Dear alternative media… I respect and admire your goal of presenting dissenting opinions. There are always (at least) two (or more) sides to every story, and let’s face it: the mainstream media machine has always felt fake and conjured to me. Even in childhood, I felt a sleazy, slimy, sensationalist, manipulative vibe from every newscaster, … More No more doom p0rn
So I’ve done 3 of these before, and they were fun (for me, anyway) each time. I didn’t have any readers at all back then, though. Something about categorizing/tagging posts; I never had before; that came later. (And then, voila – traffic!) Funny part is, in Part 3, I made fun of myself for 2.5 … More Halos and Pitchforks, Round 4
No, not (done) with this blog (!). Previous behavior is the best predictor of future behavior, and this blog has been around for (does mental math) 14.5 years. You’re stuck with me 😉 This blog is one of the little glowing spaces in my life, lighter flames across a dimly-lit crowd during a ballad. Most … More ‘Stick a fork in a socket; I’m done’
There are right ways to advertise by email. And then there’s Delta (and other companies like them)… … More ‘Last chance to kiss my arse’
(Hormones have probably taken over a little, at least toward the end, but I have no way of knowing for sure, so don’t mind me. It would be nice to know when they rear their ugly heads, though, so that I could maybe enforce temporary moratoriums (moratorii?) on my blogging until they’ve passed. But even … More Happy Mercury retrograde!
I’m a believer in voting with your wallet. That’s the one vote, after all, that can’t really be tinkered with. (If there are actual choices on the Wallet Ballot, that is. A monopoly doesn’t count.) Wallet-voting makes more of a difference anyway, having more actual impact on everyday life. Boycotting can be a pretty powerful form … More 39 more things I’m boycotting
Me: Ready for a sweary, ranty post? If You: Yeah! Out with it, baby!,… …then by all means, please proceed into my Kitty Carpet Condo (oh god, that probably sounded dicey. Oh well, it’s the best I could do; just know that by that term, I’m not implying anything you wouldn’t let your kids see. … More Websites behaving badly
Over the years, I’ve noticed some fairly egregious logical fallacies, half-truths, outright borderline-deception, and other ridiculousness in the arena of pharmaceutical drugs advertised on TV (“Direct-to-Consumer” advertising, or “DTC”). The slipperiness and spin are atrocious. I thought I’d point out a few examples. The rhetorical retorts that follow the bolded phrases are almost exclusively the … More The *Epic Fail* of pharmaceutical advertising on TV
Dear WordPress… Your mobile app is flaky. I know, I know, I use the 18-month-old iPhone SE, running iOS 9.x, and you’re in a hurry to leave me in the dust. Or at least, you’re not concerned about being inclusive. I don’t know what the deal is. Maybe you’re in cahoots with the browser developers, … More WordPress, your app is screwed up
This could qualify as a rant, but it’s probably not meaty enough. I’m getting thoroughly disgusted with the place, for reasons old and new, and if Natural Grocers (our neighborhood organic grocery store, which is awesome for so many reasons, which I’ll probably flesh out in a future post) had a fresh meats and fish … More Yesterday’s Whole Foods shopping trip
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