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Re: Recalled: Hill’s Science Diet and Prescription Diet Canned Dog Foods

Ginger Makela Riker — Sat, 02 Feb 2019 17:39:08 -0000

Thanks for posting this. My parents had 60 cans of the affected Hill's Science Diet and have been trying to speak with someone at Hill's but their phone lines are overwhelmed and they're not accepting calls. Their dog has been sick for a couple months with symptoms aligned with vitamin D toxicity. Their vet has been stumped after months of blood testing and vet visits, and my folks are following up with her Monday to try to find some answers. Searching Twitter I see others having the same experience with the phone line.

Re: The Music: 150 things to read, watch and listen to, so you don’t die of boredom this summer, according to Sassy Magazine, July 1990.

Ginger Makela Riker — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:22:45 -0000

WOAH -- this is amazing! Thanks for pulling all of these together in a playlist. How. Fun.

Re: 150 things to read, watch and listen to, so you don’t die of boredom this summer, according to Sassy Magazine, July 1990.

Ginger Makela Riker — Wed, 11 May 2011 10:52:47 -0000

Totally, I remember a lot of them did bore me.

Re: epjohnson dot com

Ginger Makela Riker — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 09:49:44 -0000

Elsa has a charming voice!

Re: Edythe

Ginger Makela Riker — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 13:39:12 -0000

So sad. Some of the most beautiful women I know (including professional models) have some of the worst self-esteem and are very depressed. What a terrible paradox.

Re: A note to grammar and spelling police – KMA!

Ginger Makela Riker — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:55:31 -0000

Agh. Keep going, Steve. I don't listen to or trust critics who don't put their full name and real picture to their opinions. As Bob Dylan says: "executioner's face is always well hidden" :-)

Re: Maybe I Will Stick With My Day Job

Ginger Makela Riker — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:34:12 -0000

I'll follow up with words from John Wayne to Barbara Walters: "Don't let the bastards get you down." There have always been bullies and cranky "critics" and people fueled by general meanness and depression and personal frustration, and the internet just makes it easier for those people to speak up. Most of them are just noise, so don't listen. I like Warren Buffett's response to people who try to tell him what to do: "'I love painting my own painting. I come down to the office, I get on my back, and I start painting. And I think I'm in the Sistine Chapel. It's my painting. Now, if somebody says, 'Use more red paint instead of blue. Paint a seascape instead of a landscape,' I would hand them the brush in five seconds and I'd say - I'd say a few other things, too - but I'd say, 'Do your own painting. I'll go paint what I want to paint.'": http://money.cnn.com/2008/0...

Re: Smiles on a Summer Night: Fresh Mango Margarita Recipe

Ginger Makela Riker — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 23:22:06 -0000

I know, right? Fresh juicing takes some much time, but the drinks taste that much better. And your bicep will get a nice workout in the process. :-)

Re: What I Learned While I Was Choking at Arby’s

Ginger Makela Riker — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 10:15:48 -0000

To be sure, that one of you in the hot pink cross-country ski suit is on my scanner bed as we speak :-)

Re: It Is with Sadness That I Must Say That I’m Leaving Google.

Ginger Makela Riker — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 14:15:32 -0000

Thanks, Noah!

Re: Happy early adopters don’t equal success

Ginger Makela Riker — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 13:15:57 -0000

Well-written post, and very thoughtful, but I disagree. I think FriendFeed has many implications far beyond early adopters. It's too early to say for certain, but I think FriendFeed is the beginning of a new type of search engine and has significant application to enterprise info-sharing as well. Google's products have not been fully integrated, and I think FriendFeed is that glue that can integrate them (as well as integrate many other products from many people). And I think Google would find that extremely valuable, don't you?

Re: Who The Heck Is Clicking On Blog Ads?

Ginger Makela Riker — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 09:33:28 -0000

Good article. This is a major problem for bloggers, especially ones with tech-savvy audiences who are pretty much immune to advertising because it's poorly targeted and not that compelling. I think that's changing, though. And it needs to change so bloggers who have quality content (but maybe not that big of an audience) can make an ok living. And I think bigger brand advertisers are giving up their fear of venturing their media spend on blogs and seeing them for what they are: the place where influential people hang out. And actually, there was a Design Within Reach ad on the top of this blog post: http://skitch.com/ginmak3/p... It appealed to me somewhat and it's not a monkey to punch. So good job to the DWR and their agency for picking this blog to run ads on. Things are going to get better.

Re: The Great Immigration Panic

Ginger Makela Riker — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:45:25 -0000

I feel like this story keeps repeating itself again and again. I guess it's time to go back and reread Upton Sinclair's The Jungle and then support the artist who's writing our generation's version of The Jungle.

Re: FriendZone, see who’s in your Friendfeed circle

Ginger Makela Riker — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:52:13 -0000

Felix, once again: fun useful stuff. And your Adsense ads are always high-quality -- what's your secret?