About a week ago Weblog Tools Collection posted one of its lists of themes. There was one, Inksplash, that I was considering — until I discovered that, in addition to putting a link to their theme site in the theme’s footer, the author had also included a link to their unrelated, cosmetics business site.

Now, I have no problem promoting the work of a designer whose theme I’m using. It’s like a sign posted outside a house that’s just had some work done to it, promoting the company that did the work.  However I refuse to advertise their irrelevant endeavors for free. So I pointed out this link in the WTC post.

A few days later, the theme’s author puts in an appearance, insisting that the second footer link isn’t to a business site but to her cosmetics tips blog. Yeah. There is a link on that blog’s homepage, nestled within the other “Pages” links (which implies it is part of the blog), that takes you to a page where you can purchase cosmetics. Furthermore, the page shares the same domain as the blog (it isn’t a subdomain). So yeah, it’s a business with a blog front. She also offered to create link-free themes for those who, like me, didn’t like being taken for saps. For a fee, of course. Naturally, I called her on it.

She again replied, cleverly avoiding my allegations and instead discussed my lack of morals. Um, pot, meet kettle. I think a theme author slipping an unrelated site link into their theme, assuming its users will blindly promote that site, lying about the contents of said site, and then trying to divert attention from themselves by playing the morals card has a lot more to answer for than someone who suggested that users remove the second link before using the theme (me).

Needless to say, I won’t be using Inksplash or any other theme she creates — so long as she assumes people are that stupid.

Bitch! Where my money at?

• Spent 5 minutes searching for keys that I was holding in my hands. *facepalm* #
• Wishing everymom a Happy Mother’s Day! #

Yesterday was the annual Mail Carrier’s Food Drive. As with the previous, um, 6 or 7 years I spent a couple of hours at the local food pantry checking expiration dates. Food donations seem to be up slightly this year but the amount of expired food is about the same. 😛 The oldest can I found had expired in 1996. It wasn’t helping that my fellow inspectors didn’t have a clue. I spent a good portion of my day fishing good food out of the dead food boxes because neither of them could find expiration dates on the containers. I even explained to them a number of times how not all manufacturers date their products and they were to use their judgment as to whether or not to keep the item. One of them challenged me, insisting that we aren’t allowed to take food without a date on it. *rolls eyes* If stores are allowed to sell it we can take it. If you can’t figure out whether or not it’s good then give it to me. I’ve done this gig long enough to know.

Other than that my time at the pantry went well. I got to hang out with some old friends, crocheting, while we waited for the first mail trucks to arrive. It was a good time.