UPDATE (21/4/06): Please read On Identity Theft and Trolls
Oooh. Ooh. Let me just introduce you to this creature called Sunny Stewart. He/she/it’s my first ever troll! Goodie! ‘Feels like I’ve finally “arrived” in the blogosphere.
The troll left this comment:
Um, no offense, but I don’t think nobody really cares about your blog or your mediocre podcasting. I suggest you find other things to do than waste space on the world wide web. Besides your picture is the ugliest I’ve ever seen. Stop pretending as if you’re smart.
No, no… none taken, Sunny. This is fun! You see, when I don’t care about someone’s blog or podcast, I just don’t bother leaving a comment. I go ahead and move on to the next one. Leaving comments take time, you see. And, time is precious.
So, thanks for sparing me some of that precious time. Not just to leave me a comment - but to check my stuff out, download my podcast, and listen to it? Wow. That’s something. You see, if I don’t care about something or someone, I just don’t care. Full stop.
Well, I’m assuming, of course, that your critique of my work is based on actually checking my stuff out - and not just based on the ugliest picture you’ve ever seen. 
I took the liberty to do a Google search since you didn’t leave an address for me to come and pay you a visit. Since we’re on the subject of pictures, is this yours? If that’s not you, then my apologies - to the Sunny Stewart mentioned in this site anyway, not the troll. Trolls don’t need apologies, right?
Oh, and just for the record: How does anyone pretend to be smart online anyway? I thought it’s easy to spot people who aren’t too smart in the online environment, especially when they start writing sentences or phrases like, “…I don’t think nobody really cares…”
Oops. Excuse me. That’s the psycholinguist coming out.
Anyway, in defense of my good readers, I don’t think they’d appreciate you calling them nobodies. And, I’m sure my husband won’t appreciate you calling his wife ugly. Or at least, he better be… %-P And, may I say that he’s six-feet-three, strong, sporty… and English. Brits are good at kicking butts, I tell ‘ya.
In any case, thanks for the chuckle.
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Lei 07.19.05 at 4:27 am
UGH. Where do these people come from? Good for a laugh, I suppose. They never have anything constructive to say and are a waste of space on this earth.
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Shai Coggins 07.19.05 at 2:57 pm
Lei: LOL! Dear me! Who knows where such people come from - or why they even bother? But then, the human psyche is a strange, funny thing.
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FMF 07.20.05 at 1:20 pm
If you’re picture is the ugliest he/she’s ever seen, he/she is living a pretty good life picture-wise.
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Shai Coggins 07.20.05 at 4:00 pm
FMF: Aren’t you just the sweetest?
Thanks. Wouldn’t you like to be where “Troll #1″ hangs out? 
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dexie 07.21.05 at 1:33 pm
LOL. Trolls still exist? *Tsk Tsk*
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FMF 07.21.05 at 1:47 pm
Shai –
Is there a reason that your comments font gets smaller as more posts are added? After #2, they are too small to read — even on my larger monitor.
FMF
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Shai Coggins 07.21.05 at 6:01 pm
Dexie: Yeah… seems like it.
FMF: Yikes! I didn’t realise how bad it looks on IE. I tried troubleshooting but kept getting stuck. I decided to change the whole template instead. I’ve been meaning to anyway… Thanks!
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richard 07.24.05 at 11:19 pm
“Wasting space” on the web would imply that there was a limited amount of space to go around.
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Shai Coggins 07.27.05 at 4:06 pm
Richard: Yeah, that’s true. Besides, it’s easy to get rid of “web space wasters” anyway. There’s the delete button and/or the letter red box with an x mark on each browser window’s right hand corner. Right?
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Mitch 08.31.05 at 2:50 am
I’d be lying if I didn’t say that your picture was what got me to read your blog in the first place, so that troll was obviously blind! Your content is what keeps me coming back.
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Shai Coggins 09.03.05 at 6:18 pm
Mitch: Awww… shucks! You’ve made me blush. :red: Hehehe. Anyway, thanks for the kind and encouraging words, Mitch. Your support means a lot to me! Thanks again.
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Codey Borger 12.21.05 at 10:29 am
Shai I just found this page while looking for pics of the mythical creature called Trolls. When I saw you picture I had to write you afew lines. I wanted to tell you and your family that you are VERY BEAUTIFUL !!! I am not trying to be insulting or affencive, I mean it as a complament(Bad Speller)!!! Your husband should feel very lucky to have married such a GORGEOUS woman !!!! Sincerly Codey Borger P.S. I do not mean to offend, please understand that !!!!
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Shai Coggins 04.16.06 at 3:11 pm
Codey: I just found your comment after all these months - and WOW! How did I even miss it? Thank you so much. And, of course, I wouldn’t take such words as offensive.
Again, thanks for your kind words! Take care and hope you found what you were looking for.
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