Banners, buttons & bows

H E L P!!!! Someone stole my Visa Checkcard!! Wait...no....that was on TV...THIS is real life....or something closely resembling it. Great!, now my mind is stuck on Spider Man saying, "Read my lips."

Now to my predicament.....I've made some kick-ass banners....I uploaded them onto my blogger page that is reserved for all my pics and graphics.....I copied the image location and placed the url in the appropriate box on BlogExplosion, BlogClicker & BlogXchange.....NONE of them work! They can't do their verification thingy through their check system doo-hickey. Something about a hot linking thinga-ma-jig....whatever that means. I know that "thingy," "doo-hickey," and "thinga-ma-jig" are all highly technical terms...but, I know that you smary-pants out there would understand what I was saying.

Also, I want to make some buttons.....

Here's where all you geniuses come in.....does Blogger allow hot linking? Can you see where I made a mistake? What size are buttons typically? Who will win Survivor? Where is Jimmy Hoffa buried? The last 2 questions were added just cause I know that someone "out there" knows the answers.