and we're back...

it's been 4 days but it looks like my ability to publish pictures directly in my posts has been restored (see big orange blogger b above). while scanning the blogger support groups i found scads of folks experiencing the exact same problem, many of whom actually run business using their blog. closed circuit to business owners who use a free web publishing service to operate their business: this is a bad idea. you'll never get the support you need from a free service. spend a couple of bucks and use a real service with actual customer support. the old adage "you get what you pay for" comes to mind here. in my case, sure, it's an inconvenience, but what am i supposed to do? demand immediate resolution to my free blogging service? doesn't make sense. now, i do pay for my domain and web space but those services never became unavailable. i did however notice that my entire blog was offline for several hours this morning. that is a bit more of a concern but if that's what it took to get my ftp publishing fixed - it works for me, and i'm sure my reader base will extend leniency in this regard. and if they don't? well...sorry. so blogger, i wish it hadn't taken 4 days for you to fix this but we're cool again.