tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post1123422058316698980..comments2024-03-15T04:01:53.036-04:00Comments on Cranky Fitness: Crabby has Authority Issues? Who Says!Crabby McSlackerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-16633639814958185962007-05-25T16:08:00.000-04:002007-05-25T16:08:00.000-04:00It's probably too late as no one is reading this t...It's probably too late as no one is reading this thread anymore, but I was reading over a comment I made above and realized I wrote it sloppily. I didn't mean to imply that Martha was one of the bloggers at Thatsfit who is shady about linking to support her stories. She's one of the good ones who only links to a source for research info if it actually contains some! If there is some sort of junky article in the background for a post (I use these too) she makes it clear she's just having a general discussion about an issue, not alerting us to new research. Doubt anyone will see this, but I don't want to inadvertently slander poor Martha.Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-54227303609624045802007-05-24T14:59:00.000-04:002007-05-24T14:59:00.000-04:00Oh my goodness, Peggy!Not only do you know how to ...Oh my goodness, Peggy!<BR/>Not only do you know how to put links in comments, (I've never managed that one) you have a bazillion smarty-pants blogs that look both interesting and intelligent. Yikes! Please hang around and lend some class to this operation.<BR/><BR/>(Although I still maintain that the chocolate KK's are superior and worth the extra 100 calories.<BR/><BR/>And isn't it slightly suspicious that they're all such round numbers?)Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-53375683281242994642007-05-24T14:47:00.000-04:002007-05-24T14:47:00.000-04:00One of the reasons I enjoy reading your blog is th...One of the reasons I enjoy reading your blog is that you do link to the original studies or related information. My local newspaper covers health and science issues by barely modifying press releases, and almost never takes the effort to determine if the studies are controversial or decently put together (or even if the PR characterizes the conclusions accurately). I'll admit that I don't always click the links, but the fact that they are there makes me happy. <BR/><BR/>(And KK glazed chocolate is an abomination. The only way to go is the original glazed, fresh from the fryer and <A HREF="http://calorielab.com/restaurants/krispy-kreme-ca/original-glazed/3005/19000" REL="nofollow">200 calories</A>.)Peggy Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18360669414917755737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-70226927653878078872007-05-24T14:26:00.000-04:002007-05-24T14:26:00.000-04:00That will teach me not to Preview. "A post," not ...That will teach me not to Preview. "A post," not "your post."Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-30548502284502036902007-05-24T14:25:00.000-04:002007-05-24T14:25:00.000-04:00Hi Julia,I went to your very fine blog and stole a...Hi Julia,<BR/><BR/>I went to your very fine blog and stole an idea for your post.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for stopping by!Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-2469747125233495772007-05-23T22:22:00.000-04:002007-05-23T22:22:00.000-04:00I'm with Appleton, having links around is comforti...I'm with Appleton, having links around is comforting. Depending on how much time I have, I love clicking on links. Sometimes I'm frustrated if there are links and I don't have the time option of indulging in them.Julia Phillips Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15392455413201190775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-31978962250580681482007-05-23T18:56:00.000-04:002007-05-23T18:56:00.000-04:00Hi Smartcookie! I think I was over at your site wh...Hi Smartcookie! I think I was over at your site while you were here. Pretty kitty! (And to "clink" should be a handy new verb that means to "click on a link"--I think you just invented it).<BR/><BR/>And Chicken Girl--wow, you sound like you might be quite knowledgable about technical matters. Be careful, because Crabby knows very little and she's often tempted to ask smart people for advice.<BR/><BR/>And Dawn (whose soon-to-be released novel has just been designated a "Prime Read" and who should be properly congratulated over on her site), hello there! Please don't add any quizzes or link-detectors to your thursday tours or you'll embarass those of us who tend to hang back and linger at the snack bar.<BR/><BR/>Hammerhead, welcome!<BR/>I suspect you're kind of uppity too and you'll fit right in here.<BR/><BR/>And Leah, yes! Krispy Kremes: road food. Because it does need to be fresh from the source. (And not one of those gas station resellers).Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-8794514533894320482007-05-23T16:22:00.000-04:002007-05-23T16:22:00.000-04:00Katieo, Krispy Kremes have (had?)an outlet in Calg...Katieo, Krispy Kremes have (had?)an outlet in Calgary (about two hours from me) that caused a stir when it opened. Folk from Edmonton (three hours up the highway from Calgary) went there to be in line the moment it opened.<BR/>Krispy Kremes then became available in packages at a large grocery store in Red Deer ( one hour from me and halfway between the aforementioned cities). I was tempted to try them, but wondered how long they'd been sitting and would it be a fair trial?