Feline Warrior

…um, nothin’. I’m into using ellipses. Lots and lots of dots! (Here a dot, there a dot, everywhere a dot-dot!)

So about this weird situation with not being able to access this page at my house: I feel like I’m stretching my brains. I mean, ouch.

Here’s what I know: It’s not the router. The ISP says it’s not them (they don’t do any blocking). Deep in my files (wordpress) I found a list of the last 300 (300!) errors. A lot of someone or something trying to access files that don’t exist. A few of them I recognize, and they did exist at one time, but through changing webhosts, upgrading wp a few times, they vanished. I’ve re-added them, simple enough, and they’re not anything that will cause problems by merely existing - but maybe by NOT existing they did.

The puzzle remains, though, why this happens only to ME. Okay, that sounded far too whiny. What I meant was, why does it only happen at my house. Not my office, not my friends’ homes and offices (across the land, sea to shining sea, even!) - just here. I have even connected my computer directly to the cable modem -bypassing the router- to no avail.

There are a couple of fine folks at TechSpot who have been trying to unravel this nonsense, but so far to no avail. OH here is something new: I can access FW via proxy. So does that mean my ISP is a buncha lyin’ bastids and they really DO block web sites? And why on God’s green earth would they block THIS one? I mean, I may be opinionated, but I’ve written about Herb Alpert, for cryin’ out loud. He’s one of the GOOD guys!

Anyway, I remain puzzled and with a brain that is swollen from too much thinking about something I know very little about. It feels like when I was in Germany and just knew -KNEW- that within moments I would completely understand what everyone was saying - it was on the tip of my mind! And that’s how technology stuff feels - I’m on the verge of getting it.

Keep in mind, I take computers apart fearlessly. My computer is a mere shell of its original self, now featuring a ton of new parts. So why can’t I figure this one thing out? Why???

On a brighter -or at least different- note, my annual review is tomorrow. It will be my first at this job and I expect it to go very well. I’m a rock star there! The weird part is my self-review, which I have yet to do. I’ve started it, though, and just feel a bit odd giving myself such a glowing review. “Respect & Community” is the first section and it asks me to touch on such points as:
* Establishes & maintains respectful and cooperative working relationships — Hello! (or Hola! as I now like to say) I am the freakin’ queen of diplomacy and schmoozing. I’m a public relations specialist! I can make Satan feel like he’s welcome at Christmas mass! (Not that he is: Be GONE, you bad creature!)
* Demonstrates respect for individuals in all forms of communication — HOLA! didn’t we just talk about that?
* Demonstrates respect for a positive, diverse work environment and campus community - HOLA! Puhleeze! I am the epitome of diversity, respect and all that is good and bright.

It’s just silly. And honestly? Filling this thing out is *almost* as bad as watching that horrific David Hasselhoff video. Blech.

Off I go to give Ms. Franque a raving review!