flummox: to bewilder, disconcert
I am flummoxed by all the technical glitches that occur when performing what everyone says is simple.
blogger.com needed to verify that I am me. I AM me. All the time, every day. But they wanted proof. So I sent them my phone number. They would send me a verification code and all would be well.
Humph. No verification code arrived. I looked for somewhere I could put my email address. No such place. I tried, again, to create my first blog. Nope, couldn't do nuthin' till I was verified. I tried entering the phone number without the dashes. Didn't help. So I put in my cell phone number. At no time did I receive an acknowledgement, a smoke signal, or a verification code. After I bought a car charger, and my cell phone charged up enough to gasp, I received the verification code.
But there was no place on blogger.com to put it! So, in my inimitable way, I went to lunch. I came back and--voila--I could create a blog!
So here it is. I'm done for the day.
Marian