<BR/>How can I form a proper opionion if I don't have one fresh and from the source?<BR/><BR/>Crabby, I might just add it to my road food treats next time I'm in the US. <BR/>And, to keep this on topic, Links! Links! And More Links!Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-65351269931906788742007-05-23T16:13:00.000-04:002007-05-23T16:13:00.000-04:00Your blog is kinda uppity if you know wot I mean.H...Your blog is kinda uppity if you know wot I mean.<BR/><BR/>HammerheadAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-62082672942008536802007-05-23T16:04:00.000-04:002007-05-23T16:04:00.000-04:00You're not just a pretty crab are you, there's a s...You're not just a pretty crab are you, there's a scholarly head on those shoulders! (Do crabs have shoulders?)<BR/><BR/>I like links put in so I could follow if I want.<BR/><BR/>Love the sound of Dawno's widget that shows the top clicked links. I might look at that. I want to know if people really are following my Thursday Tour or just pretending to! There will be questions one day!Dawnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04991009842667783101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-83235696245993255052007-05-23T12:18:00.000-04:002007-05-23T12:18:00.000-04:00re: link leakageFirefox FTW! (or Opera, or Seamonk...re: link leakage<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.getfirefox.com/" REL="nofollow">Firefox</A> FTW! (or <A HREF="http://www.opera.com/" REL="nofollow">Opera</A>, or <A HREF="http://www.mozilla.org/projects/seamonkey/" REL="nofollow">Seamonkey</A>... basically "<A HREF="http://www.killbillsbrowser.com/" REL="nofollow">anything except IE</A> FTW")<BR/><BR/>If only <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabbed_document_interface" REL="nofollow">tabbed browsing</A> were more common, everyone everywhere could link wherever they liked, secure that their readers would be opening those pages in separate tabs to peruse at their leisure instead of always being whisked away from what they were reading.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-31633479643454659882007-05-23T10:38:00.000-04:002007-05-23T10:38:00.000-04:00"clink" now that is an interesting Freudian slip. ..."clink" now that is an interesting Freudian slip. HaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-61814342984266808782007-05-23T10:37:00.000-04:002007-05-23T10:37:00.000-04:00Nineteen votes?! Kickass! People hardly clink on a...Nineteen votes?! Kickass! People hardly clink on any links from my site either, but I put them there because I am a good soldier with excellent blogger etiquette. <BR/><BR/>I shall now crave a warm Krispy Kreme.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-26609758745637418702007-05-23T10:08:00.000-04:002007-05-23T10:08:00.000-04:00Hi Appleton!Always good to see you! But how embar...Hi Appleton!<BR/>Always good to see you! But how embarrassing (sp?) to have you show up on a post in which Crabby's hyphen ignorance is on full display! (Appleton patiently explained hyphenation to Crabby elsewhere but not long ago, and the rules went in and out of her tiny crab head and she persists in alternating between using them everywhere and leaving them all out).<BR/><BR/>Kadia,<BR/>Thanks! I want to give you a big welcome but I'm trying to remember if you might have dropped in before. If not, Welcome! And please come back, as I promise I will not let Cranky Fitness turn into eDiets anytime soon.<BR/><BR/>You have a good point about certain bloggers that I link to--I try not to do it for primary info but I do like to be friendly. They're very nice to me over there and let me hang out and try to steal their visitors. (However now that they're running pictures I find at odd that so many of them look like models. What's up with that?)Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-61653041000104095182007-05-23T09:09:00.000-04:002007-05-23T09:09:00.000-04:00One of the reasons I enjoy reading your blog is be...One of the reasons I enjoy reading your blog is because you've normally thought about what you're saying, and asked the sort of questions that I consider really basic!<BR/><BR/>If you start linking me to ediets as a reputable source then I'm going to be very very sad indeed and your blog will annoy me as much as certain posters on That's Fit (sorry, but it's true).<BR/><BR/>I really appreciate sources, even if I don't click.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-64444828156986853832007-05-23T00:55:00.000-04:002007-05-23T00:55:00.000-04:00At the very least, a link shows that the blogger h...At the very least, a link shows that the blogger has done her homework. As Samantha says, it's nice to have the option, even if we don't use it. Besides, having links around is comforting. It (potentially) connects us to the larger community.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-39143402218015748992007-05-23T00:28:00.000-04:002007-05-23T00:28:00.000-04:00Thanks jennifer--i'm really glad to find out it th...Thanks jennifer--i'm really glad to find out it that the research thing is worth it, since my natural lazy side rebels against doing anything that requires effort. And thanks for coming back after the unfortunate unsavory Meatball post! Was really hoping you'd hang around.