I could squeeze you until you popped like warm champagne, and you'd beg me to hurt you just a little bit more.

Fuffy ,'Storyteller'


Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


Sue - Feb 09, 2013 5:23:42 am PST #10566 of 30001
hip deep in pie

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


askye - Feb 09, 2013 5:33:21 am PST #10567 of 30001
Thrive to spite them

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.


Liese S. - Feb 09, 2013 5:58:41 am PST #10568 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

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


Sue - Feb 09, 2013 6:02:46 am PST #10569 of 30001
hip deep in pie

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.


Hil R. - Feb 09, 2013 6:26:43 am PST #10570 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

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.


Dana - Feb 09, 2013 6:48:57 am PST #10571 of 30001
I haven't trusted science since I saw the film "Flubber."

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


Jesse - Feb 09, 2013 6:54:32 am PST #10572 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

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!


Liese S. - Feb 09, 2013 7:06:02 am PST #10573 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."

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.


Amy - Feb 09, 2013 7:08:39 am PST #10574 of 30001
Because books.

Just like we don't think about the mechanics of, like, cars, or whatever, they won't think about the mechanics of Big Data.

This is what scares me. Especially watching how easily Sara is influenced by commercials.


sarameg - Feb 09, 2013 7:29:53 am PST #10575 of 30001

I punked and drove to the market. It was going to be a solo trip and the wind was awful. A lot of vendors didn't show.

Errands all done. Need to start cleaning.

In a little bit.