Targeted marketing is the main reason I don't answer any questions, including any schools I attended, where I live, what my shopping preferences are. Not that I think any of those things aren't *known*, but it takes another step, which may inconvenience the software enough not to take it routinely, to hook me into more advertising. I have so far resisted linking any of my sites to each other, I never access one *from* another, and have taken steps to *prevent* my account from one site accessing my account on another site. I don't put any info in "the cloud." All the data I store *myself* is on hard drives, auxilliary drives. I am totally aware there is plenty of info on me online, but I have gone to several info-collecting sites and wiped any facts about me that were searchable that I could.

I'm more than willing to give up the marginal "convenience" of having everything available on every device from the cloud, of skipping merrily from Twitter to FB to Instagram to Tumblr. I take the steps, and I clear my history wherever I can, and I vacuum up whatever breadcrumbs I'm aware of, and stay alert for info-seeking sites and software. Tin-hat conspiracist? You damn betcha.

I'm not really bothered by the idea of targeted marketing, nor by the reality. I would be more disturbed at the distorting of of the online community at Facebook if I used it more, but I don't so it's hard to get too worked up about it. It's kind of depressing how much it reminds me of how I perceive the current realities of campaign finance distorting our political landscape. And ties into why I had to stop watching House of Lies.

Unrelatedly (or is it?), do you think I can count raspberry jell-o as my fruit for today?

If you do, -t, I can totally count Reece's peanut butter cups as my protein.

Oh, I do that all the time. Totally protein!

Peanut butter cookies are my protein.

Well, okay, dinner was quinoa and eggs because I was craving protein hardcore and when you marry a vegetarian there is no bulgogi in the house.

But generally, peanut butter cookies = protein. Maybe I'll go have one now.

You know what surprised me? That almond milk doesn't have more protein than cow's milk. It seems like it should, in my head anyway.

I haven't made peanut butter cookies in an age. I should do that. Do you put the crosshatch fork marks in yours, Tep?

I feel like I should be more concerned about the targeted marketing and the information-gathering than I am. It's just, it's hard for me to be outraged when it's nothing more than I expected. They're a business. As John Rogers said, "If the service is free, you're not the customer, you're the product." I get what I want from Facebook, and they probably don't get a lot from me given how I use it. Liese, your info was really good; that gives me ideas how I can manipulate FB into doing more of what I want. If I can be bothered, which I probably can't.

I haven't made peanut butter cookies in a very long time, but yes to crosshatch fork marks!

Huh, what was my dinnertime protein? Cream cheese and mozzarella, I guess.

I haven't made peanut butter cookies in an age. I should do that. Do you put the crosshatch fork marks in yours, Tep?

I do. I am WAY old school. The peanut butter cookies are the easiest thing in the world and are naturally gluten-free. They rule. (Of course, they're about 99% sugar, but hey. Nothing's perfect.)

Whoo, cheese! And old school peanut butter cookies!

My grandmother (the sort of crazy one) made great peanut butter cookies, as well as homemade cinnamon applesauce. She also set the table (full place settings) for breakfast the night before, but I let that slide.

Wait, Tep, yours don't have any flour at all?