The more I look at this, the weirder it is and the more confused I am. Just the other day I wrote about the LEGO Guinness set that was clearly AI generated slop. (More anon.) And now Facebook serves me this… Yes, the twenty-fifth anniversary of Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings: The FellowshipContinue reading ““I Will Take the Ring to Battersea Power Station””
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Getting Pissed at the AI Slop
Given the subject matter of what I am about to write, you may wonder if I mean “pissed” in the Irish sense — getting drunk — or the American sense — irritated. You are right to wonder! Last evening, after I returned from several days in the Old Dominion, Facebook hit me up with anContinue reading “Getting Pissed at the AI Slop”
Things I Can’t Buy
Ah, Facebook, you know me! Facebook serves ads. Ads and algorithmic content are Facebook’s raison d’être, after all, not keeping up with friends, family, and things of interest. It’s vitally important that Facebook show me interesting restaurants in Memphis (never been) and concerts I’d like to see in Tulsa (also never been) instead of, oh,Continue reading “Things I Can’t Buy”
From Erie, PA!
Difficult as it is to believe, Facebook had an ad that was relevant to my interests. Erie’s own The Oneders had that brief residency at Villapiano’s, the pizza joint out by the airport in the early ’60s. From there, they went on to appear in a rock and roll show in Pittsburgh, then were signedContinue reading “From Erie, PA!”
Not Doing My Best
I would be doing better if I had cookies. Which I do not. So I am only doing. Not doing better. Not doing best. Just doing. Yes, the store has more. I can go to the store. I can satisfy my need for cookies. I can do the best that I can. Cookies are needed.
Where Is He Going? What Is He Doing?
Yesterday, Facebook served me an ad for a trip through Ireland and Scotland. A 10 day cruise! Visits to Dublin! Glasgow! Edinburgh! The Isle of Skye! Wait. What the frell is going on with that map?!? Let’s get this out of the way. It’s pure AI slop. Done. Dublin is in about the right place.Continue reading “Where Is He Going? What Is He Doing?”
No! More! Apps!
I do not like them, Sam I Am.I do not like them, apps and ham A friend emailed me yesterday. He had sent me a message over the weekend on Facebook Messenger, and I hadn’t yet replied to him. He wanted to make sure I’d seen it. I had seen it, but… I don’t haveContinue reading “No! More! Apps!”
An Unseasonably Warm January Day
It reached 60 degrees today in Pennsyltucky. Except to go to the grocery store, I’ve been a homebody since I returned from North Carolina on the penultimate day of 2025 (ie., December 30th), and it’s been absolutely cold. I drove over to the state park, just because it was lovely. The Susquehanna was frozen over,Continue reading “An Unseasonably Warm January Day”
People Showing Who They Are
I want to give people the benefit of the doubt, but sometimes it’s very, vary hard. Several years ago a friend from high school posted an anti-Semitic meme on Facebook. I read it several times — maybe I was misreading it, maybe there was a charitable reading — but no, it was, no matter howContinue reading “People Showing Who They Are”
As Seen on Facebook
Some recent ads on Facebook (and one on Instagram) caught my attention, and I wanted to share. Oh, bother. Yes, Facebook thinks I’m still in the market for unlicensed Washington Nationals jerseys with pop culture characters. To be fair to Facebook, I did buy the Oasis Nationals jersey (and had it customized for Sean Doolittle,Continue reading “As Seen on Facebook”