Greetings from the guy formerly known as Frank Mullen III
Hi. I'm the P.O.'d guy who, a few months ago, wrote the post, "A meaningless blog about nothing," complaining that I couldn't understand how TPM was supposed to work,
Things got worse with each month. The new Beta-blogging improvement grabbed my posts and stuck them in a black hole and refused to show them with consistency anywhere at TPM. Yesterday, my blog homepage refused to believe that I existed, as though I were Santa's bad brother Raoul the Sharp-fanged.
I asked for advice, but rarely got it, since my posts were rarely, well, posted.
I decided that TPM's software hated me. And I decided to fight back.
I've registered another TPM account under a different name. I haven't posted yet--this will be my first under this new name--but already I am encouraged. I visited my TPM blog homepage and was not told I don't exist. This is a vast improvement.
If this post appears at TPM, as it should, I will have narrowed down the problem. It's not that TPM's software hates me--it just hates my name.
Rest assured, America; though you may see the name "Bro" attached to my posts, I am stlll Frank Mullen III. Same clueless guy with little to say and so little time to say it.
Tell your friends, tell your mama. But don't tell the software.
Almighty Jehovah, I bow down in thanks to you. You have given me victory over TPM's software.
Yea, though I call myself "Bro," you recognize me as Frank Mullen III.
Though the software has rejected me and Josh Marshall and his minions ignore my pleas, you, Mighty One, have mercy on me.
You hold me in your palm and allow me to post at TPM. In gratitude I will post left-leaning posts. Seven times seventy blogs decrying John McCain's perfidy will I post. Well, okay, maybe not that many, but you, O Ruler of the Universe, look in my heart and know that I mean well.
October 23, 2008 2:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
Fool! Now that you have revealed that the worm who styles himself "Bro" is - in fact - the sub-worm formerly known as "Frank," I shall crush you like McCain in California. Twas part of my Mighty Plan - so that ALL could see my greatness, and kneel.
Look on my works mortals, and shudder. For I. AM. TPM.
P.S. Nice comment, Bro. Pleased to see you.
October 23, 2008 2:29 PM | Reply | Permalink
Welcome back to this meaningless and often frustrating corner of the universe, Bro. Wherever that might be.
October 23, 2008 2:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Gasket, where you been? By the way, I've been meaning to tell you. Cute cat. But you've got to get a new avatar. After two weeks (or however long it's been), I simply can't reconcile this cute and cuddly avatar with the scrappy Gasket I've come to know and love. ;)
October 23, 2008 2:51 PM | Reply | Permalink
Hi Hilary. I've been swamped with a project, but trying to keep up with the reader blogs when I get the bleary-eyed chance. Can't believe the election is almost here.
This kitten is a sweetie pie; much, much sweeter than I could ever be, but she's my placeholder until I find something more gaskety. ;-)
October 23, 2008 3:18 PM | Reply | Permalink
An exploding cat? ;-)
JOKE, Gasket, JOKE!!!! Jeeeez.
October 23, 2008 3:26 PM | Reply | Permalink
Glad you didn't choose, "Mansierre."
October 23, 2008 3:34 PM | Reply | Permalink
Once you are sure things are working, I you can change your profile so Frank Mullen III appears as the name of your blog, but your official user name is still "bro" for url purposes, and, I'm not sure about this, because I've seen it happen both ways, but I think you will also appear as "bro" when you author comments.
Look at "My Profile". There are boxes for both "User Name" and "Display Name." They can be different.
There is some glitch going on with the official user name, some urls of people with with more than one word in their official user name cause the urls to go bad. But the "Display Name" shouldn't affect that. It just goes as an author on your blog entries.
I noticed that there are more than a few people who have differing user and display names. One of them is Josh Marshall. His actual user name is "ezekiel," display name is "Josh Marshall."
October 23, 2008 3:56 PM | Reply | Permalink
Oh my, my comment wasn't well proofed, sorry.
The point: you can keep the "bro" User name that the system likes and change your Display name to "Frank Mullen III." To the system, you'll still be "bro." To the readers of your blog, you'll be Frank again, only the account won't have any of user Frank's past archive history.
October 23, 2008 4:07 PM | Reply | Permalink
Pour down your blessings, O Jehovah, on your child artappraiser, and bless him or her, as the case may be, for his or her wisdom and compassion, traits that are generally employed as descriptors of your Celestial Being but which may sometimes, to a lesser yet appreciable degree, be used to laud those who, though mortal and, therefore, fallible, nevertheless reach out their arms to save the uninitiated who sometimes go astray.
Bless him or her, sanctify him or her, and bring appreciative traffic to his or her TPM blog, O Creator, for, in casting the light of knowledge into the dark corners of my frustration with the incomprehensible software of TPM, he or she has done Your work.
October 23, 2008 5:23 PM | Reply | Permalink
Thanks Bro Frank, I can use the blessing. You're welcome to keep the blog traffic, though, I'm going to try to use it to win the lotto. :-)
October 23, 2008 9:43 PM | Reply | Permalink