General Comments

It seems that there is a need for a place to post general comments, such as “hellos” and thoughts about the website. Oftentimes, someone will post such a general comment on a random post. So, I got to thinking…let’s provide a place for these general comments. This post is an announcement for this feature; the actual general comment link will appear on the left side of the website, above the “Most Recent Comments” link, and will always be available even when this post moves to the archives. I would like to keep the general comments as uncluttered as possible, but welcome anything that is said. Enjoy!

147 Responses to “General Comments”

  1. This section is for general comments. Leave hellos, comments about the website or anything else that doesn’t fit under the posts here. Thanks and enjoy!

  2. Chris I have thought about this on several occassions myself. Because you are correct comments just get put at random places.

  3. What about colonel comments? :)

  4. That’s my brother always thinking.

  5. This is good Chris. Now I have a place to place the occasioanal bizzare things I say. Just kidding… I think.

    –Bryan

  6. This was an excellent idea Chris! To give you a heads up I sent you some things I got from Nick in your email so don’t delete it if it looks like a forward. BYE!

  7. I guess your general comment secion is kind of like a way to have the same communication style as a tagboard but without it being displayed on your page… good thinking…

  8. GO CARDINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Way to beat those Reds tonight 7-2 (At least I believe that was the report I was given from Chris)

    You owe me one :-)

  9. Thats my home team :)

    Paul

  10. Hey Chris! Ralph Waldo Emerson was actually the one who said “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” (not Robert Frost) Leave it to the girl with the degree in literature… Anywho, have you ever read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand? If not, I would definitely suggest it.
    Carry On! :)
    PS Check out Will’s website http://www.everen.net to see some wacky pictures from his road trip to Seattle.

  11. Thanks Lori! I had seen both Emerson and Frost associated with that quote. Guess I picked the wrong one… That’s for clearing that up!

  12. Paul - Are you from St Louis or is that just your favorite team? Though I did not live in St Louis, they were the closest team to my hometown and my favorite baseball team.

  13. Hey Chris, I’m sitting here with Robin and she introduced me to your blog. Interesting. I’m amazed people have time to make comments about strange things like a glass toilet! Hope you are doing good. God bless,
    Betsy

  14. Chris, When you click on the Leave a comment link you cant get back to the main page. :-)

  15. Hey Betsy!!! Good to hear from you! Hope that everything is well.

    Robin, you can always press the back button on your browser… :-)

  16. Thanks Mr Obvious. I can do a lot of things but there is no link to leave the comment area. I realized later that I set myself up for such remarks. But I was tired so I didnt really worry about it.

  17. Well Chris your beloved Reds beat the Cards today! Are you a bit happier? I hope so.

  18. Looks like WW has hit 100! And now I’m the runner up. Is there a prize for that too?? Robin could come in third very quickly.

  19. I guess I am just slow, I just noticed this little thing. Wondered where all these comments were going.

    BTW- I hate the Cards and Reds! GO CUBBIES!

  20. Did anyone have any doubts WW would win? He’s been making random posts with no meaning the whole time to boost his comment count.

    I think a judge override should be made, to take into consideration QUALITY of comments.

  21. Boo on the Cubbies!

    Way to skunk those Reds today, Cards :-) Sorry Chris.

    Chris did you by change go to todays game and not yesterdays game? Maybe thats the problem you are just bad luck for those Reds :-) at least when they are playing the Cards.

    Better luck next time and well there are a lot of next times left so I am sure I will hear about this again soon :-)

  22. I agree with you Jeff. I think the quality of the posts should come into consideration with the actual number of posts.

    It definitely was not question. Though, I havent quite figured out how Ashlee and I are so close behind WW :-)

  23. So who got to 100 first and what did they win. I’ve been gone for a couple days and was wondering what the prize was?

  24. Word of the week:
    ONOMATOPOEIA

    All I remember from sophomore english is how to spell onomatopoeia. My teacher broke it down like this:

    O - NO - MA - TO - POE - IA
    Oh no ma, to poe IA

    There is my sophomore english lesson for everyone.

