Dora is Rumbling

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Do any of you have voices in your head? I have one that talks to me all the time! Her name is Dora, and she wants her own website. She just won’t leave me alone! That’s where I have been the last few days.

I was so proud that I was able to take the fleur de lys Word Press Theme and make some modifications for Dora. She has 7 different headers (it changes when you refresh the page).
[I'll let you take a sneak peek if you would like, but only if you promise not to link yet. You will want to link to her. She said so! She will give you links, too, but Dora is one of those "You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours" kind of people.]

I know. Some of you think that is no big deal, but realize that I am technologically challenged! I have to copy and paste the code for a link, because I can’t remember it! For me, this was like inventing penicillin! Come to think of it, I have invented penicillin. Many times! There’s probably a new batch in the back of the refrigerator right now.

For Valentine’s Day, my husband bought Dora her own domain. I think that was the perfect Valentine’s Day gift. It was something I really wanted, AND he gave it to me despite the fact that blogging distracts me from paying him the attention he truly deserves. That’s true love, my friends.

Her domain isn’t ready yet, but Leanne is helping and it might be ready by Wednesday. I’ll let you know. She’s going to help with some other tweaking, because there are parts that are wonky and I can’t fix it!

For those of you who don’t know Dora, she is the third twin of Dear Abby and Dear Ann. She’s a twit, but she thinks she knows everything! She also has a mean streak a mile wide. She has a lot of latent hostility because she never got to have her own advice column. Now, she channels through me. You only thought it was Dear Abby when I had those contests. It was Dora.

I showed her site to my friend SusieJ, and she thought that Dora was “sexy.” Yeah, Susie, if you think a barracuda is sexy! She’s a snarky broad. My husband thinks she can be “mean.” I think she can be, too.


Here are some of the categories you will find on Dora’s blog:

  • Letters to Dear Dora: Letters from fictional characters to a fictional person! Any resemblance to real live people or events is simply a product of your imagination.
  • A Dose of Kitsch: Dora doesn’t pretend to know true art, but she knows pretentious art!
  • Dora Knows Her “Stuff”: Product reviews with tongue slightly in cheek.
  • Handy Household Hints: Dora has a maid. She’s never scrubbed a toilet in her life.
  • News That’s Fit To Print: And, some that isn’t.
  • What’s Cooking?: Dora isn’t. If she is, the food is burning.
  • It Will Kill You Or Cure You: It just doesn’t matter to “Dr. Dora.”

Dora needs some help from you now. Jamie, at Duward Discussion has written a letter to “Dora,” in the Dear Abby style. I’ll have it posted later this week. It’s one I really like. I bet any of y’all could write a letter from a fictional character, if you tried. I just may announce a contest later this week. Lemme start thinking about what kind of prize.

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I appreciate y'all talking to me, Bermudabluez, Susiej, Jen's Horde, and Kacey!

4 Comments on “Dora is Rumbling”

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kacey said:

I’ll just pop on over there and check it out!! (I won’t link yet though. I’m so good at following the rules… mrgreen )

Good girl, and start thinking of a question for Dora. I bet you could come up with one! Maybe about that organization of your office lol

February 11th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
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Jen's Horde said:

Ooh, this sounds like fun! I’ll keep checking back, but remind me for sure when you’re up and running )

Don’t worry lol I’ll remind everyone!

February 11th, 2008 at 4:05 pm
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susiej said:

I just LOVE this. Shelly, don’t be mad, but I just may spend a little more time over on her blog… if you know what I mean.

I’ve got lots of questions for Dora… I love that sly look she has…

I’m glad you told me about the page refreshing and the theme changes, because last night, I swear she was on the other side…
You are just so TECH savvy!

Not tech savvy at all, and that’s a real problem!! You can visit Dora as much as you want. She thinks she is Dora, but I know she’s me lol

February 11th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
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bermudabluez said:

How fun! I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a new blog….just not sure yet. Yours looks fantastic! Yes, please remind me too when you get it up and running…Thanks!

She’s going, but I’m just not advertising her yet. I want to make sure she looks right wink Yeah, we start those new blogs when we should be paying attention to the one we already have twisted . I gotta do that some more.

February 11th, 2008 at 11:10 pm
 
 

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