So the computer worked better without it on some tasks, but the Internet never came back on. I didn't want to prod the sponsor about it, though it's their money that's being wasted. (This is a correct use of "their"; the sponsor is more than one person.) On Monday I e-mailed the company. They didn't answer because duh, they didn't know how to reply to an e-mail without filling in a webform with information that should never be on a computer. This morning I went in and talked to them. They admitted that the sponsor had told them to fix what needed fixing, but they hadn't done it because the sponsor hadn't filled in a webform with information that should never be on a computer, so they didn't know where to go. I looked over my cheekbones at the person in the office and said, "The same place they went the last time." She typed fast and allowed as how the tech support person in the office today did remember how to find the only Internet service line in the neighborhood, which is listed in the name of a person from a different town, so it's the only account in that name they've ever had. Seriously. White Men From Town. I ask you.
Anyway, here are the links from Monday's online reading that Google had cached, so I could read them at home and share them with you today, in case you've not seen them already.
Censorship
I wasn't able to listen, and this one was recommended by some people whose views on nutrition do not necessarily agree with Grandma Bonnie Peters' or mine. Well, every body is different. We have to do what works for us and not take the easy way of imagining that one diet works for everybody. Though, when unpoisoned vegetables are available, a balanced diet that's heavier on the veg than many people wish it were has tended to work best for most people.
Funny
Reasonable precautions about reading at work or school or any place where you're trying to look serious. (I'll admit having done one of these things.)
Mental Health
With one of those sighs that can be heard as more than a huff or a hiss, I commented that Arianna Huffington had mentioned this in How to Overthrow the Government in the 1990s. And George Peters had let me point out on a FacTape that the Clinton White House featured four well-known examples of the side effects of SSRI antidepressants: Janet Reno started twitching, George Stephanopoulos went asexual, Vince Foster started throwing around accusations and (may have had some help) committed suicide, and--most dangerous of all--Tipper Gore became a "cheerleader for Prozac." This was celebrity gossip twenty-five years ago and still, today, only we the technorati know...
Well, if you're among the technorati, this post is worth scanning anyway. Updated with fresh and powerful new facts.
Politics, Malicious
Laughing at this is probably mean, but so is Hogg.
And then there's this one....Left-wing demonstrations used to have the same trouble some recent right-wing demonstrations have had, with guys who don't know what's going on just looking for a rumble or maybe a chance to vent some personal anger. I would hope it's the troublemakers, more than the Democrats, who provide an example of criminally insane behavior at D demonstrations.
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