  25. Weekend Warrior was technically first to 100, with Ashlee and then Robin close behind. WW’s quality of posts were rather low, though, as you can see from other people’s comments, so I guess I can use the “no family” clause and declare Ashlee, who did have quality posts, as the first to 100. There was no prize; it was just a gimic/joke. Didn’t want people leaving comments in order to win a prize - I want them leaving them because they have something to say. I don’t think my little cousin Bryan realized that, but oh well. To quote him: “alright I was first to 100 posts (without cheating). That’s all I wanted. I’m gonna mellow out on your site now lol.” Guess we won’t be hearing from him as much anymore…

  26. Ok, ok…people are asking about the prize for 100 comments. Even though it was meant as a joke, I’ll give some out anyway.

    To Bryan, as the first person to reach 100, even though they may not be considered “quality,” your prize will be an invite come over and play games all night like we’ve done before. Don’t think that I’m gonna let you win, though ;-)

    To Ashlee, the first person to 100 that everyone feels had quality posts…I give you your CDs! By this, I’m referring to the CDs that I burned you which you had lost.

    I know, these are cheap and corny, but I didn’t promise much to begin with!

  27. Ignore where I asked about the prize on another post.. I forgot where I’d asked the first time. Well it’s a good thing that WW won first prize and I won second.. I mean I wouldn’t want to play games all night if I’d won first place.. and Robin wouldn’t have appreciated the CD’s if she’d been the runner up… so good thing we came in the order we did!

  28. Hey EVERYONE!!! Anyone who uses a blog from http://www.blogger.com I need your help. I’m having trouble getting pics that i find on the internet (like a Yahoo! image search or somthin) onto posts. I also can’t figure out how to use the “Hello” program thingy. I even did the HTML code they gave me but all it did was show the little white box with the red “X” in the middle (ya know what I mean, the image didn’t show up) I’m asking here because I know alot of you use blogger. So if you’re reading this and thinking that you have the obvious answer than please share it with me. :-)

    –Bryan

  29. man, i’ve gotta be gettin close to make the top 10.

  30. So when you going to complete your “bio” on your website?

  31. Well, without giving away too much right now, let’s just say some site additions aren’t far off…

  32. Chris I dont know how you do it. I hope to someday soon be able to do some more random stuff. Especially now that I am not doing any web stuff at work :-)

  33. I’m looking forward to your new additions.

  34. Wow, reading Crime and Punishment? I read that in high school. Starts off slow, but its a good book.

    Paul

  35. I like your “Now Playing” Chris… ;-)

    –Bryan

  36. Chris, I figured it out. You need to spice up your image so the ladies will notice you more!
    http://www.customiced.com
    Pickup a few things from here. Make sure to check out the Spinners!

    Paul

  37. Lol, those have my name written all over it. Nothing like a little bling bling to spice up my image and get the girls :-)

  38. Chris, I like the new looks. though I am half asleep so we will see what I think when I am awake but in my sleep I can still look at the site. With the last look, i would probably had to wear sunglasses to read it.

  39. Chris-
    There a lot of funny quizes on emode.com if you are ever looking for new stuff. Some are weird, but some are clever. You may want to check it out and see if you like it or not.

  40. Chris-when are you going to put up your bio? Haven’t you been talking about putting it up for a while? I’m sure you’re busy, but I just thought I’d remind ya in case you forgot. :)

  41. Really Chris. How long is your bio anyway? What you making a novel or somthin? ;-)

  42. I think you’re crazy Bryan. I can post comments here just fine…

  43. I’d first like to say thanks Robin. I saw that you used Haloscan commenting on your blog. And I’ve been looking for somthin exactly like that. I even found a template that matches my blog.

    My second question is does anyone know any nice, level-headed 14 year old girls that are SHORT! (that’s very important) that I could take to the Ryle Homecoming Dance/Game/Parade? *HEH*

  44. Lol, Bryan, this isn’t a dating service :-) Whatever happened to Jocelyn? Still no luck with Jamie, huh?

  45. Oh i’ve moved on to this girl named Linda now…

  46. You’re interesting in my mom!?! :-)

  47. uh, no. LOL

  48. I decided not to go to any of the homecoming things this year. I was just to cool for it LOL. Uh, yea, that’s it…

  49. I went to the football game my freshman year (because I was in the band), but I didn’t go to the dance. I was too chicken to ask anyone :-) You should at least go to the game and watch some of the parade.

