they’re dealing with something frustrating, like a training issue.  Can I share a struggle I had, and inject a little humor in there and help someone else feel better?

I’d like to think so.

I tell you all of this because I’m trying something new.  I’m not going to sit here with panties full of piss and whine because I’m wet.  I’m making some changes!

Panties

 Image courtesy of AJ from I Still Want More Puppies.

This is my little avatar/cartoon me that my friend and soul sister AJ, from I Still Want More Puppies made for me.  It’s for the times I feel like going on a rant.

Can I tackle a tough subject and make it funny?  I’d like to try.  SO, you may be seeing my little cartoon coming out on the blog now and then when something gets me riled up and I feel like climbing up on my soapbox.

But first you have to tell me, do you think the little cartoon me should be serious like the above photo or smiling like this one?

jodi cartoon

This cartoon is also courtesy of the amazing Aj, from I Still Want More Puppies.

Switching topics, we’ve had an awful lot of snow in the last couple of weeks and I happened to notice this snowman in front of a house around the corner from where I live.  It is the biggest snowman I’ve ever seen.

BIGSnowman

 Sorry for the crappy quality, I took it with my phone.  Why do they tell me the phone has an awesome camera?  I think it sucks.

Can you tell from the photo that it’s at least six or seven feet tall?  Do you think the folks that live in the house would think it weird if I stopped and asked if I could have my picture taken with the snowman?

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Damn It’s Spam

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Once upon a time when I was a child, Spam was a meat that came in a can.  I didn’t like that kind of Spam and I typically don’t like the blogging kind of Spam either.

I have that Akismet plug in installed on this blog.

You know the one.  It catches all those evil peeps who leave nasty spam comments on your blogs.  Even though my Akismet is on the ball, I like to go through my spam folder every couple of days, it’s a good thing too.  Today I found seven comments in my folder that weren’t Spam!

A while back a lot of bloggers were getting Harry Potter spam and were talking about it on Facebook.  As long time readers know, I am a HP FREAK fan so I anxiously checked the folder and discovered I had indeed been blessed by some HP semi-quotes.  I say semi-quotes because all of you know, that spam usually has some grammar or spelling errors.

I save some of the Spam comments and thought I’d share then with you.  The Spam comments will be in italics while my responses to them will be bold.

I’m not going to share the Potter quotes because with the exception of bad spelling, they are real quotes.  Except for this one.  I can’t recall ever seeing this quote in any of the HP books.

“Have you got anything for me?” Harry asked, but she seemed distracted by his lit wand-tip.

Is it me or does that sound sexual to you?  

Today, I visited the beach front with my children. I discovered a sea shell and gave it to my 4 year old daughter and stated “You can hear the ocean if you put this to your ear.” She placed the shell to her ear and shouted. There was a hermit crab in…

Siriusly dude, you didn’t check inside the shell BEFORE handing it to a four-year-old?   WTF is wrong with you?  Do you have sand for brains? You’re a special kind of stupid aren’t you?

The next time I read a blog, I hope that it doesnt disappoint me as significantly as this one. I mean, I know it was my selection to read, but I truly thought youd have some thing fascinating to say. All I hear is often a bunch of whining about something which you could fix if you werent too busy looking for attention.

I actually thought this might be a good comment, because I do sometimes whine.  Except you don’t know how to use apostrophes.  Really?  You can make a spyder bot that can troll the web leaving comments, but you can’t figure out how to us apostrophes?  I may be a whiner, but you’re fucking useless.

Hello Delilah, Thank you for posting your story. I rellay admire you for joining the church when your parents are not members, and then serving a mission. You are a good example to your nieces and nephews. I’m sure they benefit from you playing with them, and teaching them about the church. I am a 68 year old grandmother living in Sandy, Utah USA.

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Hey Grandma, thanks for the comment.  I’m glad there is someone out there who appreciates me and my skillz   You are super smart to realize I’m on a mission but I don’t do know anything about nieces or nephews.  Do they have food?  Are they like those mini-two leggers that Mom calls grandchildren?  If so, they might be useful because they aren’t really coordinated with food, so there’s lots of opportunities for me.  Speaking of opportunities, what kind of food do you eat Grandma?  How’s your eyesight?  Do you drop a lot of food?  Do you need help cleaning up your house? Find me on Facebook Grandma, let’s talk. You scratch my butt, I’ll clean your floors.

Life is short, and this aritcle saved valuable time on this Earth.

Well thank you, glad to be of service.   Maybe with that spare time you can look up article in the dictionary and memorize the correct way to spell it.

Do you ever read your spam?  Do you ever want to approve it and answer it?  Would you have answered this Spam any differently?

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