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[pensnest]

The incessant parade of intrusive ads has finally forced me off Safari, so I'm re-logging-in on Firefox and hoping for a less irritating web experience. There are bound to be hiccups.

Found via Jim Hines: snuggling puppies. I particularly adore the *four* tesselated ones.

And via that site, giant dogs with their owners, although I swear that first one is a person in a hairy suit. Awesome.

Let's see if the cross post still works.

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[turlough]

There's an AdBlock plugin for Safari too.

Cuddling puppies!!

[pensnest]

The funny thing is that I don't really mind seeing ads on web pages. Sometimes I even click on them. But web pages that randomly intrude upon my viewing by replacing the page I was looking at, or, most recently, web pages that announce to me that the police are onto me and have taken over my computer and the only way I can escape is by force quitting Safari... no. Just no.

I've had pop-ups banned for ages, but this crap is obviously able to get through. It's really annoying, as I've been happily using Safari for years.

But, tessellated puppies make *everything* better!

[turlough]

Personally I hate ads but I can definitely understand that even if you're moderately tolerant about them having them completely hijacking your computer like that must be maddening.

Puppies (and kittens!) solve all problems :-)

[sperrywink]

Stupid intrusive ads! I hater it when they don't just sit off to the side.

Wow, those dogs are huge!

[turps]

Those dogs. Wow.

[morgana-st.livejournal.com]

I have one of those giant breeds -- a Newfoundland. I've had Newfies for years and years now, and they're absolutely amazing to live with, and a tourist attraction whenever we go out anywhere. The neighborhood kids stop by - "Can Connor come out to play?") and when I'm sitting in a parking lot with him people have actually stopped to take his picture. When we sit next to each other he's taller than I am, so the last time I went car shopping I took along my tape measure so I could make sure he'd be able to sit up in the back. I think the salespeople thought I was nuts, but he requires a lot of room. (I ended up with a Chrysler PT Cruiser -- I took out the back 2 seats, so the entire back section of the vehicle's cargo space can be used by him, and it's tall enough for him to stand in and to sit in.) Giant dogs are awesome.

[pensnest]

I heartily approve of gigantic dogs - so much more lovable than tiny yappy ones (in my admittedly limited experience of both). There used to be a Bernese Mountain Dog living around the corner from here, and my daughter was always delighted when she went past. Although, that's a *lot* of dog hair!