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Haven't done one of these in a while. Here's a subject near and dear to my heart. Without further ado, my latest whining rant... 

Food ingredient labels are not accurate. They have never been accurate. When high fructose corn syrup is allowed to be labeled as fructose, sucrose, or corn syrup, and MSG can be rolled into the all-encompassing ingredient SPICES, how much of the rest of the label can you trust?

Never trust a label. And since it's impossible to eat totally healthy (a wee bit too much world pollution for that) remember: ALL THINGS IN MODERATION.

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In an ongoing effort to whine my cares away, here's the next installment of... 

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Facebook is NOT PRIVATE. Facebook has NEVER BEEN private. Facebook will NEVER BE private. Privacy settings are not as private as they'd have you believe. 

FACEBOOK: Making it easier for stalkers since 2004. 

Thank you.

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Forgive my lapse in whining diatribes. Here's the latest... 

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If a potential publisher asks for thousands of dollars to publish your book, yet claim they are a traditional publisher, THEY ARE LYING. Traditional publishers DO NOT charge you to publish your book. 

Thank you. This bugs me. Always has. 

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I haven't ranted in a while so here's my latest... 

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Facebook is not the place for public rants. That's what blogs are for. 

Thank you. Until next time... 

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My turn to whine. Here's another edition of For the Record... 

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Last names can be changed. Instead of whining about yours (or how it's pronounced) change it. Better yet, grow up and get over it. Thank you.

This was another edition of For the Record. If you don't like what I have to say, or the fact that this series is nothing more than my excuse to whine, feel free to un-friend, un-follow, or un-whatever to avoid it. Have a lovely day!  

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Welcome! You're just in time for my latest whiny rant. I give you... 

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Don't believe everything you read or hear on the news. The media lies. A lot. 

Thank you for joining me for this edition of For the Record. 

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Here is the latest in my whiny new series, For the Record. Enjoy at your own risk. 

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Yes, the word PROSAIC means dull. It also means straightforward. Don't believe me? Look it up! Here, I'll even help: prosaic.

Thank you.

And as a side note, Blogger's recent down time un-posted my most recent Regency Wednesday post (5/11). Ugh.  

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Here is this week's For the Record post. OK, not this week's, per se, but probably the only one I'll do this week. I'm really quite as sporadic with these posts as I predicted I'd be. Anyway, here's my latest whiny complaint, complete with the mild snarkiness for which I'm known...by some....

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Websites that play music automatically irritate me. Give me the option but please don't force it on me.

Now, just for fun, read that sentence again. 

If you read it this way... 

"Websites that play music {slight pause} automatically irritate me."

...you're wrong.

Read it this way to get my true complaint: 

"Websites that play music automatically {slight pause} irritate me." 

Yeah...there's really no difference, is there? {slight shrug}

Thank you. Please enjoy the little music clip I embedded. 

(Just kidding. Sorry, I couldn't resist.) 

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In a continuation of a previous For the Record, here's another possible phishing scam that may (might?) not have occurred to you: 

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The latest status game to hit the facebook scene (borrowed verbatim from a friend's page): 

"What is your royal wedding guest name? Start with Lord or Lady. Your first name is one of your grandparents' names. Your surname is the name of your first pet. Your feifdom is "of" followed by the name of the street you grew up on." 

Sounds innocuous and a bit fun, right? It's exactly the type of thing to tempt me, considering my love for British history. However, consider that at least two of the "answers" for this are also the answers for common security questions. First pet and the street you grew up on are both questions I've seen as possible security questions. I realize not everyone chooses these particular ones, but some people do. Consider this if/when you decide to copy and repost this one. 

*Disclaimer: I'm not saying this definitely IS a phishing scam. This is just my observation. Take it or leave it. 

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In an ongoing effort to speak my mind, here's another installment in my new blog series. This one's especially snarky and possibly offensive. You've been warned... 

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Anyone who actually WANTS to watch a girl kill herself probably deserves the computer virus they contract. I mean, seriously!? C'mon people! 

And let it be known that phishing scams are prevalent on facebook (duh). Where you were born is a VERY common security question. Whether or not a phisher can actually use this information is immaterial. Why give them the opportunity to try? 

OK, so the phishing complaint is probably no big deal. Still, are there actually people out there who WANT to see someone kill him or herself? Is it just morbid curiosity or something far more sinister? 

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I'm starting a new series of posts that I'm titling: For the Record. These posts will be random and vary in topic. They will be short, opinionated, and just a bit snarky (at times). Let us begin...

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I don't like labels. I don't like calling my books sweet, clean, inoffensive, suitable for all ages, or anything else that implies who should be reading them. I can't determine who would like them or who would be completely offended by the content. I just can't know that. 

I can tell you that the sexual content is far less than what you'd find in the typical historical romance. I can tell you that some consider them (and have called them) clean. I can tell you that NO ONE has called them sweet. I can tell you they are character-driven, the characters are realistic (have flaws), and the themes are often dark. 

I tend to categorize my books as clean for the sake of sites like Smashwords, Amazon, Goodreads, and the like. For the most part, they are. But all things in life are subjective. One person's idea of clean can be another person's idea of moral depravity. That said...

Don't read romance if kissing offends you. (OK, mine have a bit more than kissing. Still.)

Thank you. My apologies that this first For the Record post ended up longer than "short." You may return to your regularly scheduled programing.