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Monday, October 3, 2022

3 Oct. 2022

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20 comments:

Ol' Man Keith said...

So, Owen, are you saying that if I type several โ€œNew Postโ€ pages, with successive dates, they will not show up until we pass midnight into each date?
After typing a new date, do I click on โ€œPublishโ€? And then it wonโ€™t actually be published until that date arrives?
~ OMK

Ol' Man Keith said...

Todayโ€™s Jumble haiku:

(A Mutual Attraction, & many โ€ฆ)
โ€œSmiles Within Itโ€

Kids and gerbils are
social magnetsโ€”wee, minor,
โ€ฆ easily amused!
~ OMK

CanadianEh! said...

Nesting Pets

A gerbil is meant to amuse,
Be a magnet for toddler views,
A mile a minute on the wheel.
Thatโ€™s no minor task
And a big ask.

CanadianEh! said...

Congrats WC on your eagle Wordle today. I was in the smelly garbage can on guess four. Starting with my vowel-rich word might have hastened the solve.

WC- FLN- I have no clue about Carl Fudinski!?? Loved your update on Lois and Chet.

OMK- the words we were given sent us in the same direction today. Nice again, I love your title riff.

Wilbur Charles said...

C-eh, I misspelled, the name is Fusinski but his nickname is Pastor Fuzz

WC

Misty said...

"Herbal Gerbil"

For Maggie animals were a magnet
and a gerbil was her favorite pet.
The little critter did her so amuse
that she wrote a story published in the news.
The editor knew that it was silly and minor
but he still invited her on a date at the diner.
And so the gerbil did their romance spin it,
and their love proceeded a mile a minute.

Misty said...

Loved your sweet haiku this morning, Ol' Man Keith. Many thanks for that.
Any chance of getting a Wordle hint today? Would love to play with it.

Liked the way your gerbil is in a cage for a toddler to enjoy watching, CanadianEh!.

Looking forward to your verse, Wilbur.

Ol' Man Keith said...

Wordle 471. The hint I used: A sharp-pointed organ at the end of the abdomen of beesโ€ฆ
Par = 1
Wordle 471 1/6

๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ
(Way too EZ with this hint!)
~ OMK

Ol' Man Keith said...

Enjoyed your poem, CEh!
"A mile a minute" on the wheel, eh? That has me speculating as to how many miles a gerbil might actually chalk up in a given exercise round.
They can take off like blazes, but I kinda doubt their staying power.

And your piece, Misty, is fun, too. It starts & ends sweetly enough, with the seeds of a rom-com plot (a gerbil-induced romance!).

But don't we worry these days about that editor's abuse of his office? She is ether an employee or, worse, a free-lancer. Either way, he has sway over her career....
~ OMK
____________
PS.
I passed along the hint I used, but we saw yesterday that you needn't rely on hints to do a very fine Wordle.

Ol' Man Keith said...

Owen ~ If you can answer me (first posting above) before midnight, I will try to set up an automatic series of dates. My only fear is that if I click on "Publish" for several dates, they may all show up at once. And then I would not know how to remove them!

If I don't hear from you, I will try to post a date at a time--but with no guarantees, as I sometimes fall asleep before posting at night.
~ OMK

CanadianEh! said...

Misty- yes, I agree with OMK that we should warn Maggie not to let that editorโ€™s position influence her romance.
If her Gerbil submission was just for fun, and not a part of her career, that would be different.
Ah, the eye-opening effects of the Me Too movement! (WC- Pastor Fuzz will get himself in trouble with Me Too also!)

OMK- yes that gerbil may not be able to maintain that speed on the wheel, but the toddler watching only has a short attention span, so it will not matter. LOL!

Misty said...

Woohoo! Thank you, thank you, OMK! Your Wordle hint worked and I got it on the first try:

Wordle 471 1/6

๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ๐ŸŸฉ

Misty said...

Okay, OMK and CanadianEh!, you've convinced me that I'd better warn Maggie to be cautious and careful and slow in that new relationship with the editor. Hope she follows my advice and that all will turn out well.

OwenKL said...

OMK, your description at the top is right on target! And the publish date can still be changed after being set.

OwenKL said...

I'm a miser through and through
Penney pinching is what I do
I'm so stingy
Waiters tip me
Yet still I am poorer than you.

Ol' Man Keith said...

Of course, Misty, it could be working the other way around, if it is Maggie who's using her (ahem) female assets to entice the editor into giving her unfair advantage on the Gerbil Society Page.

In either case, it is for the other writers on the Unguiculatus Update Desk that we should be concerned. How do they know Maggie is not luring that editor into dumping their MSS w/o reading them?
No, no, it is not enough to "warn Maggie." That liaison has got to be nipped.
In. The. Bud.
~ OMK

Ol' Man Keith said...

Owen ~ But to cut to the core of my worry: WHEN do I click on "Publish"?
(1) All of the new dates in advance? All seven, for instance, for a week at a time?
-or-
(2) One day at a time? Type seven of them & leave them as drafts, then return each day after noon to click on "Publish"?
~ OMK

OwenKL said...

Sorry no jumble poems from me. I can do the puzzle, but not write the seed words where I can remember them long enough to write a poem.

OwenKL said...

OMK, once you've set the date, you can go ahead and punch publish for all at once.

Ol' Man Keith said...

Great! Thank you, Owen!
~ OMK