  50. Bryan you are welcome for the Haloscan.

    Boys stop being so chicken to ask a girl out.

  51. I’m at school and bord right now LOL…

  52. I would have to agree with Robin on this one. Just ask the girl out. I know it’s difficult but look where it can lead you to, as well. Even if you don’t have a date it’s good to go stag as well. That’s where you can meet up with someone and have some fun. Should have gone Bryan. Go next year for sure, it is part of the high school experience. Ohh, and I found where you told me to leave random comments Chris. Just thought I would post that one for everybody to see and check out.

  53. Bryan,

    Check out http://www.hello.com for a program that helps you post pictures on blogger. it’s kind of neat if you don’t mind running a utility to do it.

  54. Chris,

    You might reconsider giving those CDs. I have insider knowledge that Ashlee inflated her posts deceptively. Message me for details…

  55. Chris, Robin, and David,

    I did ask Linda out Sunday, to the Winter dance, and she said YES! WAAHOOOO! We’re going to a movie this weekend…

  56. and thanks for the Hello image hosting site Nick…

  57. We had a fake presidential election at my High School today. I voted John Kerry 4 times! I kept going back to the booth between classes LOL.

  58. Bryan, that is usually considered voting fraud. It is a felony just to let you know.

  59. yea, well, it didn’t help very much. The final result was: Bush 75% Kerry 13% and Nader 12% About 1000 people voted…

  60. Hey, election fraud, that sounds a bit too life-like!

    I knew Student Government at UK was legit when they started having scandals…

  61. Congratulations Bryan! See all it takes is asking and you never know what will happen. Know just have fun at the dance.

  62. KERRY-EDWARDS ‘04! VOTE JOHN KERRY PRESIDENT!

  63. VOTE JOHN KERRY ON TUESDAY! LEAD AMERICA INTO A BRIGHT AND STRONG FUTURE! BRING OUR TROOPS BACK HOME! John KERRY and JOHN EDWARDS FOR PRESIDENCY! KERRY-EDWARDS… A STRONGER AMERICA!!!!

  64. The nerve of the DNC posting a “spam” post on your blog. I say “Flush the John”, Chris.

  65. Sadly, those “spam” comments were from my cousin. Not too bright, I guess, since he didn’t realize that the IP address for those comments matches the comments he posts. Instead of flushing those comments, how about we go give a swirly to Bryan :-)

  66. Me no speaka engla. ;-)

  67. Now did you reall have to go and put my name on those posts Chris? GEESH!…

  68. I’ve got some pictures for you for the rafting trip. I’ll scan them and send them your way. Later

  69. And yes I’m still here at work now as well.

  70. Hey Chris! Hope you are doing well. Hopefully I’ll get to see you at swing tomorrow-if not you better call me so I can at least come and see the cat! Yeah Smokey!

  71. Hey Chris, I couldnt’ find that download you were talking about. And you have a typo on your top five lists. I do believe that the last lists should be girls and not boys. LEt me know where to get that download for those two artists.

  72. Hey Chris, nevermind I was able to find the link and all is good. Tell grandma and grandpa vaught I said hello. Dad as well.

  73. hi chris vaught. my name is chris vaught. actually my friends call me chuckles. do you think we’re related in some way? that would be fun. maybe we could get together over thanksgiving? ive never been to kentucky…im so glad i found you while i was googling myself.

  74. Hello, fellow Chris Vaught! Thanks for stopping by. We could very well be related, but I’m not sure. If you want, pass on your parents’ names, grandparents’ names, etc and I’ll see if we are. I’ve done some research on the family, getting it back to the 1600’s in Austria (I hope I’m remember the year right…) so I can look up the names and see if you’re in that tree.

  75. Hey, that’s cool you guys. Anyway, I just wanted to say that it was a stupid idea to move the “General Comments” area here. It won’t be used as much when it’s here. Well… Later

  76. Wow Im impressed that I finally fell from the second top commenter. I kept wandering when that was going to happen. Considering I am rarely reading on the blogs these days. I figured others would catch up. But then again it makes me feel good that I am still up towards the top because it means I am not the only one not reading and commenting on blogs so regularly.

