A couple of years ago I updated a Wikipedia article about Boca Raton to include a little historical information about IBM Boca Raton Main site (here’s my contribution to the Wikipedia article, which ends with just before the BlueGreen comment).

Out of sheer boredom, I was looking for more information on the rail spur that IBM had run alongside what used to be its manufacturing plant, wondering if it had ever been used. And as it happens, I found that the Wikipedia article on Boca Raton had been cut-and-pasted word-for-word on several websites, like this one, this one, and this one. The Wikipedia article was even lifted verbatim and put on Answers.com.

I have mixed feelings about this. It drove home the point how widespread plagerism is on the Inernet, but on the other hand, it is kind of an ego boost to see my writings out there beyond the walls of The Corsair Journal.

My poor Butterfly went under the knife on Wednesday afternoon to remove her gallbladder; She had a really bad gallbladder attack on Monday, sending her to the hospital, after which she wasted absolutely no time booking surgery to get it outta there. She’s pretty sore, naturally, but thank goodness they perform this type of surgery laparoscopically these days–back when I was a little kid, my mom had hers out and they had to fillet her open to do so. Butterfly will be out of commission for a day or so, while my mom was laid up for six weeks.

I’m at the hospital with her, coping with my massive hospital phobia focusing on the fact that I’m with my Butterfly. Fortunately, they have WiFi access here, so I’m making this post from her bedside.