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Spam, this blog and the contents…

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Until I can get this issue resolved, I will be continuing my blogging outside of LiveJournal at quasilaur.wordpress.com. I’m considering just pointing my domain to there, but I’m not sure if I really want to do that. Checking ironheadjane.com every day and deleting long strings of spam that’s being slipped in is becoming wearing. And for those of you who might be curious, I’m unable to update WordPress on my end, at least, if there is a way, I don’t know what it is.

And of course, this post will be spammed below, likely until WordPress is updated, so here it is, SPAM SPAM SPAM:

Seriously, stop with the spam.

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I’m putting up this post until I can get the situation rectified that allows spammers to exploit this generation of WordPress I’m using. It seems to be only attaching to the most recent post, and then it only seems visible when viewed from RSS or another manner. I’m not a nerd, and I’m unfortunately not able to update WordPress on my own, so I’m getting creative.

Hey spammers, attack this post!

Greetings from Ireland, and Shifting

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Last week was a doozy. We were counting down til our departure to Ireland, Jon was required to go to NYC for business during the week, things were intense at work for me, and serendipitously on Monday morning, I was emailed about interest in a job interview.

By the end of the week, I had a job offer for a job less than 2 mi from home with great benefits. I gave 1 mo notice to my current job (my boss seemed happy for me, but not so happy at the same time.) The house was cleaned and we were packed. We spent Friday evening with friends, having a wonderful time, and then Saturday we started our journey. I’m still discombobulated because my life took a turn last week, and hopefully for the better.

We’ve been wandering around Dublin so far, and today we are going to wander more. There seems to be a marathon today, which may account for all the American athletic types I’ve seen around. What a coincidence we just happen to come here during a tourist time.

The weather is not unlike Seattle, which is a relief. Jon has now approached me at this little computer station, so it’s time for breakfast.

Here’s to all life’s adventures!

Coffee vs. Social Work

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Early this afternoon I was getting my Nico (a coffee drink at Vivace in Seattle) and chatting with Don, one of our usual baristas. We see Don most days he works, because we are at Vivace most every day. Somehow or another, we started talking about the new Stumptown (Portland-based coffee roasters) locations on the Hill. I mused a bit on how maybe I should quit my job and try being a barista. I told him, though, my barista training came from Starbucks (not to mention my brief time at Seattle’s Best Coffee), and I’m not sure that was adequate. Don encouraged me, reminding me that I did work at the ‘bucks before their push-button machines. Don said something about Stumptown like, “I hear they pay well and have good benefits…”

Maybe I should quit social work and try to be a Seattle barista?

He suggested us swapping jobs. I laughed.

If only!

Experiment

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I’m toying with the idea of using this as an alternative to LiveJournal.  I’ll continue to mull it over and see how this works out.