{"id":5772,"date":"2022-03-12T00:27:44","date_gmt":"2022-03-12T00:27:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/?p=5772"},"modified":"2022-03-12T00:27:44","modified_gmt":"2022-03-12T00:27:44","slug":"comments-technical-difficulties-and-other-frustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brendans-island.com\/catholic-citizen\/comments-technical-difficulties-and-other-frustrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments, Technical Difficulties and Other Frustrations"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Brian<\/a>
\n(Norbert Nerdly \u2014 my frustrations, personified.)<\/p>\n

If you have tried writing a comment on one of these posts, thank you!<\/p>\n

And if you have been unable to do so, sorry about that. You’re not alone.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week, my oldest daughter told me that she tried and failed to leave a comment on A Catholic Citizen in America. She got an error message telling her that she wasn’t logged into WordPress: the software that runs this blog.<\/p>\n

That’d make sense if it was me, trying to edit something here. But you’re supposed to be able to write a comment here, whether you have a WordPress account or not.<\/p>\n

The comment glitch didn’t surprise me, since I’ve been getting similar error messages when attempting to reply to comments. And write posts.<\/p>\n

So far, I’d been able to work around the problem. On the other hand, I’ve also been unable to figure out exactly what’s giving me \u2014 and now you \u2014 trouble.<\/p>\n

I do, however, have a pretty good idea what’s been giving me fits.<\/p>\n

Basically, it’s time for me to upgrade hosting for A Catholic Citizen in America \u2014 and Brendan’s Island, the website it’s on.<\/p>\n

I’d have done this earlier, but “upgrade” means “more cost,” and that’s something I have been sincerely trying to avoid.<\/p>\n

However, since glitches that have been frustrating me are now frustrating you, probably, I’ve been looking at my options for upgrading.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Long COVID (Probably) and Me<\/h4>\n

\"Brian<\/a>That process hasn’t been made any easier by “difficulty thinking or concentrating (sometimes referred to as ‘brain fog’)” that I’ve been experiencing.<\/p>\n

That, and a persistent fever, seem to be my “post-COVID Conditions.”1<\/a><\/sup><\/p>\n

Can’t say that I’m enjoying the experience, but it could be worse. Much worse.<\/p>\n

Or it could be better.<\/p>\n

Either way, I’m dealing with what is.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Which, this week, has included deciding that I needed to stop trying to maintain my Adoration chapel commitment, starting what I call due diligence before upgrading this blog’s hosting, and \u2014 saving the best (?) for last \u2014 discovering that I ran out of methylphenidate2<\/a><\/sup> Friday.<\/p>\n

Happily, a few phone calls, frazzled nerves, and a short drive later, I’d collected the meds. Plus a few groceries.<\/p>\n

So that’s why I’ve been writing this quick ‘what happened this week’ piece, instead of looking at how crossword puzzles threatened the very foundations of Western civilization.<\/p>\n

And that’s another topic.<\/p>\n

So are these \u2014 except for the ones that aren’t \u2014 other topics, that is:<\/p>\n