This website does not track you.
It contains no private information. It does not drop persistent cookies, does not collect data other than incoming ip addresses and page views (the internet is a public place), and certainly does not collect and sell your information to others.
Some sites that I link to may try to track you, but that's between you and them, not you and me.
I do collect statistics, but I use a simple stand-alone Wordpress plugin, not third-party services such as Google Analitics over which I have no control.
Finally, this is website is a hobby. It's a hobby in which I am deeply invested, about which I care deeply, and which has enabled me to learn a lot about computers and computing, but it is still ultimately an avocation, not a vocation; it is certainly not a money-making enterprise (unless you click the "Donate" button--go ahead, you can be the first!).
I appreciate your visiting this site, and I desire not to violate your trust.
January 3, 2009 at 7:16 pm
I had to laugh when I first saw it advertised. Then I wondered how they would sell. And to who.
January 3, 2009 at 9:01 pm
I am sure there is no shortage of
markspotential customers out there. One born every minute and all that.But, dammit, honest to pete, gag me with a spoon, and all that, belief is of the heart. Not of the jewelry.
And, you know, people will buy it. And think that somehow they are demonstrating their belief.
Or maybe it gives them some comfort.
If my faith is so poor as to need comfort in a piece of glass–oh, never mind.
I have this bridge. How much greater must your faith be if you buy the Delaware Memorial Bridge. Hell, it’s four miles long! That stinking little piece of costume jewelry is what? two inches long?
Four miles. Two inches.
Whose faith is greater?
Draw your own conclusion.
Plus, I need the money more than they do.
Words fail me.
I really do not have enough words to express my contempt for this crap.
Or for those who fall for it.
Look, I’ve used all these words above, and my contempt is still not yet satisfied.
I give up.
January 4, 2009 at 8:30 pm
I was watching the M*A*S*H reruns @ 5, when that same commercial came on. It’s bad. Suckers will buy it.