Comments on: Vanity Fair done me in

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 01:35:44 +0000

I actually manage to block most advertising out — at least, I think I do, at any rate. I am amazed that Google ads apparently work so well: I am never aware of them on the page. Maybe they’re working subliminally, but to the best of my knowledge, I’ve never clicked on one!

Oh noes! An evil twin! Welcome.

By: judybrowni

judybrowni — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 00:25:07 +0000

Wow! Someone else who shared my (former) Vanity Fair addiction (right down to tearing out the ads, so that the damn thing wasn’t so glossy, bulky spenderific in my purse for public transportation.)

Insightful political pieces side-by-side with society murders of the past — yum.

And yup, the ongoing Bernie Madoff crap was the last straw for me, too.

You must be my evil twin or vice versa. Now that I’ve found your blog I will return.

By: Juventas

Juventas — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 03:07:51 +0000

I enjoyed the image of someone literally ripping ads out of a magazine and then continuing to read. Somehow I have managed to slowly and purposely remove most advertising that was in my life. I would never go back.

The television service was first, and easy. If I really want to watch a series or movie, I buy it on DVD. Other bits (like news events or interviews) I watch online. Unless you average more than an hour a day (who wants to?), it costs no more than the monthly subscription. It’s better than TiVo!

Radio was easy too. Music on the mp3 player, talk and news on public (commercial-free) stations. Internet, choose your favorite Firefox ad-blocking extension. Magazines, as you’ve mentioned, are trash anyway. I have yet to find a way to stop the billboards on the daily commute.

By: Michele

Michele — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 06:04:34 +0000

Hurricane Bernie has ripped thru LA. I’ve seen staff cuts of 50% at charities I’ve been associated with and program cuts to go along with it. And good, hard-working people have had to beg for financial aid from their kid’s school for the first time.

I have to confess, though, I haven’t heard anyone complain from Nebraska or Montana. Maybe Bernie was a geogracist.

By: Tamar

Tamar — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:54:49 +0000

Wait, people are living on the Long Island Expressway? Has housing really gotten that bad?

*ducking*

FWIW, I have a FB friend who’s always commenting on Madoff. She lives in West Hollywood. I don’t know if it’s NY-centric, though maybe it is. But it’s certainly rich-people centric.

By: Nina

Nina — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:14:37 +0000

hahaha so it is it a good thing or a bad thing that I don’t even know who Bernie Madoff is?

GO CA! we are not NY and damn proud of it!