  77. Hey Chris! Sorry I haven’t been leaving many comments on your site lately. I still get on just not as much. Even then, I don’t have much to say about UK or government things, technical stuff, you know me I’m your silly friend who talks about light and funny things like “Muppet Babies” or something. Anyhoo! Just thought I’d say hey to you and the smoke stack and to see if you still wanted to hang today. I’m working til 6ish, but I’ll give ya a call when I get off. Later Navigator!

  78. Chris Vaught is such a silly pants.

  79. Chris I thought you had read Boy Meets Girl before, but I guess not. I really enjoyed it. It’s an easy read and good helpful information doesn’t hurt either. Later!

  80. You were right, Lori, I have read it before, but wanted to read sections of it again. There were things that I had marked in there that I wanted to revisit…

  81. Read your bio. Interesting. You sure put a lot of time into it! Forgot you went to New Haven as well ;-). Puppet Master? **tries not to laugh* What the heck?… You played with puppets?… Puppets? well…later…

    Oh, and I know you told grandpa about my blog!

  82. Glad you appreciate the bio, Bryan. Puppets are fun! I wish you would be mature and stop belittling people for liking Veggie Tales, puppets, etc. There’s nothing wrong with liking that type of stuff, no matter how old you are.

    I didn’t tell grandpa about your blog. However, in case you didn’t notice, there are links to it throughout my website (on the links page and everytime you post a comment). doesn’t take a rocket scientist to find you Bryan. What’s the big deal anyway? If it’s on the web, it’s not private. Expect people to find it… Have you tried googling your name? See, it’s not hard to find you at all! You can’t hide on the web!

  83. Interesting read if you haven’t seen it yet..
    http://money.cnn.com/2004/12/02/news/fortune500/ad_ban/index.htm

  84. *sigh* I figure you’d get the hint… but no. I put that Five Iron Frenzy Quiz on my blog for you and David. ‘Cmon, I want to see what song it says you are! :-( :-) ;-)

  85. Yea, it’s just a little line below the text of the quiz results that you have to click on. I don’t know why it’s just a little dash. But I’m just sayin’ it’s there. You can delete this comment if you want. Well… Later…

  86. I am so glad to see you got your Bio up. I didn’t know you were going to put so much in it. Good Job! I didn’t know you were in a play your senior year in high school. Chris-you never cease to amaze me. I also checked out your Top 5 Lists-you’ve added quite a bit since last time I checked-also very cool! I am sad to say I didn’t know the meanings to any of your top 5 words-sigh for me. I was very suprised to see you had girls names and boys names in there as well-the boy I’m babysitting this week, Zack, has a friend named Hunter. You need to add a list saying your top 5 friends-Just kidding-I thought it was funny!

  87. Wow, you’ve had some highly commented blogs! One of these days I’ll get one that’ll strike someone’s nerve and I might get 10…we’ll see.

  88. Ok David (and Chris) there is a link to the FIF quiz now. It was there before, but not very obvious. Well…Anyway…Yea…

  89. YAY! NEW PICS OF SMOKEY!

  90. I am also glad you put some new pics of the Smoke-Stack in! Yeah! I can’t wait ’til I get to watch him when you’re gone. :)

  91. So Chris-Where is the wedding at? What time is the wedding and reception? I did buy a gift, but it wasn’t a vacuum cleaner :) Thanks!

  92. my comments won’t post

  93. Yo Chris… Check your Top Five List… I think there is an error towards the bottem. ;-)

  94. Chris- I don’t know if you’ll be checking this while you’re gone, but the weather has been absolutely crazy. We are currently under a Level 2 emergency here in lovely Boone Co. So just to let you know I’m not sure when I’ll be able to come over and feed the cat-hopefully late tomorrow when the snow is supposed to clear up, but who knows.

  95. Thanks Lori. don’t risk your safety for the cat. He’ll survive in the garage until we get back if you can’t make it. He might be lonely and get a little hungry, but he’ll be okay. Don’t take any chances

  96. Chris-you need to leave a top 5 list of your favorite cartoons. :)

  97. Ask and ye shall receive :-)

  98. I wanted to e-mail but I can’t find your darn e-mail address anywhere on here. I heard about a computer geek job so I was going to fwd it to you. I don’t know if its anything close to what you do or anything you’d be interested in.

