Rabbit blog

rabbit blog. This is some of the best writing on the net since suck.com died and I'm amazed I've not come across it sooner than today in Sean Burke's blog. It's snarky and witty. It's a delicious treat from a former suck writer and current salon.com critic. :)

Let me give you just one small example. Do you know that when I started to type "Dear M" at the beginning of this letter, Microsoft Word popped up a little suggestion window that said "Dear Mom and Dad"? Is this some insidious family values campaign that Gates has accepted payola from? Does every American write little letters in Word to "Mom and Dad"? If my computer's so fucking smart, why doesn't it learn to be a little more sensitive? Why doesn't it know that my dad isn't around anymore? As long as it's automatically offering up my address to every form I chance upon online, you'd think it could ask me a thing or two about my personal history before it goes making assumptions. Before long, it'll be asking how my unfinished, long-untouched novel is coming along, or whether or not things are going well with my exboyfriend Jake.

9 Dec 2003 at 3:41, Helsinki