For many years, I dealt with the IRS for a living. I probably don't need to tell you, it can be a very frustrating experience. But not that much more frustrating, really, than dealing with "the phone company" (an anachronism these days) or the Department of Motor Vehicles or those guys who supply clean, comfortable heat to your home -- sometimes.
But it's been rare, in my lifetime, that I've dealt with an institution as distant, as aloof, as impenetrable as Blogger. I mean, trying to talk to these people(?) is (please pardon the analogy) kind of like trying to talk to God. You just have to find your way to the particular pavilion that's been designated as the petition site du jour, craft your complaint, request or inquiry and pray for a reply. Which you never get, by the way.
The magic words of the moment appear to be "ask a new question." That's the only way you can actually address the Powers That Be. But as weeks go by and your status remains "unreviewed," you start to wonder if there's really Anyone out there listening.
Now, a few weeks ago, I created a test blog to try out some font experiments. And in the middle of my efforts, Blogger went on the fritz and created 20 (count 'em) replications of this particular test blog, then went into deep freeze and zotzed my PC completely. A few reboots later, I discovered that the 20 replicants of this blog still exist -- all stillborn, incapable of being used or deleted. They just hang there on my sign-in page, mocking me.
My Blogger days are obviously numbered. My sacrifices have not found favor with Those Who Hold the Key and thus, I fear, I, like so many before me, must soon strike out and seek a more challenging but responsive blog host.
In the meantime, if anyone out there has an idea how I can get rid of 20 brain-damaged blog hulks, I'd most appreciate your suggestions.
