From the good people at Google...

"We encourage you to tell affected readers (perhaps via a blog post), that if they use a non-Google Account to follow your blog, they need to sign up for a Google Account, and re-follow your blog. With a Google Account, they’ll get blogs added to their Reading List, making it easier for them to see the latest posts and activity of the blogs they follow."

But no pressure.

Just 11 more months!

What do subjects like gun control, abortion, gay marriage and even immigration have to do with most Americans' quality of life, their financial security and the issues that will actually affect their futures?

Presidential Candidates/Blowhards: please talk about issues that means something to us!

What are your plans for creating new jobs and retraining citizens from old industries?
Will you develop a genuine foreign policy, maybe before we go to war next time?
If you want to dismantle Obamacare, what is your alternative to keep serious health problems from bankrupting otherwise responsible, hard-working Americans?

If you don't have answers to the questions above, please keep your mouths shut. Better yet, drop out of the race. AND keep your mouths shut. Thank you.

(The Female Curmudgeon paid for and approved this rant)

With apologies to Gilda Radner...

Why didn't I hear this before?

Given the esteemed journalist's much joked-about speech impediment, maybe her real name is "Barbara Ralters." That would make so much more sense!

Is it unanimous?

One thing nobody ever seems to want to be, or be perceived as, is ungrateful. As in, "I don't want to sound ungrateful, but..." There's always an explanation that's supposed to cancel out the possibility of this behavior.

Just once I'd like someone to admit, "Yes, I'm ungrateful. I sound ungrateful because I am ungrateful, and I don't care." Wouldn't that be refreshing?

Happy Halloween, everyone. Go eat too much candy!

The Cure for Identity Theft

I don't know why I didn't think of this before. You know how to ensure no one steals your personal information from the inter-webs? Confine all your confidential stuff to one of those job applications you fill out online. No one will ever see it there!

Vocabulary Words for August

These are just to sound smart and add some new words to the conversation:

perfidious - deceitful and untrustworthy
redolent - strongly reminiscent or suggestive of (something) or emitting a fragrance

They shouldn't be too difficult to work into conversation. Enjoy!

Old Saw/New Reality

Age is just a number...until it's a high number.

Anyone who tells you otherwise is full of crap. And young.