According to a very scientific poll conducted by (1) searching Google and (2) asking everyone at Compuworld when I took the new used computer in, everybody hates Microsoft Edge. That's both why and because Microsoft is pushing it so hard, apparently under the impression that if Microsoft crashes other browsers people won't check the Task Manager and see that Microsoft is doing it.
Microsoft could try this: Take out modest, non-moving, silent, text-only ads containing text like this:
"We humbly apologize for our history of disrespectful advertising. We want to make amends. We're now programming all "security updates" to Windows in such a way that, if you notice even a moment of wait time while they're running, we pay you $100 for the first extra second and $100 for every second thereafter. We are DEACTIVATING Microsoft Edge on all computers whose owners have not specifically asked for it, henceforward and forevermore. We respect your choice of other browsers and of non-Microsoft alternatives for any other programs you choose to run on your computer. If you do choose to open Edge, we guarantee that it will now run with ZERO WAIT TIME, that it will block even US government spyware unless Microsoft has received a copy of a properly issued warrant relating to an open criminal case, and that the working part of the program that affects your computer will not 'update' unless and until you order it to 'update.' We are no longer a company that steals time you've paid for and the use of a device you've paid for. We are the company pledged to prevent anyone else from stealing a second of your computer time."
Or we could all write to our Congressmen and demand that they force Microsoft to do this by law, and pay everyone, including Congress, $500 for the inconvenience.
Anyway, early this morning, for the fourth time in the week since the Internet connection was restored, Microsoft's attempt to shove Edge at this web site caused another crash, another reshuffling of the tabs I was painstakingly closing and organizing. The delusion that this is going to get anyone to open Edge has to have originated in a defective male brain, and the miscreant needs to be neutered now. The first animal picture that came up was of our e-friend Mudpie. So, in honor of Mudpie, here are the winners of our little weekly photo contest, this time for adorable adoptable tortoiseshell cats.
"Torbies," tortoiseshell-like tabbies whose coats are gray with a reddish undertone, have "agouti" coats where each individual hair shades through white, black, gray, and reddish brown. They are genetically normal, male or female. "Torties," whose mostly black coats show patches of orange and white, and "dilute" Torties, whose mostly gray coats show patches of pale beige and white, have to have two female chromosomes to produce three colors. They are usually normal females, but a few are genetic chimeras who have both male and female chromosomes and develop as sterile males. Before this was understood, the search for a three-colored male cat was said to have motivated people to offer rewards, and a male torbie or calico was a "money cat." Perhaps that's why torties and calicos are said to attract money...mine could certainly attract a lot more before we'd be considered rich!
But who knows what kinds of good things these Torties may attract to good homes into which they're adopted? Torties tend to know they are special and make their humans feel special too. They are usually great pets, given respect and understanding. You may feel that a Tortie owns you, but you won't mind.
Zipcode 10101: Maggie from New York City
Her web page: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/maggie-sponsored-adoption-fee-60975980/ny/new-york/pupstarz-rescue-ny1270/
If you like a cat or dog, want to save it from the shelter experience, but don't have room for it in your home, you can sponsor it for someone else to adopt. Somebody cares enough about Maggie to sponsor her. If you can convince shelter staff that yours is a good home, you don't have to pay the adoption fee. Maggie is eight years old and said to be a wonderful pet.
Zipcode 20202: Jacqueline from Falls Church
Her web page: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/jc-jacqueline-72739330/va/falls-church/lost-dog-and-cat-rescue-foundation-va117/
Jacqueline is described as fim and playful. She comes with a buddy, Claudia. A person who wants to adopt Jacqueline needs to visit Claudia's web page, too:
They've bonded; the shelter insists that they be adopted together. If you're a city or suburban yuppie-type who's going to be out most of the time, it's well worth adopting two cats who like to run through tunnels and bat toys about together, rather than whine and claw at things from boredom all day. That makes Jacqueline and Claudia the ideal deal.
Zipcode 30303: Tortellina from Dacula
Her web page: https://www.petfinder.com/cat/tortellina-72334381/ga/dacula/back-street-kittens-inc-ga967/
If you feel that "the trouble with a kitten is that eventually it becomes a cat," if you want to watch a kitten bounce and pounce and then let someone else take it away when it's full-grown, there is a legal way to do that. Shelters often open up space by offering kittens to "foster homes." You agree to keep the animal (not necessarily a kitten) in your home, take it in for veterinary appointments at the shelter's expense, sometimes even feed it with food the shelter supplies, in exchange for letting prospective adopters meet it and potentially adopt it. You have the option to adopt the animal if you decide you want to do that. Fostering is a great way to find a congenial animal companion. Tortellina is seeking a home. Her adoption fee is steep because they're looking for a foster home.
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