  99. Thanks Ashley.

  100. Uh… Like… Try the “Contact” tab/page for his email. Like… How more obvious can it be? Heh… You must be a blonde!? Just kidding…

  101. Uh… Like… Try the “Contact” tab/page for his email. Like… How more obvious can it be? Heh… You must be a blonde!? Just kidding…

  102. Uh…Like…Bryan, the contact page wasn’t up when she came to the site. It was, like, totally not there, dude. Like, that was before I had the new design, like, completely done, and, like, the contact page wasn’t up at that point. Like, duh! Maybe you’re the blonde.

  103. Say bestest cousin in the whole wide world!;-)… Would you do me a big favor and put this in a visalbe (can’t spell) place on here!?

  104. Sorry, Bryan, but I can’t put that particular logo on my page. I have a link to you site on my links page, so that should be enough.

  105. Hey Chris, just a suggestion but can you change the color of the links on your website. They blend in with the other text so much that it is almost impossible to distinguish between regular text and a link.

  106. Link text should be blue (#0000A0), while the regular text is a dark gray. Don’t know how that would make it hard to distinguish. Is it not showing up that way for you?

  107. Hmm, looks fine from the computer at work. Maybe it was my monitor, or the lighting. Who knows. I do have a suggestion about your Amazon products page. Write up a little summary or description of the product. Especially what you think about it. When I was looking into doing it on my website, I read somewhere that this increased someones sales and click-throughs a lot. Just an idea.

  108. If you’re using Firefox, links within posts will have a little arrow icon next to them, so that should help some. It doesn’t show in IE, though, for whatever reason…

    Yeah, I’ve got some more work to do on the Amazon page, such as linking back to the post or comment where the product was mentioned. I wanted to get something up for now, though. Thanks for the suggestion.

  109. Hmmm… From the things stated of Chris and Jeff’s blogs, it seems that WordPress doesn’t favor Internet explorer very much…. ;-)

  110. Bryan, Wordpress is software. I can have any design that I want in Wordpress, and it’s the design and stylesheets that affect IE and other browsers. Wordpress doesn’t have anything to do with it, really. It’s just database and blogging stuff. If I wanted to, I could make the link icons show in IE, but that’s too much trouble, since IE doesn’t really play by the rules and standards.

  111. Duh, I so knew that Chris! :-)

  112. http://www.chrisvaught.com/wordpress/amazon.php#a_games RRRRIIIIIGGGHHHTTTT Chris…… Like anyone here is really gonna buy a sandcrawler through you. ;-)

  113. Hey, you can’t blame a guy for trying. It’s not like it’s hurting anyone by putting it up, and if someone did buy it by clicking through Chris’ site it would be a nice little bit of pocket change!

  114. Say, Chris, your comments aren’t working for me. I’ve refreshed and restarted my browser and computer. However,whenever i click on a comment the box pops up with this message, and many similar to it:

    Warning: main(../../../wp-blog-header.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/www/users/cbassjr/chrisvaught.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/GreenTrack/comments-popup.php on line 4

    Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘../../../wp-blog-header.php’ (include_path=’.:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /usr/www/users/cbassjr/chrisvaught.com/wordpress/wp-content/themes/GreenTrack/comments-popup.php on line 4

  115. You listen to Norah Jones!? That’s awesome!? I didn’t think you were that cool!? ;-) Welcome to the dark side Chris!? i.e.: Mainstream, non-christian, female (artist) music. Get what I’m saying!? I’m so proud I could cry. If you like Norah Jones than you’ll looove Coldplay. Finally… You’re starting to lean to my preferance in music… As I’m starting to lean towards yours… :-)

  116. I can’t believe you are playing Nora Jones-Come away with me. This is one of my absoulute favorite songs. Yeah! I love the song so much I can almost guarentee it will be played at my future wedding. I know it sounds crazy, but this song makes me melt.

  117. I love the new pics of Smokey-absolutely adorable, I miss him already.

  118. Good choice with Norah Jones. I use that cd to study to often and we might actually use it for the background music during the reception eating.