<BR/><BR/>Hi leah! I know people who can take or leave Krispy Kreme. I'm not generally a big donut fan, but somehow Krispy Kreme is one of our favorite Road Food treats. Helps if they're just out of the fryer. They're really bad for you too-full of transfats (at least last time I ate 'em; maybe they're better now).<BR/><BR/>I have serious hyphen problems. I always get it wrong. I know there's a rule; smart people have tried to walk me through it, (recently in fact), but I just don't get when you're supposed to put them in. For some reason I'm allowing myself to get it wrong in public, repeatedly, 'cause I'm too lazy to learn. If someone wants to host a hyphen lesson here in the comments section of Cranky Fitness I could try again to learn when to put them in. <BR/><BR/>Thank you, Holly! We love you here in the comments and want you to stay. So don't worry about any links or even any dull posts, just come down here and chat with us!<BR/><BR/>Hi Dawno!<BR/>You always have the coolest new stuff in your blog. And I think the comments <I>should</I> be the most popular link. It means people want to stay at your nice cozy blog and not go out in the cold harsh blogosphere where you could meet up with all kinds of ruffians.<BR/><BR/>Katieo--glad you feel this way too. I've read a theory that one should limit "link leakage" on a blog, on the theory that too many links out will lower your google page rank. Screw that! I like blogs with lots of links that I very rarely click on, but <I>could</I> if I wanted to.Crabby McSlackerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12108791388350253344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-31869441910219348992007-05-23T00:12:00.000-04:002007-05-23T00:12:00.000-04:00I'll admit that sometimes I click on the link and ...I'll admit that sometimes I click on the link and sometimes I don't. I must admit, I like the option.Samanthahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07199405195909496507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-18848637809010254092007-05-22T23:16:00.000-04:002007-05-22T23:16:00.000-04:00When I first started reading blogs I used to click...When I first started reading blogs I used to click on EVERY link just because I thought it was so cool. Maybe because I was so techno-challenged that I couldn't actually believe the article or other website was one click away. I loved the novelty of it. (silly, I know) but I ALWAYS appreciate a link because now, on the rare occasion that I will click on something (meatball man, or Krispy Kreme- I too, love the glazed chocolate cake!) it usually means I am really interested in the subject and will have genuinely appreciated the blogger who took me there. I become more loyal to the blog even though I had navigated away from the page.<BR/><BR/> And thanks for the comment highlight! <BR/> <BR/>One more thing- <BR/>Leah, you've never had a Kripsy Kreme????katieohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08339475353059389950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-66700428921158798972007-05-22T23:14:00.000-04:002007-05-22T23:14:00.000-04:00I believe in linking, too, and following them if t...I believe in linking, too, and following them if the topic grabs my interest. There's a cool widget I use from "My Blog Log" that shows me the top clicked links on my blog. (there's an icon for it in my sidebar - it's not one of the most clicked links...)<BR/><BR/>The top link is usually the "comments" link. Oh well.ohdawnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01995493308490806364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-60774430561803360532007-05-22T23:00:00.000-04:002007-05-22T23:00:00.000-04:00I almost voted for your oops answer just because i...I almost voted for your oops answer just because it was so funny. :)<BR/><BR/>I like having the links there in case I want more details. Mostly I am here for your comments, but when I need more info on something- for example the gross meatball dude, it was nice to be able to find the article without looking it up myself --lazy!!--<BR/><BR/>Keep up the great work, and crabby comments!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-62801666370000108542007-05-22T22:36:00.000-04:002007-05-22T22:36:00.000-04:00Great poll, Crabby. Excellent, realistic, well tho...Great poll, Crabby. Excellent, realistic, well thought out choices.<BR/>It saddens me that I've never had a Krispy Kreme.<BR/>Oh, umm links make stuff look scholarly and well-researched.<BR/>I many use them someday myself.<BR/><BR/>I want to put hyphens in "well thought out" but I can't decide if it's necessary.Leah J. Utashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497599109798015888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1704170106558126102.post-64262787852749056022007-05-22T21:35:00.000-04:002007-05-22T21:35:00.000-04:00I think it's too slack happy when writers/bloggers...I think it's too slack happy when writers/bloggers leave important links or credits out. The information comes from somewhere. I think a writer's writing looks worse without a link or a credit, at least, because everyone knows you can't possibly know everything and the link gives credit where credit is due. I don't always click on links or go jaunt off to find the original source book to read but I do get the feeling that at least I'm dealing with an honest writer.Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619288792228194391noreply@blogger.com