Now I have my music where I want it

I don't want it sitting on the desk, though; but it'll be OK there until I come across a table that's just the proper size. Then it will be to the right of my computer desk. I have it facing away from the computer because I'll often be in the other room when it's on.

In a comment, Lefty got me thinking about those jewel boxes that CDs come in; I think he has a point, so I'll look for some kind of storage that accommodates the cases as well as the CDs. I don't have a huge collection, and I've already thrown away many of the cases to CDs that are in albums in the car. It shouldn't be too difficult to find some way of storing the ones I have in the house without taking up too much precious space.

I've been having a blast on Facebook: There's this thing going around where lots of us are posting pictures of ourselves as babies or youngsters and using that as our profile picture for awhile. It's so much fun seeing what my Facebook friends looked like when they were kids.

Blog stuff and spammers

I notice the spammers are going to the trouble of using real people instead of "bots" to leave their junk in our comment sections, because I have word verification in place and still had an oriental spam comment this morning. This is the first time that's happened to me; I've been very happy with the word verification solution, although I wish I didn't have to use any methods that make it harder for people to comment. I also notice that some of the spammers are getting downright sneaky, leaving comments that, at first glance, appear legit. Then I'll see there's a link included in the comment, and that link is not one I would like to have here.

Here's something that has happened to me a lot, lately: I click to comment on someone else's blog and my comment does not go through the first time; I get a message in red that says, "Your request could not be processed; please try again." I click to post the comment again and sometimes it goes through, sometimes it does not. If it fails to post the second time, I am presented with word verification (which wasn't there at the beginning of my valiant effort to comment), type in the word, and my comment finally appears.

This happens several times a day. I always persist until my little blurb is officially added, but I think this might be discouraging to some folks. There are certain blogs where it always occurs. Ora's is one.

Just another of those things that make me go "Hmmm".

On a different subject, I'm trying to figure out a way to put my music system in the computer room ( spare bedroom now that I have the daybed). I spend a huge amount of time in here, and I know I'd get a lot more use from it in this room. I have it in the bedroom now, because I thought I'd turn it on at bedtime, to lull me to sleep; I've found I prefer my Grace Internet Radio for that purpose, though. The time of day when I really want to listen to the radio/CD player is in the morning; right now it's in the bedroom where Cliff is sleeping, and he doesn't get up until at least 10 A.M., thanks to the wacky shift he's working at his job.

This is such a small room, though, that I'll need a not-too-big table of some sort on which to place the radio. I'm keeping my eyes peeled for such a table. Garage sales will be starting up in a couple of months.

Oh, thanks to all the comments on my "hoarding" entry. Dee from Tennessee, I believe I'll do as you did and buy a CD "storage thingie"; perhaps an album-type one. I'll toss the jewel cases. Problem solved. "Pudge450" shared some wisdom: Katrina taught her that all that "stuff" isn't so important after all. (I do hope I'm right about saying "her"; the profile doesn't tell me much.)

Right now I'm considering the bookcase I have in my bedroom. I love each and every book therein, but how long has it been since I've read a single one of them? Trust me, it's been ages. Maybe I need to have a few book giveaways here on my blog.