  119. Hey, thanks for buying so many shares on my blog. Now that I finally got around to signing up, I can’t afford to be the majority stockholder on my on blog. :-p (I’m sure nobody else will even understand what I am talking about)

  120. You start out with 1000 shares in your own blog, once you claim it. Be sure you claim it though… (Doesn’t look like you have yet) You should feel proud that your blog is worth so much now ;-) I actually don’t own any shares in your blog right now, though. Just keep buying and selling other, cheap blogs (less than $1 per share) and you’ll be rolling in the cash in no time and then you’ll be able to buy all the shares in your blog, if you want. Check the Help pages under Basic Share Trading for good tips. I’m worth over $2 million right now. If only it worked that way in real life!

  121. I claimed my blog, but it hasn’t gone through yet. Not sure when it will. I’ll have to do that to make some quick cash!!

  122. Do I dear ask what craziness you guys are up to now? How do you find so much free time to find such things? Okay Chris, I do know how you do now but that doesnt answer all the times before you left your job.

  123. Hate to point this out, but unfortunately your score for today’s game is wrong.

  124. Oops, thanks for pointing that out. Wishful thinking…

  125. hey, i sent you an email :)

    hope you’re doing well! catch you later!

  126. What if I wanted to order somethign from amazon that isn’t linked on your website? Is there anyway to get a cut then? Just askign because I was thinking of ordering something from them that way.

  127. If you want to order something from Amazon that’s not on my Amazon page, let me know and I’ll add it.

  128. Man, your new job is definitely keeping out of the blogging world.

  129. I was checking on your website for places that David and Elizabeth are registered for the wedding and saw resume. So I checked it out, I did not know that you knew Unix/CC+ programming. You might want to send your resume to Kroger downtown, Human Resources. Mention my name with your cover letter. You are definitely qualifed to work there. They use unix and also linux which you know. If they hire you, I get some money after you work for so long. Give me a all sometime if you are interested. I am out on medical leave right now so home most of the time. Talk to you later, cousin!

  130. What no updates on the train setup??

  131. Haven’t had time to work on the trains since I started this job. That and the nice weather :-)

  132. I just saw Smokey in the little couch I got him-ahhhh…what a cute kitty. You are a lucky man Chris Vaught-even if he does get into trouble, who can beat a fun kitty like Smokey.

  133. Oh, I’m not denying it…he’s the best kitty in the world!

  134. And it came to pass that I, Nephi, said unto my father: “I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded….”

    First Book Of Nephi, Chapter 3, Verse 7

    I’m gonna try to follow by that… I think we should all search for what God wants us to accomplish in our life, eh?

  135. gosh chris, stop changing your domain name every five minutes! lol…. its hard to keep up!…

  136. You are visitor 00001 since February 13, 1998.
    Last updated on December 2, 1998 by Chris Vaught.

    hmmmm…..

  137. I’m not changing my domain name Bryan. They all go to the same place, so the “old” ones work just as well as the new ones.

    “You are visitor 00001 since February 13, 1998.” Huh???

  138. it was from some christian college school’s website….

  139. Are you talking about Georgetown College’s BSU website? I was webmaster back in the day for that organization, but that website isn’t around anymore… That was 5+ years ago

  140. what is that geocaching stat thing?

  141. Check the gallery for geocaching pics until I can get a post up…

  142. I’m married. Thanks Chris for all the website stuff. Lots of people have told me they have checked it out. We’ll let you know when the wedding pictures are up incase any one wants to link to it through you to order some. But married life is quite good.

  143. You should have a post or two about investments and the pros and cons between different ones. Is real estate the best investment or is there something better? We should all work on investments and since i’m trying to figure things out now, just thought it would be good to have up and see what other people think.

  144. your comments aren’t working for me Christ, i get this message when i click on a comment link….

    Warning: main(/home/kyblogge/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/default/comments-popup.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/kyblogge/public_html/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php on line 242

    Warning: main(): Failed opening ‘/home/kyblogge/public_html/wordpress/wp-content/themes/default/comments-popup.php’ for inclusion (include_path=’.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php’) in /home/kyblogge/public_html/wordpress/wp-blog-header.php on line 242

  145. Well, it was working. You left on comment on the New Themes post earlier today. What are you doing differently? Did you change themes? Which one were you using when you got this error?

  146. The new gallery sections are not working.