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  1. PrettySquareGal

    Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

    They already do this for driving infractions.
  2. PrettySquareGal

    Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

    You're welcome. :) The problem as I see it is that now anyone can become famous by simply having an embarrassing or unflattering moment go "viral" without their consent.
  3. PrettySquareGal

    Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

    I'm OK with my photos online--that is, the ones I place there. I am not OK with someone taking my photo or videotaping (what's the current term?) me without my knowledge or permission, posting it and leaving it open for comments.
  4. PrettySquareGal

    Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

    My photos are slathered on the net. But nothing saucy.
  5. PrettySquareGal

    Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

    Also practical in this day and age.
  7. PrettySquareGal

    Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

    In the summer??? :o OK, I guess we all need to figure out a solution.
  8. PrettySquareGal

    Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

    And for the ladies?
  9. PrettySquareGal

    Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

    Yet, with the advent of Google Glass, everyone snapping pics, security cams, Google maps photographing stuff, etc., it's almost quaint to simply be concerned about posting online photos. Soon there will be face recognition apps. There is no privacy.
  10. PrettySquareGal

    Alec Baldwin: Good-bye, Public Life

    This really sums up well today's culture and loss of privacy: I recall how, in a big city, many people had to play out private moments in public: a woman sobbing at a pay phone (remember pay phones?), someone studying their paperwork, undisturbed, at the Oyster Bar, before catching the train...
  11. PrettySquareGal

    A Culture of Snark

    I agree! And welcome to the FL!
  13. PrettySquareGal

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    Actually I read Lizzie's viewpoint as focusing on both, since overcoming can't exist without hardship.
  14. PrettySquareGal

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    Rather than being snarky, perhaps you can simply state that you don't mind them, and then add a point to the conversation?
  15. PrettySquareGal

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    I believe marketing is what made those images prominent. The brain is not inherently lazy. It's marketing that dumbs things down and because we've lived on a diet of nuggets fed to us by those who gain from it we seek such sound bites. I just see it differently than you.
  16. PrettySquareGal

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    The reason why we have those images is *because* of marketing.
  17. PrettySquareGal

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    Sha Na Na was also a TV show from 1977-1981.
  19. PrettySquareGal

    The Origin Of "The Fifties"

    I see this when there are articles or TV shows about women living in the Fifties, like Wives With Beehives (and beehives are 60s) or Time Warp Wives. The Fifties seems to give the idea that women were either a Marilyn, June (Leave it to Beaver) or Sandy (Grease) and they are all middle class. I...
  20. PrettySquareGal

    Doing Dishes

    I do my dishes by hand-- I don't have a dishwasher. :)
  21. PrettySquareGal

    Doing Dishes

    Thanks for those tips, Lizzie. I never thought of using bar soap for my dishes. I dislike the plastic waste from the containers of liquid soaps.
  22. PrettySquareGal

    Maniac`s

    In Portland they sell it as jewelry in overpriced boutiques.
  23. PrettySquareGal

    A Culture of Snark

    My issue isn't with segregated snark/shows. It's that it's everywhere. The news. Magazines. Everyday conversation. Social media. Etc.

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