December 27, 2003

• Righting Wrongs

  
  

  Do you ever have one of those nights when thoughts of the things that are just wrong in the world keep you awake?  Okay, I'm not up in the middle of the night fretting over innocent people convicted of crimes, or civilians who've been driven from their homes by warfare.  No, it's my dog.  Apparently there are invisible varmints all around us.  I'm not sure how she can see them because she's WAY overdue to be groomed and her eyes are hidden behind a mop of fringey fur, but hey, she's a perceptive poodle.  She knows they're there.  And in her estimation that's just not right.  So she's outside as I type barking her foolish little heart out.  Four pounds of fury letting the world know that Simone is on the case. 

  
  

  There are altogether too many things wrong in the world and mostly I feel inadequate to address anything, powerless to cause change for the good.  But there is a blatant wrong taking place here in Xangaland that I simply cannot be silent about.  The Dread Pirate (who absolutely hates to be linked) has installed that script that disables eprops.  Now I know that not everyone is all about eprops and if you know anything about the Dread Pirate (who absolutely hates to be linked) you know that he never gives eprops and has specifically requested that people not eprop him back.  Since I came to Xanga, he has been here happily leaving "slashes" (the 0 prop) for members of the Destiny's Quest crew who write blogs that he deems worthy of attention.  And at his site, he has accumulated more 0 props than anyone else in Xanga land by several orders of magnitude. 

  
  

  His 0 prop is a special "DreadProp."  Or it was.  Until just a few hours ago.  Now it's gone.  And that's just wrong.  It's fun to needle the Pirate (who absolutely hates to be linked).  He rattles his saber, says "Arg, By Neptune" and tells saucy crew members to walk the plank.  When I'm having a day that makes me want to kick the dog, I can usually count on heading over to Dread's site and finding something to fight about.  But without the DreadProp, without the option to insult him by awarding an actual E-Prop to a post, signalling that the gloves are off and it's time for some serious disputation ... what's a saucy wench spoiling for some good old fashioned brawling to do.  I'll tell you folks when the Dread Pirate (who hates to be linked) takes away the Proppage, it's just wrong.  It smacks of civilization. 

  
  

  It's the middle of the night here, and it sounds like my dog has finally finished flailing at whatever varmint was lurking about in the darkness.  So I'm going back to bed.  And now that I've expressed just how WRONG it is for the Dread Pirate (did I mention that he has also requested that NO ONE link to his site) to be without the possibility of proppage - I'm hoping that I can sleep easier. 

  
  

  Sweet Dreams to you all. 

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