An Original Fairy Tale, I Swear

Once upon a time there was a happy little kingdom called Blog-ojovich  Bloggywood  Blog O'Sphere  St. Bloggus Onlinus. For the most part the peasants were all happy and productive (with bouts of rants and navel-gazing and the occasional absurd song stylings, but I did say mostly). And while there was no king, there were rather a few queens, but they mostly did their own thing and bothered no one. There was no blog police force; all problems were handled by the St. Bloggus peasants themselves. And it was good.

One day one of the peasants got a tip that another peasant was stealing her work and calling it her own! This was a serious problem in St. Bloggus, as you might imagine. For the peasants were not paid for their work (not bloody much, anyway), but did it for love, art and pride of ownership. Stealing another peasant's work was so uncool.



(Photo stolen from this guy)

So some of the more resourceful peasants dug around until they found out which peasant was copying work (from more than one peasant, I might add), and they found her: Miss Musing. Lots and lots of peasants got into the act and began searching the InterNuts for the name Miss Musing, and Lo, they found it on the page of the goofiest member of the kingdom, the court jester Foolery.



(Photo stolen from this guy)

Foolery had never been a threat before. In fact, few paid much attention to her lunatic ramblings. Yet suddenly, here she was, apparently harboring Internuts criminals, right in their midst! A missive from Good Miss Megan was sent forth to the idiot Foolery . . . . . .





And the whole thing was one big misunderstanding and wasn't the Musing we know and love AT ALL and yada yada yada . . . and I wouldn't have bothered any of you with any of this at all were it not for the fact that my own choice of words (adding Miss to Musing, for no good reason) could have potentially caused my friend Musing of Blogtations and In Three Words to be unfairly branded a plagiarist, which she is NOT. I referred to Musing recently -- TWICE -- as Miss Musing (the screen name of The Plagiarist), and that's where the trouble started. I have been making the rounds today, when I could (it's been a busy weeks already) trying to clear Musing's good name, and it seems no one is confused, for which I am glad. Plagiarism is a crap game and there is no place for it on the Internuts . . .



. . . or in St. Bloggus Onlinus, where good will and productivity again rule the day. And the peasants are again producing, and also making merry and tipping the wine, and margaritas, and boilermakers, and cough syrup, and --

AND WE ALL LIVED HAPPILY EVER AFTER. THE END.

NOW GO TO SLEEP. RIGHT NOW.

AND DON'T GET UP AGAIN OR YOU'RE GROUNDED.

I MEAN IT.

Comments

[Heather, Queen of Shake Shake]

There was drama and I missed it. Always late to the game, mostly because I was at a T-ball game, which right now? Is running my life!

[Ms Elizabether Jones]

Well, Miss Foolery, I see that the kingdom is crumbling and nary a peasant to right it, or write it. I have missed you. I've blogged all out of words for my own failed blog. Red legs rode into town and burned it down.
I sure wish that I was a better blogger. If you don't mind, and if this is a lawless town, I may rebuild one day. I'll be taking some of your words, and don't bother calling no sheriff. Law dog don't go around here.
With Love
Displaced Blogger
Mrs. Gunter

[Da Goddess]

Having been blogging as long as I have, been through this so many times. People stealing templates and then content and images and the blog names.

I've learned that it's best to just say, "excuse me, but you're stealing my shit. Cut it out or I cut your heart out. Thank you and have a nice day."

Once you make it majorly public, things get ugly.

[Suz broughton]

Me too, like Elaina spent a long time going through all this. Pretty incredible that people would do this.

[Rick's Cafe]

MOM......
CBWs on my side of the room and she's keeping up and I can't get to sleep and I'll be grumpy all day tomorrow because CBWs picking on me....MAA, make her stop.

[Jason]

What a horrible story.

And now I am hypnotized. I am in your power. Your wish is my command.

[Meg]

I'm sorry, what were you saying? I couldn't stop staring at the twirling spirals of mesmerization.

[Kyddryn]

:::whining::: But I have to go potty...

Plagarism is such a stupid thing - it denotes a lack of character, a lack of creativity, and eventually will cause grief to both author of origin and plagarist. Why do people have to steal words, thoughts, ideas? Honestly, it's like they're terrified if they rely on their own efforts, they won't be good enough. And perhaps if one isn't good enough to attract an audience on one's own, one should look to other pursuits rather than becoming a thief.

Shame, shame, shame.

Good of you to clear up your own bit of the tangle, Mizz Foolery.

Shade and Sweetwater,
K

[Cactus Petunia]

Thank God you cleared that up...although I do think she should've enlisted the Knights who say "NIT!" Or at least set fire to the shrubbery.

[Kathi D]

I have to go unscrew my eyes now.

Thank you for everything. Drama, comedy, mystery, hypnotism. All of it.

[Chesapeake Bay Woman]

I'm sorry and do not mean to make light of what sounds like something very bad, something I'd normally have strong, cheeky words for, but.....

Did you say something after peasants?

Because right now I'm scrolling right back on up to The Mesmerizing Swirling Thingies which are *better* than acid, and I've never even *done* acid! AND it's better than heroin and I've never done that either.

Love.
Swirly.
Thingies.

Lo siento muchisimo, cbw

[The Mom Bomb]

I'm exhausted from that saga. And I somehow feel dirty and unclean. That's probably because I'm a filthy blog peasant.

[Rick's Cafe]

...can I have a drink of water?

[Rick's Cafe]

You didn't tuck me in....

[Musingwoman]

Thank you for clearing that up! And are those spinning things supposed to hypnotize me into wanting bagels and cream cheese for breakfast? because if so, they're working perfectly, even though I just had bagels and cream cheese last night for dinner (I'm a healthy eater like that).

[Elaina Avalos]

So now I just spent I don't know how long reading the trail about the real MM and not Musing. I cannot believe people do stuff like that! Gross!