Is there a way to remove like all celebrity news from my news feeds? I really, really don't care.
19 thoughts on “October 19, 2021: Hot Goss”
AFL Report:
Salt River 7, Scottsdale 6.
Matt Wallner was 3-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two RBIs. He's batting .375.
Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a walk. He's batting .333.
Evan Sisk allowed four runs and retired no one, giving up one hit, two walks, and a hit batsman. His ERA is 27.00.
I love FB. I use it for all sorts of things that don't cause me grief, and even actively make my life better. I love being able to look back on memories so easily, especially of my children. I've actually had very good political discussions - and a lot of people who tell me they don't comment but read and appreciate what I write. But I've also been completely maddened by a lot of things, and I'm thinking a lot about how I use the tool lately - whether I need to be even more strict in my curating (and I'm already pretty good about that), or whether I even need to move away completely. I don't think I'm there, yet, but some of the people I respect most have moved off of the platform recently. And I'm realizing that (one of) the communities I'm there for isn't necessarily the community I have anymore.
I'm in the same boat, minus any political discussion involvement. My main irritation are all the people participating in the stupid "polls" -- Which of these must go? This cute puppy is named after the last thing you ate. Who remembers these anymore? If you did over 17 of these, you're an old timer. Ad nauseum.
Especially since those "polls" or questions are just data harvesting. I tell my mom that but she keeps responding. You can right click on the those and not see them anymore from that particular page, FYI.
Oh, I do. I also mark all ads "Irrelevant"
Sometimes I've wanted to go on this kind of spree, but I fear it would just let FB know I was engaged. Not that they don't already precisely know that information....
And then there are those goofballs who are always posting about bears...
That's cool, though.
Thanks to the wonders of post-lockdown air flight, I leave for the StL airport a bit before 3PM and arrive in Oma 11:30PM*. Anyone need anything while I'm in Denver? I have a lot of time.
*this is SWA, so this is if nothing goes wrong
I've been to Denver probably 10-12 times over the past few years and have never left the airport.
There's really good beer in Denver. Not that you care. 😬
But Wynkoop has good pub food and is located with a nice view of Union Station, which might interest you. Lots of other options nearby.
When I say "Denver", I'm saying "Denver airport"
Well, I got food poisoning from a chicken burrito there once. So that could be an adventure.
I was honored to get my father's flag from the funeral*, and now I'm looking for a nice shadow box to display it in. I'm finding out that there isn't a standard size flag, so I'll need to find one roughly 26" across the bottom and 16" on the two edges. I think I'll stop by Michael's when I have a chance and window shop a bit before making any decision.
*my parents received a flag that my brother-in-law sent them that flew over a base in Iraq, and one of my brothers has one that flew over the IA state capitol on 9/11 -- the other two brothers and sister were good with Dad's flag in my keep
I believe interment flags are 5’x9.5’, so I’m not sure if what you’ll find at Michaels will be suitable. It’s been a while since I’ve needed to order anything from Medals of America, but they have a variety of flag cases that are designed for that type of flag.
Thanks! I've seen some that could be the right size, but I think they're measuring from the base to the top point. Have to decide what type of personalization to do as well.
Okay, the measurements they give for 5'x9' look good. They also mention "flown flags" with smaller size, which matches what I've seen.
AFL Report:
Salt River 7, Scottsdale 6.
Matt Wallner was 3-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two RBIs. He's batting .375.
Andrew Bechtold was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a walk. He's batting .333.
Evan Sisk allowed four runs and retired no one, giving up one hit, two walks, and a hit batsman. His ERA is 27.00.
HJ: Um, No. https://slate.com/technology/2021/10/facebook-unfollow-everything-cease-desist.html
I assume you mean this news feed. But regardless, yes, I wish so, so much would stop. My brain is full, thank you.
I love FB. I use it for all sorts of things that don't cause me grief, and even actively make my life better. I love being able to look back on memories so easily, especially of my children. I've actually had very good political discussions - and a lot of people who tell me they don't comment but read and appreciate what I write. But I've also been completely maddened by a lot of things, and I'm thinking a lot about how I use the tool lately - whether I need to be even more strict in my curating (and I'm already pretty good about that), or whether I even need to move away completely. I don't think I'm there, yet, but some of the people I respect most have moved off of the platform recently. And I'm realizing that (one of) the communities I'm there for isn't necessarily the community I have anymore.
I'm in the same boat, minus any political discussion involvement. My main irritation are all the people participating in the stupid "polls" -- Which of these must go? This cute puppy is named after the last thing you ate. Who remembers these anymore? If you did over 17 of these, you're an old timer. Ad nauseum.
Especially since those "polls" or questions are just data harvesting. I tell my mom that but she keeps responding. You can right click on the those and not see them anymore from that particular page, FYI.
Oh, I do. I also mark all ads "Irrelevant"
Sometimes I've wanted to go on this kind of spree, but I fear it would just let FB know I was engaged. Not that they don't already precisely know that information....
And then there are those goofballs who are always posting about bears...
That's cool, though.
Thanks to the wonders of post-lockdown air flight, I leave for the StL airport a bit before 3PM and arrive in Oma 11:30PM*. Anyone need anything while I'm in Denver? I have a lot of time.
*this is SWA, so this is if nothing goes wrong
I've been to Denver probably 10-12 times over the past few years and have never left the airport.
There's really good beer in Denver. Not that you care. 😬
But Wynkoop has good pub food and is located with a nice view of Union Station, which might interest you. Lots of other options nearby.
When I say "Denver", I'm saying "Denver airport"
Well, I got food poisoning from a chicken burrito there once. So that could be an adventure.
I was honored to get my father's flag from the funeral*, and now I'm looking for a nice shadow box to display it in. I'm finding out that there isn't a standard size flag, so I'll need to find one roughly 26" across the bottom and 16" on the two edges. I think I'll stop by Michael's when I have a chance and window shop a bit before making any decision.
*my parents received a flag that my brother-in-law sent them that flew over a base in Iraq, and one of my brothers has one that flew over the IA state capitol on 9/11 -- the other two brothers and sister were good with Dad's flag in my keep
I believe interment flags are 5’x9.5’, so I’m not sure if what you’ll find at Michaels will be suitable. It’s been a while since I’ve needed to order anything from Medals of America, but they have a variety of flag cases that are designed for that type of flag.
Thanks! I've seen some that could be the right size, but I think they're measuring from the base to the top point. Have to decide what type of personalization to do as well.
Okay, the measurements they give for 5'x9' look good. They also mention "flown flags" with smaller size, which matches what I've seen.
Bellinger got all of that.