Yesterday I sat in the dentist’s chair for an hour with my mouth gaping open and came out with a BIG GOLD TOOTH!
This is bling.
I told CJ about my new tooth and his mouth fell open in disbelief. “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!” he gasped.
I am NOT kidding.
Now I’m in league with Mike Tyson and that one metal-mouthed James Bond villain and some scary rapper guy…
Don’t mess with ME!!!
(ok, ok so I AM kidding… sort of. See, I did get a gold crown put on, but it’s on one of my wisdom teeth. You know… waaaay in the back where no one can see it.)
But still it makes me feel… you know… tough.
Don’t make me get up in your GRILL, yo.
Probably a major contributor to my new-found TOUGHNESS is the large number of supportive comments I got on yesterday’s post. You guys are the BEST!
Which reminds me… many of you asked WHAT CAN I DO?! This an excellent question and I plan to post about this very topic at Seattle Mom Blogs in the near future. In the meantime check out this post by my pal Chilihead at Blogging Basics 101, which covers scraping and what you can do about it.
And finally, for your edification and enjoyment,
How to create the copyright symbol (©)!
1) open up Microsoft word processing program, like Word.
2) type in (c)
3) see how it converts to the copyright symbol?! Cool!
4) cut and paste the symbol into your html editor/blogging software/whatever.
Easy, peasy.
Now go forth and be copyrighted.
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xo Jen
January 24, 2008 at 11:51 am
Yo, Abizzle Banizzle,
Thanx 4 the shizzle, yo!
Yo’ Homie,
Mrs. Fizzle fizzleNizzle
Fo’ Sho’
ps- U is my bloggy Nizzle!
January 24, 2008 at 12:42 pm
i’ve gotta get working on this…now i’m paranoid! ’cause i know how knee-slapping funny and entertaining i am…who wouldn’t want to steal my posts??? ;-)
January 24, 2008 at 1:30 pm
I love the gold tooth–definitely tough looking. But to make the look official, you have to stop smiling and grunt a lot. Work on that. :)
January 24, 2008 at 1:49 pm
OR
We could just copy and paste the one here on your site. :o)
Oh. That’s kinda defeating the whole purpose, huh? lol
January 24, 2008 at 2:15 pm
Hey.
I just wanted to add that the code for the copy sign is & copy; no spaces “©” which you will need if you want your pages to be compliant. Also for registered it is & reg; and TM is & #8482; Hope that helps.
January 24, 2008 at 2:24 pm
You are too tough! I am not gonna mess with ya. I’ll just be a readin ya.
January 24, 2008 at 2:29 pm
You got a gold crown on your wisdom tooth?!?! I just posted last week about getting one of mine extracted. Good. Times. Maybe next time I’ll ask about the gold crown thing. That sounds much better.
Thanks for the copywriting tip. I can’t believe that happened to you!
January 24, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Shorter yet on the copyright symbol is to hold down the Alt key, and hit 0169, using the numerical keyboard on the side. (Yes, I’m a typesetter.)
Cool tooth, yo.
January 24, 2008 at 3:47 pm
Oohh, let’s start a gang fight.
Or at least go down to the department store and lodge a strongly worded complaint.
January 24, 2008 at 4:34 pm
Oh man, I’m jealous of your grill! It’s “tight”.
January 24, 2008 at 5:05 pm
As Ms. BlingBling here initially wrote, people should know that the copyright symbol is NOT required to have a copyright in your original work (i.e., writing, drawing, graphics), but it does put people on notice that you’re serious and you get you more $$$ in lawsuits against infringers under federal law.
January 24, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Girl you are so fly…
January 24, 2008 at 6:41 pm
Thanks for the info.
I worked for a cosmetic dentist years ago. You wouldn’t believe how many people paid for gold crowns when they didn’t even need any dental work.
To each his own…
January 24, 2008 at 9:15 pm
Okay, did some research with Technorati and I found TWO sites scraping mine. AND I have a migraine today…which just means I’m extra PISSY.
Thanks for the heads up on all the great info. I’m off to write intimidating letters (or maybe you can just do it for me? just kidding).
January 24, 2008 at 9:25 pm
the gold tooth is totally HAWT! :)
January 24, 2008 at 9:33 pm
You can also make the copy sign by typing
&)copy;
minus the parenthesis.
January 24, 2008 at 10:24 pm
You are the best!
January 24, 2008 at 11:08 pm
I’m gonna win the prize for “Lamest Use of 5 Minutes,” but I just had to try out your tip for creating the © symbol. Then I had to try it in a bunch of different fonts, just to see what they looked like.
Good times. Good times.
January 24, 2008 at 11:34 pm
Why stop at the gold tooth? Go all out and get a diamond-studded grill. Then you’ll be blinging, baby.
January 24, 2008 at 11:44 pm
ok, i checked there was nothing there. Was that for real? or is this a scam? if you find it can you send me another link?
January 25, 2008 at 2:34 am
That’s awesome! I’m going to put that little symbol on my site right now. Because I wouldn’t want my reader to steal my content.
January 25, 2008 at 11:41 am
Thanks for the info. I added the plugin to my review blog and eventually to my personal blog once I move.
PS You are a smokin’ ho with that gold tooth!
January 25, 2008 at 11:59 am
I just wanted to say after yesterday’s post (which I missed because the internet fairies hate me and deprived me of my internet connection):
YOU ARE MY NEW HERO.
Especially with that gold tooth.
January 25, 2008 at 1:13 pm
I love your BSA posts. (blog service announcement) I always learn so much! Can’t wait to read the one you’re working on.
January 25, 2008 at 4:25 pm
Mrs. Fussypants’ comment cracked me up, yo. Bad Jenny had some nerve sending you that email reply, acting all indignant like she was in the right all along.
And now that you have a gold tooth? Girl had better take a step back, know what I’m sayin’?
January 26, 2008 at 5:12 pm
Ah, I remember my first crown. The temp was gold…. Welcome to feeling old!
January 27, 2008 at 12:27 am
Wow, the bling is intimidating! And, that’s IT? For copyrighting? Wow.
April 14, 2008 at 8:46 am
if you’re on a mac, you can just hit the Option + “g”
©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©©
April 13, 2009 at 5:11 pm
I’d like to subscribe via google reader but not sure how to do that. Can you explain please?