http://tcbear.com A teddy bear with attitude talks to the world about himself life bears people pictures colours patterns photographs stories numbers mazes words history and connections Sun, 18 Mar 2007 13:08:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Spam comments for my blog seem to be solved for the moment, by denying access to some IP addresses. That will only work until the spam starts arriving from some new source so I'm still looking for a better solution. The article in this month's issue of Comms ... http://tcbear.com/2007/02/18/technical-update/ I've been working hard on a jigsaw puzzle. A 1000-piece jigsaw is usually bearsplay to a teddy bear with my skill and experience, but this one has an extra twist: the picture on the box is not the picture on the puzzle. But I finished it and solved the ... http://tcbear.com/2007/01/24/the-right-picture/ The spam thing gets worse and worse. I've tried some professional-strength growling but the spammers out there can't hear me. There are thousands of spam comments arriving at my blog and there's email spam as well. Marching for the cause I support everyone who is working to fight ... http://tcbear.com/2007/01/09/protesting/ Where did you get that hat? Out of a cracker, of course, at last night's New Year's Eve celebrations. Party bear http://tcbear.com/2007/01/01/happy-new-year/ For the last couple of weeks, TCbear.com has been suffering from spam comments and I'm getting hundreds every day. For example, there were 428 yesterday morning. I scan them quickly before deleting them, but it would be easy to overlook a genuine comment in the mass. So ... http://tcbear.com/2006/12/27/first-resolution/ It's Christmas Day and I have a present. (I really shouldn't have worried.) It's a smart black box for storing my ribbons and inside there's a voucher for a new ribbon - grrreat. For me http://tcbear.com/2006/12/25/merry-christmas/ It's Christmas Eve and I know it's paws off the presents until tomorrow, but I'm allowed to admire the wrapping and read the labels. I like the teddy bears on the paper for this one. Not for me I've checked ALL the labels on ALL the presents and NONE of them ... http://tcbear.com/2006/12/24/impatience/ Yesterday evening we began the Christmas celebrations with champagne, including a glass for me of course. The candles are part of the magic. Setting the mood http://tcbear.com/2006/12/23/the-party-begins/ The house is ready for Christmas, with bowls of shiny baubles like this one. It gets more Christmassy every day as more cards arrive and are added to the display. I counted them today: 36 so far. Christmas gold The mice have been checking the cards, too, reading ... http://tcbear.com/2006/12/22/decorations/ At Christmas, these three mice come out of hibernation for the season. Every year, I tell them to behave themselves. Every year, they pretend to listen. They are not paying attention But I know it's useless. All they think about is party, party, party. http://tcbear.com/2006/12/20/the-christmas-mice/