I’m starting to take a little more notice of the “word verification” letters that appear at the “Publish Post” area, down at the bottom of where I type out this daily blather…

For some reason I have yet to comprehend, I have to verify my posting before I can post it to my own blogsite. Now, if I HADN’T ALREADY SIGNED IN AS MYSELF in the first place, it would make some sense to have to go through this additional step.

Originally, it was just a step that had to be followed by anyone online trying to post a witty comment to the blog. This process is apparently meant (from what I understand) to prevent spammers and scammers from posting to the blog. HA! Has anyone there seen who HAS already been posting comments??

But, I digress. The first time these letters got my attention, was when they spelled out “argni”, almost exactly the ID letters of a regular poster, “argy.ca” (argy.ca – for all your collectibles and memorabilia needs – just a mouse-click away!!).

Today, the word verification letters are “merpe”, which is almost “herpes”. Which , of course has no relevance whatsoever, aside from maybe (and I’ll admit it could just be my own worrying here about his lifestyle – no proof on this yet) Charlie, that foul-mouthed, anorexic chain-smoking chicken that fills in here on the weekend.

At any rate, it could just be my own wild imagination. However, I will be paying more attention to those letters, and stand ready to report to you if they ever spell out “Vancouver Canucks in Conference cellar”, or “Flames Win Another Stanley Cup!!”

Chow for now!!

NOTE: As an ironic aside, and maybe due to slamming the process involved, this posting wouldn’t publish this morning. Nor would it copy, so that I could paste it into a Word document and try again. No sir, had to retype the entire thing, and hope it may work again, with another posting. You have to LOVE technology