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I wrote the other day that I couldn’t get Mt-Blacklist.cgi to work. I then jumped through some hoops and took the less ridiculously easy install path to see fi that would work. I still got a working configuration, but not an active one. Only today did I turn to my friend google for the answer. I don’t know why I didn’t before, but Google found that my problem was that I wasn’t logging into Mt-Blacklist as a person who could create weblogs. Once I did, the activate switch was right there for me to click on. Wow, this module is ridiculously easy to use.

Spam comments, I banish you from this weblog!

If you’ve been visiting blogs lately (including mine) and I’ve noticed the increasing trend of blog spam. Especially on my site, since I show comments on the right hand side. Well, it was getting really annoying. I installed MT-Blacklist to help me remove the offending comments, but I seem to have problems getting the override mechanism to work so it automatically removes spam. I figured most of these spammers were targeting Movable Type installations and going after the mt-comments.cgi page. I renamed my page and we’ll see how that changes things. It should at least break their ability to find my site by just looking for my comments page.

There’s been a lot going on in my world lately and I’ve been ignoring my blog. I did manage to get a ton of vioxx ads, so I installed a nice piece of software called MT-Blacklist. It helps me clean out all that annoying garbage and self-promotion.

Where to begin? I was up in North Carolina a while ago. Yara and I visited UNC-Chapel Hill for residency programs, business schools, law schools, and Gerry Andrady. Gerry is a great friend from my Deloitte days. In some ways, he is a lot like a male Yara, careful, dependable, and risk-averse. Or maybe Yara is Gerry-like. He showed us what had changed in NC since we last left. His brother, Anthony, gave me one of the fastest experiences I’ve ever had. He let me ride in his silver bullet Acura NSX. This has to be one of the fastest production cars in the world. It was unbelievable how well that car gripped the road and adored the gas. Those things should be licensed as time machines because the world seems to slow down even though you are racing along at 90 mph in a 30 mph zone. We cruised with the T-tops off and wind blowing through our hair. Then he let me drive the car. Oh my God. There are no words to describe the experience, except a sacred communion between man and machine. Amen. Thank you Anthony from the bottom of my heart. We also got to drive around a Spyder convertible the whole weekend, but it of course paled in comparison after driving the NSX.

Let’s see here, Yara and I watched the peep show that was the Super Bowl. I’ve noticed that Justin’s apology stated that it was unintentional and an accident. Janet’s apology stated that it was planned after the final rehearsals. I really doubt that MTv will be doing the half-time show next year, but it will likely be some major entertainment stars without the channel sponsor. Her nipple ring was cool, but I don’t think it brought about the results Janet wanted. Apparently, Justin’s dumb album sales have risen since the incident. I still can’t believe that Janet did part of Rhythm Nation, that song is so old!!

Kerry for President? I guess Dean is too much of a radical and just too outside. Kerry is now the dominant front runner. He is considered the most electable and most likely to beat Bush. However, Kerry is the ultimate political insider. He’s been a career politician, married into a fortune (Heinz), and went to the same schools as GWB (Yale ‘66). He may end up being too much of an insider. Will we have a Goldilocks like situation and end up somewhere in the middle? Edwards or Clark. Doubtful. It seems Kerry will continue to ride the press wave through the March primaries and lock in the nomination. Unless, some A+ dirt can be dished out about him. If there was some, it would surely have been released by now. The only other case is if the Republicans release it for the fall election.

Personally, I’ve been doing my thing. I’ve been skiing a lot lately. We got back from a week of skiing in Steamboat and are going to Vail in another two weeks for another week. I’m trying to drop some quick pounds so my knees won’t throb so much after some long skiing. I’ve been doing blacks lately. The key for me was to learn how to use my poles to turn. Now moguls aren’t so daunting as long as they aren’t deeper than my knees. I even had a chance to practice my skiing in powder. It’s a lot different than skiing groomed snow when the powder gets deep. It’s fun to fall in though.

I’m off to bed now. Hope you are a little happier now Hume and the rest of you. I’m not dead.