The "f" and "b.s." are parts of acronyms to keep my language here pg-13. Even if I ran around all day cursing at the top of my lungs, it wouldn't be an attack, and believe me, if I were cursing you out, you'd know it. If I called you an idiot, which I didn't, THAT would be an attack. If I told you that your disability somehow made you less of a person, THAT would be an attack. What I DID say was to cut it out, and in subsequent posts, that the last time you ran around posting nothing but your blog link all the heck over GW, you saw all the replies of people agreeing that they'd had enough (the reprimand I was talking about, since you seem to have missed it or forgotten that other people agreed with me about your link spam), and you apologized, citing a newly diagnosed medical condition and a depressive alcohol binge. As for your speculation about my gardenweb account and my "act", lol, you couldn't possibly be more off base. This is the same handle I use at every website I belong to, and if I'd ever been banned, this would have been the one account to go. Sorry, your feeble attempt to somehow discredit me is kind of silly. Additionally, you haven't any idea how many threads I've read through or how many searches, specific or not, I've done to glean information pertinent to my own gardening endeavors. I've come across posts regarding this "experiment" more times than I can recall, dating back to the very beginning of your "18 month" (according to your post here, and 18 weeks according to your blog post... hmm) "trial". THIS was not "way before" I signed up, either. This has nothing to do with what kind of person I am, and if you knew my history, you'd have nothing more to say on the matter, and everything to do with the fact that opening up every forum I frequent and seeing the same post sitting at the top of each one is annoying, repetitive and unnecessary. You drawing parallels to my telling you to stop spamming and blaming it on being drunk after being diagnosed with bursitis, to me telling someone with Down's Syndrome to stop talking to me, is so laughable. As far as how I should have approached you, so that maybe THEN you would have used copy and paste, all I can say is... what??? How does that make any sense? You had already spammed all the forums with your link. At that point, it was done. You SHOULD have copied and pasted your information in the new post to begin with, and you should have kept said posts to a maximum of two forums. If you want to talk about breaking TOS, here's one for you that YOU'VE broken, but I won't bother reporting it to GW because saying it directly to is enough for me: "Often a topic is appropriate to more than one forum. For instance, a question about growing roses in Minnesota would be appropriate in both the Roses Forum and in the Northern Gardening Forum and could be posted in either forum. We ask that you do not submit the same posting to more than two forums." Your threats really don't bother me. Anyone can visit the other forums you've been to and clearly see how you have broken TOS repeatedly, so I think we have a little case of the pot calling the kettle black. I appreciate all of your posts where you actually have something to say, rather than having something to link, and I appreciate that you've put time and effort into a blog, but linking it in 6 forums is too, too much, and this isn't the first time it's happened. And while we're on the subject of this pot and kettle thing, I'd like to see how you'd like to explain away some of the things you've said to me in response, but since you're totally not going to read this, and since you already told me you'd "say no more", I probably won't get a reply, unless you were just talking out of your - well, you know... ;) Oh, and being that this is an internet forum, I'm pretty sure personal opinions are half of what makes this place go 'round. Not only was my post relevant to yours, but it was full of factual tidbits that you, yourself, fessed up to in an earlier thread. If your feelings were hurt, sorry. But if nothing else, it appears that you've learned how to use copy & paste, so at least maybe some good has come of this. Down with repetitive link spam. Up with informative posts, and good times! If you can keep it to the latter, we'll probably never butt heads again. Have a nice day, Steve (because I know you're reading this, as much as you want to pretend that you can't be bothered to). :)

Hello, again, Colleen! That's the one I was talking about. Now...there are 2 that are close in looks. Yours does not seem to have a ridge down the backside of the leaves, so I believe it is xGasteraloe beguinii (some list as 'Beguinii'-but the word should not be Latinized if it's a cultivar/hybrid name). Your blooms are very pale, but that could be from its growing condition or perhaps it will darken up a bit. See link at bottom for example of this one. This one is purported to be (Aloe aristata x Gasteria carinata v. verrucosa) The other I thought it might be (with a ridge on the back of the leaves) is an xGasteraloe (Aloe aristata x Gasteria batesiana-as far as anyone knows). I have a couple of these. Last time I tried to insert a link, it didn't work, EDIT: Okay, the folks here won't allow me to put the link to that other garden forum, so you can do a search yourself... partial url below .com/guides/pf/showimage/148312/ In your search put: Aloe aristata x Gasteria, and it ought to come up I had a link to blooms of one of these a few minutes ago, & now I can't find it. Eeeee...think I need a nap! Hope this helps! ~Rosemarie Here is a link that might be useful: xGasteraloe beguinii

Citrix and Borg Technology are my favorites and your whole garden is lovely. Isn't it amazing how many daylilies can fit in a garden without looking too crowded? I'm up to 297 and still have room for more! Your kitties are lovely, too. It's funny that you just had a new one show up - we just acquired 2! They are both black and white and look like they might be related but they are not friendly with each other at all. One is a sweetheart and we have adopted her into the house (after a visit to the vet, of course!). The other won't have anything to do with us and looks vaguely inbred - we call him Banjo. We're still working on a name for the sweet girl. Good luck with your new baby! Here is a link that might be useful: The Stubborn Gardener

We used to have get togethers on Kitchens. Cat_Mom organized one in Manhattan in 2007 and we had 13 of us at lunch and shopping and Union Sq afterwards. She had one more after that and I couldn't make it. We don't get up to NYC like we used to. My DH and I have gone to WA and met up with Rhome and her DH...we actually all got together 2 times in one week ! It was great. Perhaps we need to try it here on Deco. Mustangs that is a very impressive number 33 !! Love the puppies on the pillows and the food pics and the cartoon ! Motherof3sons...what time ?? I have bagels !! Thank you patty sweet compliments. This is what I was watching out of my sitting room window last evening. So beautiful. c I just scrolled through part ll...there were several pics that I missed. Betty's birds and a pic of Venice/boats were two. So many moments shared. Please link to this part lll when you start part lV. That way they won't get lost. Here is a link that might be useful: slice of life 2 link