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Points Whores Anonymous-A 12 step program.

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Points Whores Anonymous-A 12 step program.

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from JoeUser Forums
Hello, my name is Matthew, and I am a points whore.... its been less than 24 hours since my last activity. I fell off the wagon, I admit it after I zealously went after Ashlee Simpson. I loved the attention... I had missed it so much before, and I don't want it to stop. But it must, because its just not healthy.

So in that spirit., I've decided to create the 12 step program... for overcoming being a points whore.

1. I admit that I am powerless when it comes to how the points come...
2. I believe a greater power can bring sanity to this site, and does every day(Thanks Brad and mods)
3. Make a more concerted effort to write better quality articles for the group
4. Gather all my resentments and grudges and then deal with them in a calm manner without resorting to an external article attack...
5. Be Brutally honest about everything
6. Make a concerted effort to deal with all of my blogs deficiencies
7. Be humble....
8. Figure out who gets hurt by my blogging... mostly the people in #9 I gather....
9. Clear the blacklist...
10. Figure out what is working, and what isn't... and always try to improve
11. Grant myself the ability to edit that which is editable, the patience to deal with what isn't, and the judgement to know the difference between the two.
12. Nothing will ensure that I don't fall back into the life so much as helping other recovering point whores deal with their problem as they help me deal with mine.

I hope others will soon walk the same path I do. And if not, well, I might totally become one again. Which could be interesting, but we just never know what is going to happen.

I guess I haven't gotten through step 1 yet.
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Reply #51 from JoeUser Forums Top
emailing now... Bluedev taught me (I think Citahellion helped, too).


Thanks. I will feel way cool when I am able to write things on my link. Kick ass!
Reply #52 from JoeUser Forums Top
Hmmm . . . I just realized you guys are making me the bad guy in this little scenario . .


Well, as I mentioned, you have the popularity to handle it, and in the end we could let you be the one to bring us all to reconciliation. Then you would be the heroine!
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Reply #53 from JoeUser Forums Top
Thanks. I will feel way cool when I am able to write things on my link. Kick ass!


Yeah, its something best taught in email... because the way you do it disappears if you put it in your post(because its html coding)
Reply #54 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bluedev:
Well, as I mentioned, you have the popularity to handle it, and in the end we could let you be the one to bring us all to reconciliation. Then you would be the heroine!


Suggesting I should "take one for the team," eh?

history & chip:
Yeah, its something best taught in email... because the way you do it disappears if you put it in your post(because its html coding)


I don't think I can learn to do it . . . I got the email, but I can't seem to wrap my brain around it . . . ah well . . . maybe it's just not meant to be . . . I can live with my links saying "Link."
Reply #55 from JoeUser Forums Top
The pattern(replace the { and } with < and >:

{a href="http://www.yourlink.com"}Your Text{/a}
Reply #56 from JoeUser Forums Top
Tex--Check out this site as it has great tutorials. The best thing about them is if you click on the links it will open up a page that shows you the raw code on one side, the results on the other, and lets you mess around with it and see what happens.

I am also planning on writing a basic tutorial on HTML tips, just basic, simple stuff. So keep and eye out for that.
Reply #58 from JoeUser Forums Top
Yes, you did good
Reply #59 from JoeUser Forums Top
Bravo! Worked nicely.