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If you have come to your senses and use Firefox, the “patch” that Blogger provided doesn’t work. Firefox adheres strictly to standards while IE is extremely loose in its interpretation of tags.

The latest problem occurred as a result of changes made to accommodate the new graphics features and has more of an impact on older templates, i.e. it is not backwards compatible.

Those who insert their own html tags are less affected than those who insert tags using the Blogger editor.

Jack at Grumpy Forester solved his problem by shifting to a new template, but be sure to save a copy of your old template if you decide to try it.

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Sure, everyone has heard of the second shark attack along the coast of the Florida Panhandle, but how many noticed that a Grizzly Kills 2 Alaska Campers. Only CBS carried the story and the second shark attack was “above the fold”.

The campers had bear-proof food containers and a firearm, but the bear struck while they were sleeping in their tent. The media doesn’t want to annoy the stuffed bear lobby, so they bury the story, but sharks take the heat.

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I had sent an e-mail to Blogger about unexpected layout changes at several sites and they have apparently noticed.

They have posted a work-around for one of the problems, but are still working on it.

Blogger is a complex system and any change will have unintended consequences.

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Mustang Bobby reports on The Curse of the Hundred-Acre Wood, announcing the death of John Fiedler, the voice of “Piglet” in the Pooh cartoons yesterday, just after the death of Paul Winchell, the voice of “Tigger”.

I remember Mr. Fiedler as one of The Twelve Angry Men, the Lawyer Dagget of the end of True Grit, one of Oscar’s friends in the Odd Couple, and on many TV shows. He was one of the more recognizable of character actors.

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Okay, cue the music.

This time it was Cape San Blas about 100 miles East near Panama City in Gulf County.

It was just before Noon again and about 60 yards off shore in waist deep water. A teenager and his brother were fishing in the surf and he was bitten while reeling in a fish. He survived but has lost a leg.

The waters of the Gulf of Mexico are warm, and getting warmer earlier thanks to the non-existent “global warming” that is thawing Alaska and generating rather busy hurricanes seasons. Sharks are fond of warm water.

Sharks are attracted to blood in the water and the vibration caused by injured fish. If you hook a fish there is apt to be blood in the water, and the fish will probably generate the wounded fish vibrations. Doing this while standing up to your waist in water is not a world-class concept.

Another little wrinkle locally are the “shark cruises”, where boat owners load up on chopped up fish called chum, and then cruise a ways off-shore and begin dumping it into the water to attract sharks to provide “guests” with a close up “feeding frenzy”.

You are a good deal more likely to be killed or injured by lightning on a golf course than to be attacked by a shark, but the potential is there.

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