Dribble by Chuck Ferris

I am a poor protest leader.  The owner of the old folks' home said "No more candy as Bingo prizes."   What.  Not even those little miniature, "bite size" quarter ounce bars?  WELL.

I said, "Let's boycott the Bingo."  Nobody went along with me.

AOL has added a restriction to making comments to blogs.  Now you have to sign in, give a password, and then make your comments.  NERTZ. I have too few comments as it is.  I don;t want to sign in to make comments in other;s journals.  I don't want folks to have to sign in to make comments in mine.

Time to boycott AOL? But a boycott by me alone would never be noticed.  I wish I were a better protest leader.

LATER;  When I came back, and when I went to visit others' journals there was no restriction.  Curious how the rules change from hour to hour.  (Cancel the boycott)

EVEN LATER:  oKAY  seems back to normal.  sorry about the tempest in a tea pot. 

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• #12 Comment from sunnybethe 
  4/2/08 8:10 PM | Permalink

  For God's sake...GIVE "em Candy!  ~Bethe
• #11 Comment from jocalodave 
  4/1/08 1:41 AM | Permalink

  By the way:
  
  Viva la HUELGA!!
  
  (long live the struggle/protest)
• #10 Comment from jocalodave 
  4/1/08 1:39 AM | Permalink

  I'm pretty sure that the determining factor is a binary condition: either the prospective commenter is logged in to aol; or s/he is not logged in.
  
  Those in the former category are NOT asked to log in (again); that's logical because...well, because they're ALREADY logged in.
  
  Those (like me) who are rarely logged in (because we don't use aol as our ISP (Internet service provider) must log in before being given access to the comments feature -- this creates a bit of a filter and a "trail" so obscene or otherwise undesireable commenters can be controlled -- but not really.
  
  Sometimes you, or others, may inadvertantly be logged OUT of aol. If, at such times, you access aol.journals, you'll be asked to log (back) in.
  
  That's a 300 word answer; 100 would have been adequate (but I didn't want to take the time).
• #9 Comment from sybiljb 
  4/1/08 12:01 AM | Permalink

  Hi Chuck I have to log in and use a pass word, but I'm not on aol account.
  Sorry about no candy for bingo winners. I would be looking forward to win me a candy bar. mmm
  
• #8 Comment from kateh2ocolorart 
  3/31/08 10:46 PM | Permalink

  LET EM GIVE MONEY for BINGO prizes!  That's what the old folks really want anyway!
  Kate