Thanks for the Downton Abbey answers, everyone.

I'm also puzzled as to why the opening credits start with a closeup of the dog's butt, but I figure there's probably not a good answer to that one.

Jesse, with the traffic ban you can walk in the street with more than enough warning to avoid trouble.

Oh, good call. I'm still going to wait a bit, due to lazy.

I'm also puzzled as to why the opening credits start with a closeup of the dog's butt, but I figure there's probably not a good answer to that one.

I think it bugs Hugh Bonneville.

So I can yell "Dog butt!" at the start of every show?

Allyson I hope the new therapist works for you.

It's bright and sunny and no snow fall here at the moment. I think it's snowing in the rest of the state, but I'm not sure.

Aww, I like the opening shot! I'm always, yay, doggie!

So I am less bothered by gmail ads than the cookies that allow ads from sites I visit to follow me around the internet. Will I ever stop getting ads about hotels in Ireland?

And I am sure that this is a coincidence, but, I was reading a preview of a play happening while I'm in Dublin, and was looking at their site. This morning, the founder of the the theatre followed me on Twitter. I have been following a lot of Irish lifestyle and tourism acounts, but it freaked me out for a minute.

So I am less bothered by gmail ads than the cookies that allow ads from sites I visit to follow me around the internet. Will I ever stop getting ads about hotels in Ireland?

At least a year ago, I went to the website of a company that makes vegan cream cheese, to compare the nutritional information with another brand. The ads for that brand of cream cheese are still following me.

I just had to rescue full trash bags from the five-pound dog. God knows what she got into before I caught her.

I just cancelled my old cell phone, finally, and it was surprisingly painless! I just didn't give him anything to work with while I said "no, thank you" three times. And it was done!

Well, I toss my cookies every time I close my browser. And generally I don't even have them on except for specific sites. And my geographic area reports incorrectly because of the cellular modem, so I get wrongly targeted place ads. And again, even when that's happening to me, I'm not seeing it, though they're still being served.

I have a couple of gmail accounts these days, but I don't really actually receive email there.

I wonder what kids who are growing up now here are going to think about how the world just automatically knows what they're interested in and tells them about stuff. Just like we don't think about the mechanics of, like, cars, or whatever, they won't think about the mechanics of Big Data.