much less the Ben and Me books (and related semi-sequels like I Discover Columbus and Captain Kidd's Cat)
Mr. Revere and I is a better book, to me. But it has horses, and I was a pre-teen.
Illyria: We cling to what is gone. Is there anything in this life but grief? Wesley: There's love. There's hope...for some. There's hope that you'll find something worthy...that your life will lead you to some joy...that after everything...you can still be surprised. Illyria: Is that enough? Is that enough to live on?
'Shells'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Connie Neil - May 13, 2010 10:55:54 am PDT #29266 of 30001
brillig
Theodosia - May 13, 2010 10:57:06 am PDT #29267 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
The upside of Facebook for me is the people from the past that it's put me in touch with, including a long-lost friend from high school, a college roommate, and a number of family members that I only get to see a handful of times a year if I'm lucky.
tommyrot - May 13, 2010 10:58:23 am PDT #29268 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Facebook's Huge Maze of Privacy Options Mapped Out
The New York Times does the heavy lifting of actually plotting out Facebook's headache-inducing privacy options, helping some of us to navigate 50 settings with 170 options, and the rest of us to shake our heads in disbelief.
It's more than just a snarky scaling of how complex and overwrought Facebook's privacy options have become—though the full-size graphic does point out that the actual policy is longer than the U.S. Constitution at this point. The Times' chart does help you navigate from Facebook's front page down to privacy settings you might not expect to find in certain places. Take particular note of how your friends' ability to share your information is separate from your own personal privacy settings, and Facebook's ability to customize ads based on your information is actually in a whole separate sub-category of privacy settings.
Actual NYT piece: Facebook Privacy: A Bewildering Tangle of Options
Theodosia - May 13, 2010 10:59:32 am PDT #29269 of 30001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Theresa, you have my sincerest commiserations.
Zenkitty - May 13, 2010 11:01:28 am PDT #29270 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
But I do like that people from my past can find me
I'm discovering that I don't. If I decide I want to get in touch with someone from my past, I'd rather do it myself.
lisah - May 13, 2010 11:01:52 am PDT #29271 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
Ugh, Theresa, I'm sorry and I hope something way better comes your way very soon!
I feel like the Facebook privacy shit should bother me more than it does. And, I don't like how they've changed things up w/out communicating clearly. I think they are shifty and whatnot but I just can't get that worked up about it. Call me a sell out but they make it so freaking easy to fundraise!
Facebook has put photos of me in my Photo Album that it ganked from a friend's page. I don't want them there; they are hideous. But I can't figure out how to get rid of them.
Don't you just have to remove your tag from the photos? Or has that changed.
Zenkitty - May 13, 2010 11:02:38 am PDT #29272 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
But they're not my photos; I can't remove the tag.
lisah - May 13, 2010 11:03:43 am PDT #29273 of 30001
Punishingly Intricate
But they're not my photos; I can't remove the tag.
Yes, you can.
Theresa - May 13, 2010 11:03:45 am PDT #29274 of 30001
"What would it take to get your daughter to stop tweeting about this?"
I LOVE this phrase.
Me too. I may try to find ways to interject it into conversation. Weasels in bastard sauce. Makes you feel better to say it.
Thanks to everyone. It's probably the kick in the ass that I needed to seek out new opportunities anyway.
§ ita § - May 13, 2010 11:04:28 am PDT #29275 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
If I decide I want to get in touch with someone from my past, I'd rather do it myself.
Some very random people have found me, people that I have no idea could even track me down. That curiosity still exists, although it's mostly academic, since I'm inactive.
they're not my photos; I can't remove the tag.
Yes, you can. Unless stuff has changed since I took my name off some party photos.