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New respect for the SF Examiner

Since the Examiner re-started as a free newspaper left on your lawn whether you like it or not, I have been railing at my dear friend Dianne who actually spends media dollars to advertise in it.  I have contemplated a class-action suit for littering (and I bet the SF Chron, a real if not-good newspaper, would support me).  But today I have comoe to a new respect for the Examiner's publishing strategy.  I needed an extra poop bag on Mick's morning walk, and had my pick from the lawns in my neighborhood. Now, if they discontinue the plastic bag that wraps the Examiner, I will return to thinking it worthless.  But for now, Dianne's company's dollars are effective for me.

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Barbara Brenner: If you weren't quoted out of context, you should resign

From today's New York Times:

Barbara Brenner, who has had breast cancer and is executive director of the advocacy group Breast Cancer Action, said, "There's a real problem," and added, "We finally tell people at the end of the day: 'You're going to get a lot of information. Trust your gut. Nobody has the answers.' "

"I'm really glad I was diagnosed 13 years ago," Ms. Brenner said, "when there were fewer choices."

I hope she was quoted out of context, because the idea of someone with this kind of victim mentality running a breast cancer advocacy group makes me crazy.  I had breast cancer in 2005, and I have daily gratitude that I got it when I did and not years earlier -- when the survival rate was lower, when treatments had many more side effects and lifetime health implications. She can't really believe the old days were better because we knew less, could she? 

Bukkake

I've given up on my Yahoo email account as my primary one, which is lucky because of the flood of porn spam (which I still need to delete because it's offensive enough that I don't want it appearing in my Outlook preview window for my kids see). Why Yahoo can't figure out that "peniss, sslut, and hardcorre" are words that should elicit a filter, is beyond me.  The spammers use all sorts of variations on words to get by filters, and most are obvious.  I must admit, though, the repeated use of "bukkake" makes me think my years working for Penthouse didn't teach me too much.  What does THAT mean?