This information will surprise a few people.
I am a head-strong woman.
I can be stubborn.
I can be obstinate.
I can be demanding and impatient...oh my freaking heck. I just described Miss Ky--
Anyhoo...
I do NOT like being told what to do. Ever.
Even if it's the best advice, the best answer, a brilliant idea-- if you tell me to do it, I won't. That's me. It's how I roll.
So you can imagine how my back hair bristled (ok, I don't have back hair, but if I did, it would have stood at attention) when Google wouldn't let me sign on to my blog.
"Your password is weak, choose a new one"
"no"
Try a different browser...
"Your password is weak, choose a new one"
"I said, 'No', it's my blog I'll decide if I want a weak password or not!"
I eventually had to give it a stupid password just to go forward.
Now I have the Fort Knox of passwords.
The mote, the iron gate, the 30 foot wall of password. Ain't NOBODY telling me my password is weak again. It may even keep ME out when the sleep deprived brain cells begin degenerating.
Later, when I went to fetch my mail (from my google account), it didn't know me. Couldn't even recognize my usual heavy-handed tap taptap tap tap taptap.
My Macbaby is set up to sign in with my "weak" password but google is protected by my new uber-password.
Like I didn't have enough to do.

haha - so funny :)
ReplyDeleteOH my...I can just see you tap tap tapping away!!!!!
ReplyDeleteHee Hee!
thanks for sharing!
PS - loved the football photo of your son, and the post really touched me. CHEERS!
Yeah! I'm with you. Then they make you come up with a 'strong' password that is so dang complex good luck ever remembering it! Can you tell that's happened to me before too?
ReplyDeleteLuckily I picked these past two weeks to hibernate while Blogger was being so persnickity. Lucky me...glad to be back and reading your usual uplifting piece!
ReplyDeletehugs
Sandi
Fie, fie on Google!! :D
ReplyDeleteHope your computer woes are gone soon.
I wouldn't just be tapping, I would be jabbing it with a stick. Bleh!
ReplyDeleteGah.
ReplyDeleteGGRRRRR. I just know that heavy heartedness when the computer just Wont Do As You Want It To. Very funny though!
ReplyDelete*laugh*
ReplyDeleteOMG! I shouldn't be laughing when you are agonizing... I JUST CAN'T HELP IT!!!!! Forgive me, say you will?!
*laugh*
I'm so sorry but BWAHAHAHA you and me both....hhheeeeee heeee heeee
ReplyDeleteyour makin me laugh
I think we must be sisters or something. Because I have the same unnatural urge to go against authority and do the opposite of what people tell me to do.
ReplyDeleteI could have almost written this myself. I have also been having problems with Google. It seems to be impossible to contact then and their help pages have been written by a real computer geek.
ReplyDeleteUmmm... you just described me as well. I'm terrible.
ReplyDeleteI'm even worse when someone says there's no way I can accomplish whatever. I proceed to make a big fat liar out of them.
Yup, I knew we were meant to be friends. I promise to never tell you what to do if you promise not to tell me what to do, lol.
;-)
I often wonder what makes up a weak password. Silliness.
ReplyDeleteI have this same gripe! I don't ever like to be told I can't do something or that I'm not doing it right. My prerogative! Mine! Mine! Mine!
ReplyDeleteWait. Now I sound like my toddler too!
Oh man, your internet issues are making my head hurt and I don't have to deal with them! May any pages you visit load quickly tomorrow and may your uber password keep your mac happy.
ReplyDeleteAnd also, your son is adorable!
The stupid site told me the same thing, but it didn't say a word when I logged into my other Gmail account (the passwords were similar). At least you didn't have to come up with a minimum 14 character password with at least 2 uppercase, 2 lowercase and 2 numbers or special characters. :-) And I don't buy the headstrong, stubborn bit--not for a second...
ReplyDeleteOh Jeri thank you for being you.
ReplyDeleteI ALWAYS get to laugh out loud when I visit your blog...you NEVER disappoint!
I have a weak password, google must have been sleeping when I chose mine.
You rock girl.
Hugs
Peggy
Google is a control freak. Luckily, it's also a god.
ReplyDeleteOh, I would so be wanting to launch my computer..oh wait maybe that's why I needed a new computer..I mean the "old" hard-drive was overloaded..cough, cough! JK..but man I have felt like it on many days...
ReplyDeleteAt least you are still tap tap tapping away!!Hugs...
Please tell me you have medication...this is all so much.
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