Crabby Blogging Lady

Meh. Stay away, far away, little children. I’m a GROUCH today.

The company I work for– the one I LOVE to work for– is going down the toilet. I don’t know what I am am going to do. I rely on that income and I’m not able to work too many other jobs.

Maybe I can get a job selling steel bracelets or something. Or selling encyclopedias…. *sigh*

I’m pretty angry at Google, actually. They rule the Internet and so they can make websites irrelevant with one wave of their evil magic wand. And they have waved it at all the companies I work for. It’s bad enough that they wrecked the professional blogging business, now they want to rule the entire online roost, as well.

Yeah, look out. I’m pretty peeved today. Lord, I need some joy! And a new job!

Did you happen to catch the latest news on China that made the viral rounds last week? Somebody surfing on Google Maps spotted these funky patterns in the Chinese desert. The news caught on like wildfire, so everyone seemed to have their theory on the reason for the patterns. Some of the best included aliens (aliens are always touted these days for doing funky, unexplainable things), air strips, farming methods, mining, as jogging paths to replace hcg weight loss programs, and — my personal favorite– as “real life size” grids of the streets of Washington, DC, and New York City. China is gonna take over the U.S. yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!

I found that particular theory funny because, well, China IS already taking over the U.S.!!! HELLO!! Don’t they own most of our debt and practically own us already?? Why they heck would they waste their ammunition when we’re practically giving our country to them in a handbasket?

Holy cow, this headline and accompanying news is disgusting: Dollar Tumbles on Uncertainty About U.S. Debt Talks. And they say WOMEN are emotional?! Helloooooooo..

So investors are skittish because our stupid government can’t get their act straight. Well, someone please tell me how this is news?! What SHOULD make the large headlines is when U.S. politicians finally get off their fat butts and honor their oath to defend, protect and adhere to the U.S. Constitution! How’s them apples? And how about investors show a little ADULT temperance and stop whining like little babies because things are not superduper peachy keen this very moment?

Anyway, I really can’t get over how so self-absorbing the money lenders are. And the media feeds it. REPORTING THIS MINUTE: Warren Buffet hiccups– investors are nervous! STOCKS CRASH 3 points when Obama’s teleprompter shuts down! Blah blah blah.

Do we really need another thing to be worried about?

Boy am I grumpy today. I don’t know why!!! It’s like these invisible hands are squeezing my body, making me feel anxious and angry and hurt. Lord, I hate that feeling!!! I just wanna pop in my in ear headphones and crank up the audio and block out the world at large. Geez. I HATE feeling this way.

Maybe it’s just all the immense pressures over the past few months, coming to a head. And that New York’s weather has been miserable. As a kid, when I didn’t like the weather, I would just curl up with a good book and a blanket and ignore the world. As an adult, I can’t do that. I have…. responsibilities. :-p I just wanna rest for a while. Just rest.

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Just read a Kim Komando article about *the latest* on the massive Epsilon data breach. I could scream, I tell you.

This data breach reported by a company by the name of Epsilon keeps getting more and more interesting. Epsilon handled the email marketing campaigns for major companies like Chase, Best Buy, Target and others. More than 2,500 companies use Epsilon to manage their client email lists.

If you bought anything from any of these companies or registered your email address with them, your name and email address could have been compromised. Millions of people have been affected.

Until recently, the main result of this breach was increased spam. Some people also received basic phishing email from online swindlers. That isn’t very surprising.

Now, Epsilon says if you registered your name and email address at a GlaxoSmithKline Website for certain prescription and nonprescription drugs, watch out. The bad guys have your name, email address, and they also know what drugs you might be taking.

OK, I don’t do the Glaxo thing. But the PRINCIPLE of the issue is what enrages me!!!! These people need to get their act together, have a major Mega Meeting web video conferencing meeting and make some heads roll! There is NO EXCUSE for the constant theft of OUR information. It’s making me so sick I could puke.

Worst of all, we– the little guys– are powerless. Powerless. Totally unAmerican this is. GAH

Poor President Obama. He misses “being anonymous.”

Doesn’t it just make ya wanna cry? Aw!!

Heck, PBO, we ALL miss being anonymous. How about ditching the National ID card, Google’s Eye in the Sky, Echelon, and government spies lurking in Facebook and Twitter, huh? ‘Cuz I sure miss being anonymous, too.